About Tectonic Capital
Tectonic Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Oct 2024, Tectonic Capital has invested in 14 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Voyage AI Overall, Tectonic Capital portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 7 acquisitions including key companies like Carbon Health, Frame.io and Voyage AI. A lot of funds co-invest with Tectonic Capital, with names like Clark Valberg sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Tectonic Capital has team of 3 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
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Tectonic Capital's List of Top Investments
Tectonic Capital has a portfolio of 14 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in NYSHEX and Renegade Insurance.Their portfolio spans across United States and United Kingdom. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, FinTech and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Tectonic Capital:
Provider of a wide range of healthcare services. The platform allows patients to book appointments, message provider, view health history, and manage prescriptions all in one place. Users can also order diagnostic tests and medicines at home.
Key facts about Carbon Health
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Seattle (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $614M
- Employee Count: 1,091 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Silver Lake, Akkadian Ventures and 63 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jan 09, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Online platform offering insurance comparison platform for P&C insurances. It offers solutions for home insurance, auto insurance, flood insurance, cyber insurance, commercial property insurance, liability insurance, and more. It also offers motorcycle insurance coverage solutions.
Key facts about Renegade Insurance
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Beaverton (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $165M
- Employee Count: 328 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: NFX, Daintree.VC and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Apr 03, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Frame.io
Frame.io provides audio, video, and photo collaboration solutions that allow users to upload, review, and share with vendors, clients, and offsite team members. It also provides an annotation tool for users to get work in progress notes and track change as well as to upload dailies. It also provides feedback, track activities from other users, and version control for the file uploads. The mobile app is available for iOS devices. Generates revenue through subscriptions.
Key facts about Frame.io
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $92M
- Employee Count: 60 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Finger Group, Shasta Ventures and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jun 21, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Voyage AI
AI powered embedding models and rerankers for search and retrieval. The platform offers text embeddings accessible through a Python API. Its models have been optimized for multiple industries and tasks, and can be used in conjunction with other AI platforms and databases to provide search and retrieval capabilities.
Key facts about Voyage AI
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $28M
- Employee Count: 21 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Snowflake, CRV and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 03, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Outlier
Outlier is an online learning platform that provides online courses on multiple topics. It offers courses on calculus and psychology. The learners will earn college credit from the University of Pittsburgh upon course completion. It also provides free tutoring and study groups.
Key facts about Outlier
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Brooklyn (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $46M
- Employee Count: 45 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Harrison Metal, Google Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 22, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Tectonic Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Tectonic Capital has invested in 14 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Voyage AI and most recent follow-on round was in Renegade Insurance.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Tectonic Capital's Investments by Stage
Tectonic Capital has made 8 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.8M and 5 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $16.1M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 8 |
Series A | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Tectonic Capital's Investments by Sector
Tectonic Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Vertical SaaS, FinTech, Consumer and EdTech. Notably, it has invested in 12 Tech companies, 10 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 8 Software companies and at least 7 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
Vertical SaaS | 5 |
FinTech | 3 |
Consumer | 2 |
EdTech | 2 |
Others | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Tectonic Capital's Investments by Geography
Tectonic Capital has made most investments in United States (12), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 12 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Tectonic Capital's recent investments
Tectonic Capital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Tectonic Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 03, 2024 | United States | Series A | 4610 | [+7] | |
Jul 11, 2022 | United States | Seed | 9018 | [+5] | |
Apr 22, 2021 | United States | Series A | 5789 | [+9] | |
Apr 28, 2020 | United States | Series A | 8133 | [+3] | |
Jan 09, 2020 | United States | Series A | 6418 |
Unicorns in Tectonic Capital's Portfolio
Tectonic Capital has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Carbon Health. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Carbon Health which became a unicorn in 2021, 4 years before Tectonic Capital first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Tectonic Capital's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
76 | Provider of a wide range of healthcare services | 2015 | Seattle | Series D | anfvaxq |
Acquired companies in Tectonic Capital's Portfolio
7 companies from Tectonic Capital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Voyage AI in Feb 2025 by MongoDB for $*****.Here are Tectonic Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 24, 2025 | Oct 03, 2024 | Series A | 5227 | |
Feb 07, 2024 | Jan 09, 2020 | Series A | 1544 | |
Aug 01, 2023 | Feb 19, 2019 | Seed | 9758 | |
Sep 22, 2022 | Aug 14, 2018 | Seed | 7970 | |
Sep 16, 2022 | Aug 20, 2019 | Seed | 4159 |
Team profile of Tectonic Capital
Tectonic Capital has a team of 3 members including 3 Partners located in United States. Tectonic Capital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Tectonic Capital:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - |
Co-investors of Tectonic Capital
Over the past 11 years, 129 investors have co-invested in Tectonic Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Tectonic Capital: Lux Capital, Vertex Ventures and 11 others have invested in rounds before Tectonic Capital. There is 1 company where Lux Capital has invested before Tectonic Capital and 1 company where Vertex Ventures has invested before Tectonic Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Tectonic Capital: 68 investors entered a company along with Tectonic Capital. These include investors like Clark Valberg (2 companies).
- Invested after Tectonic Capital: A total of 48 investors have invested in Tectonic Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include NFX (1 company), Treasury (1 company) and MetaProp NYC (1 company).
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