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Boldstart Ventures

Venture Capital · Founded 2010 · Miami, United States

Day one partner and true believer for developer first and SaaS founders. lead investor for pre-product founders, first check.vc

101 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $4.3B invested · 189 investments · Investor rank #686 · Last investment 6/2026
Portfolio companies 101 ↑ 37% 5y
Decacorns 0
Thoroughbreds 6
Estimated holdings

Boldstart Ventures’ biggest current holdings.

An estimate of Boldstart Ventures’ largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 4 companies where Boldstart Ventures is a named shareholder, worth about $1.4B in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 SnykEnterprise Software · Unicorn 12.5% $7.4B $925M
  2. 2 BlockdaemonEnterprise Software · Unicorn 8.5% $3.3B $276M
  3. 3 ClayEnterprise Software · Unicorn 5% $3.1B $155M
  4. 4 BigIDSecurity · Unicorn 6.5% $1.0B $65M

Estimated value = Boldstart Ventures’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Boldstart Ventures also appears inside investor groups in Gong, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

Portfolio analysis

Where Boldstart Ventures’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 101 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA87
  2. Israel5
  3. Canada4
  4. UK2
  5. Germany1
  6. Ireland1
  7. UAE1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software49
  2. Security20
  3. Marketing10
  4. Media8
  5. Fintech6
  6. Event Tech5
  7. Telecom5
  8. Jobs Recruitment4
  9. Gaming3
  10. Health2
  11. Legal2
  12. Dating1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed80
  2. Series A11
  3. Series B+6
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth48
  2. Breakout Stage38
  3. Late Growth15
Portfolio market map

Inside Boldstart Ventures’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 101 tracked.

Snyk
Security · Unicorn
$7.4B
Gong
Marketing · Unicorn
$7.3B
Generalist AI
Robotics · Unicorn
$2.0B
Blockdaemon
Fintech · Unicorn
$3.3B
BigID
Security · Unicorn
$1.0B
SecurityScorecard Inc.
Security
$950M
Kustomer
Enterprise Software
$300M
Spectro Cloud
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Front
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.7B
Clay
Marketing · Unicorn
$3.1B
HYPR
Security
$100M
Tessl
Enterprise Software
$750M
Protect AI
Security
$400M
Superhuman
Telecom
$825M
Dooly
Marketing
$320M
Reco
Security
$120M
Replicated
Enterprise Software
$200M
Jyve Corporation
Jobs Recruitment
$140M
Hypernative
Security
$160M
Robin
Marketing
$120M
Harbr
Enterprise Software
$169M
Surf AI
Security
$228M
Indiegogo
Fintech
$160M
FortressIQ
Security
$120M
Catalytic
Enterprise Software
$120M
Amberdata
Enterprise Software
$330M
Env0
Enterprise Software
$72M
WEVR
Gaming
$125M
Emissary
Jobs Recruitment
$18M
Jit
Security
$154M
Keycard Labs
Security
$120M
QuizUp
Gaming
$7.5M
Cloudquery
Security
$64M
Wallaroo
Enterprise Software
$100M
Smallstep
Security
$28M
Stellate
Enterprise Software
$20M
AtomicJar
Enterprise Software
$100M
Kumospace
Media
$84M
Cape Privacy
Security
$80M
Divide
Security
$48M
HyPR
Security
$32M
Dope Security
Security
$64M
Handshake
Dating
$56M
Pinpoint
Enterprise Software
$54M
Jeli
Marketing
$60M
Tres
Fintech
$130M
Manifold.co
Event Tech
$74M
Humanix
Security
$54M
Upstream
Event Tech
$50M
Baz
Enterprise Software
$36M
Klipfolio
Enterprise Software
$25M
Steadybit
Security
$39M
Waldo
Health
$40M
Pinpoint
Jobs Recruitment
$54M
Crew (Previously ooomf)
Jobs Recruitment
$40M
Wove
Transportation
$36M
Topos Bio
Health
$42M
Preact
Marketing
$18M
Uare.ai
Media
$41M
Codesee
Enterprise Software
$28M
Portfolio founders

Where Boldstart Ventures’ portfolio founders come from.

138 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States88
  2. Israel19
  3. France7
  4. Canada5
  5. Argentina3
  6. Germany3
  7. United Kingdom3
  8. Estonia2
  9. Belgium1
  10. China1
UniversityCount
  1. Tel Aviv University9
  2. University of California, Berkeley5
  3. University of Cambridge4
  4. University of Pennsylvania4
  5. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev3
  6. Harvard University3
  7. McGill University3
  8. Princeton University3
  9. Technion Israel Institute of Technology3
  10. Bar-Ilan University2
Previous companyCount
  1. Microsoft8
  2. Alphabet | Google7
  3. Cisco5
  4. IBM5
  5. Cognitive Security4
  6. Salesforce4
  7. Goldman Sachs3
  8. VMware3
  9. Activa Live2
  10. Airtime2
Figures on this page are sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API, joined with Dealroom’s cap-table dataset (estimated holdings) and the Power Law Investor Ranking. News in “Featured in” is drawn from Dealroom’s own coverage — the stories that name this investor, not only those it is the subject of. Market sentiment is omitted until the API exposes it.