About Vast Ventures
Vast Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2004. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Sep 2026, Vast Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 95 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series C round of Forus Overall, Vast Ventures portfolio has seen 8 unicorns, 5 IPOs and 30 acquisitions including key companies like Coinbase, Zocdoc and Sweetgreen. A lot of funds co-invest with Vast Ventures, with names like Lerer Hippeau sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Vast Ventures has team of 5 people including 4 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 3 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Vast Ventures' List of Top Investments
Vast Ventures has a portfolio of 95 companies, including 8 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Eight Sleep and opencoin.Their portfolio spans across United States, Argentina, Mexico and 5 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech and 26 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Vast Ventures:
1. Coinbase
Online platform for crypto portfolio. It offers solutions for consumers such as regular trading platforms, wallets for storing cryptocurrencies, crypto exchanges, USD-backed stable coins, and more. It also provides solutions for businesses such as custodian services, crypto-based payment acceptance solutions, and more.
Key facts about Coinbase
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $547M
- Employee Count: 7,124 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Intel, 2020 Ventures and 148 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 13, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Zocdoc
ZocDoc is an online platform that helps patients to find health practitioners according to location, specialty insurance and book an appointment online. Provides scheduling software for medical personnel at the backend which can be accessed both at Zocdoc and at the professional's website. Introduced ZocDoc Check-In feature that allows patients to fill out their medical forms online in advance of their visit and saves the information for future visits as well. Pricing based on monthly subscription. The service, used by more than 4 million patients/month, serving around 60% of the U.S. population.
Key facts about Zocdoc
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $426M
- Employee Count: 1,361 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Section Partners, Star Tech NG and 39 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Feb 11, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Sweetgreen
Restaurant chains offer salads and meal bowls. Its other products include chicken items, kid's meals, local food dishes, desserts, and drinks. It also provides customized food platters and supply network services.
Key facts about Sweetgreen
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $500M - $1B as on Dec 28, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $479M
- Employee Count: 2,855 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: equitywestsecurities.com, T. Rowe Price and 43 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series I, Sep 23, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Public
4. Tala
Provider of financial infrastructure and credit decision models. This entity develops risk intelligence and underwriting engines designed to facilitate access to credit. The technology utilizes behavioral data to assess creditworthiness and enable financial transactions through digital interfaces.
Key facts about Tala
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Santa Monica (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $346M
- Employee Count: 908 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Founders Circle Capital and 51 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Mar 20, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Autonomous labs for biotechnology, empowering scientists to design the living world. They provide autonomous labs and cloud lab services, enabling scientists to automate experimental work and focus on insight and creativity. The company offers solutions and datapoints services to design experiments and address research goals. Their autonomous systems lift the burden of manual lab work, empowering scientists to ask critical questions. They provide hardware, software, support, and cloud lab resources. The company's vision is to enable programming biology, curing diseases, and growing everything imaginable. This is a B2B tech company offering SaaS solutions for biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
Key facts about Ginkgo Bioworks
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $796M
- Employee Count: 638 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Allen & Company, Owl Rock and 53 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Dec 13, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Public
Vast Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Vast Ventures has invested in 95 companies over the last 17 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment, while as of Sep 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Forus and most recent follow-on round was in Fabric.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Vast Ventures' Investments by Stage
Vast Ventures has made 20 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $12.5M, 17 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.11M, 3 investments in Angel stage with an average round size of $2.5M, 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $100M and 2 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $150M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 20 |
Seed | 17 |
Angel | 3 |
Series B | 3 |
Series C | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Vast Ventures' Investments by Sector
Vast Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, HealthTech, High Tech, Consumer and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 82 Tech companies, 61 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 50 Software companies and at least 36 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 22 |
HealthTech | 10 |
High Tech | 9 |
Consumer | 8 |
Vertical SaaS | 8 |
Others | 51 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Vast Ventures' Investments by Geography
Vast Ventures has made most investments in United States (37), followed by Argentina where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 37 |
Argentina | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Chile | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Vast Ventures' recent investments
Vast Ventures has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Forus.Here are the most recent investments by Vast Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 08, 2026 | United States | Series C | 7848 | ||
Apr 09, 2025 | United States | Seed | 4872 | [+2] | |
Feb 21, 2024 | United States | Series A | 6769 | [+5] | |
Aug 30, 2023 | United States | Series A | 9445 | [+3] | |
Mar 30, 2023 | United States | Seed | 8566 | [+4] |
Unicorns in Vast Ventures' Portfolio
Vast Ventures has 8 unicorns in its portfolio - Eight Sleep, Forus, RapidSOS and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Eight Sleep. It became a unicorn in 2026, 10 years after Vast Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Vast Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
80 | Provider of AI-based internet-first brand of mattress and smart mattress covers | 2014 | New York City | Series D | {peaagi | ||
49 | Developer of software automating prescription prior authorization and medication access | 2023 | New York City | Series C | wvitett | ||
70 | Provider of an intelligent safety platform connecting data to first responders | 2012 | New York City | Series E | hpzj{bg | ||
69 | Provider of an AI-native platform for contact center customer experience | 2014 | New York City | Series C | cneveug | ||
69 | Technology company that specializes in creating diamonds using sustainable and eco-friendly methods | 2012 | San Francisco | Series D | jh{gywx |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Vast Ventures' Portfolio
5 of Vast Ventures' portfolio companies have become public. Sweetgreen got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Nov 2021 at marketcap of $3B and Ginkgo Bioworks got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).Here are Vast Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 18, 2021 | - | - | 4602 | |
Sep 17, 2021 | Mar 18, 2015 | Series A | 8548 | |
Apr 14, 2021 | - | - | 4248 | |
Dec 18, 2020 | Jul 11, 2014 | Series B | 4071 | |
Dec 17, 2020 | - | - | 4378 |
Acquired companies in Vast Ventures' Portfolio
30 companies from Vast Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Little Otter in Oct 2025 by Hazel for $*****.Here are Vast Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 14, 2025 | Jan 06, 2022 | Series A | 7220 | |
Jan 11, 2024 | - | - | 6847 | |
Aug 24, 2023 | - | - | 4998 | |
Jan 04, 2023 | - | - | 4900 | |
Dec 07, 2022 | - | - | 1802 |
Team profile of Vast Ventures
Vast Ventures has a team of 5 members including 4 Partners and 1 Principal located in United States. Vast Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Vast Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | Charlotte | - | ||
Partner | Las Vegas | - | - | |
Principal | Tulsa | - |
Co-investors of Vast Ventures
Over the past 17 years, 398 investors have co-invested in Vast Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Vast Ventures: Y Combinator, National Science Foundation and 85 others have invested in rounds before Vast Ventures. There are 6 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Vast Ventures and 2 companies where National Science Foundation has invested before Vast Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Vast Ventures: 169 investors entered a company along with Vast Ventures. These include investors like Lerer Hippeau (5 companies).
- Invested after Vast Ventures: A total of 142 investors have invested in Vast Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Google Ventures (3 companies), Core Innovation Capital (2 companies) and Hinge Capital (2 companies).
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