About Synapse Partners
Synapse Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. It is primarily based out of Menlo Park, United States. As of Sep 2022, Synapse Partners has invested in 23 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Germany based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Auto Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of AWAKE Mobility Overall, Synapse Partners portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 9 acquisitions including key companies like Gainsight, Divergent and Paxata. A lot of funds co-invest with Synapse Partners, with names like TransLink Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Synapse Partners has team of 9 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Synapse Partners' List of Top Investments
Synapse Partners has a portfolio of 23 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments include Gainsight and Foretellix.Their portfolio spans across United States, Germany, Israel and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Auto Tech and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Synapse Partners:1. Gainsight
Gainsight is a customer success management solution that helps subscription-based businesses to drive their customer success initiatives, manage retention, reduce churn, and grow revenue by uncovering up-sell opportunities. Leverages big data analytics across sales data, usage logs, support tickets, surveys, and other sources of customer intelligence. Monetizes through subscription-based pricing plans.
Key facts about Gainsight
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $187M
- Employee Count: 1,105 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Sprout Capital Partners, Stock Capital Banker and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, May 09, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Foretellix
Developer of data automation platform for AI-powered autonomous vehicle stacks. The platform maximizes and enriches data for efficient and safe development. It offers tools for training AI systems with real-world and synthetic data. The platform also validates performance, quality, and safety through data unification and scenario generation. It supports automotive, trucking, and mining applications with safety-driven verification and validation.
Key facts about Foretellix
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Ramat Gan (Israel)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $135M
- Employee Count: 132 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Temasek, Synapse Partners and 23 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 05, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Divergent
Developer of adaptive production system for complex structures manufacturing. The system uses AI-enabled engineering software to optimize structure design based on performance and manufacturing constraints. Manufacturing instructions are sent to 3D printers to materialize individual printed nodes with application-specific alloys. A universal robotic assembly process assembles the printed nodes.
Key facts about Divergent
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Torrance (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $828M
- Employee Count: 408 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Alliance Bank, Synapse Partners and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Venture Debt, Sep 15, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Paxata
Paxata is a provider of a data preparation platform for artificial intelligence applications. It enables business analysts to turn all raw data into ready data for analytics. It automates data integration eliminating the need to write code, exposes semantic data quality through a visually interactive graphical interface, enables contextual enrichment, ad-hoc collaboration, and transparent governance. The clients include Unilog, JLL, PwC, Digital Realty, Vizient, Solera, and more.
Key facts about Paxata
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Redwood City (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $68.8M
- Employee Count: 69 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Toba Capital, In-Q-Tel and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Nov 13, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Miles
Miles is an online reward-based app that provides reward points for daily commute and travels. Users can earn points on regular trips regardless of the mode of transportation. Rewarded points can be redeemed for various products and services offered by partnered companies. Their app is available for both Android and iOS devices.
Key facts about Miles
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Redwood City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $20M
- Employee Count: 71 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Synapse Partners, Japan Airlines and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 21, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Synapse Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Synapse Partners has invested in 23 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Cookie3 and most recent follow-on round was in AWAKE Mobility.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Synapse Partners' Investments by Stage
Synapse Partners has made 5 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.15M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $12.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 5 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Synapse Partners' Investments by Sector
Synapse Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Auto Tech, Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and Transportation and Logistics Tech. Notably, it has invested in 21 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 21 Tech companies, 19 Software companies and at least 10 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Auto Tech | 5 |
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
High Tech | 5 |
Consumer | 2 |
Transportation and Logistics Tech | 2 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Synapse Partners' Investments by Geography
Synapse Partners has made most investments in Germany (2), followed by United States where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Germany | 2 |
United States | 2 |
Estonia | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Synapse Partners' recent investments
Synapse Partners has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Synapse Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 09, 2022 | Germany | Seed | 7359 | [+5] | |
Aug 03, 2022 | Estonia | Seed | 3955 | [+21] | |
Oct 21, 2021 | United Kingdom | Series A | 1048 | [+6] | |
Jul 21, 2021 | United States | Series A | 5582 | [+10] | |
Apr 23, 2021 | Germany | Seed | 1344 | [+1] |
Unicorns in Synapse Partners' Portfolio
Synapse Partners has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Divergent. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Divergent which became a unicorn in 2022, 4 years before Synapse Partners first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Synapse Partners' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
65 | Developer of adaptive production system for complex structures manufacturing | 2014 | Torrance | Series E | rrrse{y |
Acquired companies in Synapse Partners' Portfolio
9 companies from Synapse Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Renovo in Sep 2021 by Woven Planet Group.Here are Synapse Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 28, 2021 | - | - | 2649 | |
Mar 10, 2021 | - | - | 4033 | |
Nov 30, 2020 | - | - | 3290 | |
Oct 07, 2020 | Jul 12, 2017 | Seed | 7381 | |
Dec 12, 2019 | - | - | 3273 |
Team profile of Synapse Partners
Synapse Partners has a team of 9 members located in United States. Synapse Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Synapse Partners
Over the past 9 years, 81 investors have co-invested in Synapse Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Synapse Partners: SAIC Capital, Sony Innovation Fund and 7 others have invested in rounds before Synapse Partners. There is 1 company where SAIC Capital has invested before Synapse Partners and 1 company where Sony Innovation Fund has invested before Synapse Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Synapse Partners: 46 investors entered a company along with Synapse Partners. These include investors like TransLink Capital (1 company).
- Invested after Synapse Partners: A total of 26 investors have invested in Synapse Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include SVB (1 company), Emellience Partners (1 company) and AMPLIFIER (1 company).
Recent News related to Synapse Partners
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Humanising Autonomy Raises $11 Million Series A Funding to Change How Machines Understand People GloballyPR Newswire•Oct 21, 2021•Humanising Autonomy, Beacon Capital, Emellience Partners, Unisys and 5 others
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Miles travel rewards platform raises $12.5MPhocusWire•Jul 21, 2021•Miles, Scrum Ventures, TransLink Capital, and 12 others
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understand.ai raises 2.8 million USD investment to accelerate the process of creating autonomous driving dataVCA Online•Jan 17, 2018•Understand, LEA Partners, Frontline Ventures, Synapse Partners and 1 other
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Autonomous System Simulation Startup Metamoto Raises $2M | Business WireBusiness Wire•Jul 12, 2017•Metamoto, Motus Ventures, Underwriters Laboratories, Western Technology Investment and 3 others
