Basis Set Ventures invests in early-stage startups that are harnessing the opportunities for artificial intelligence to enable people to perform more productively. We believe artificial intelligence (AI) delivers core value to businesses by improving the current business workflow and uncovering new opportunities.
Employees: 11-50
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 35
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 24.05.2022 | Series Fin... | seriesfi.com | $25M | - |
| 24.05.2022 | Vizcom | vizcom.co | - | United Sta... |
| 24.05.2022 | Slope (YC ... | slope.so | - | - |
| 24.05.2022 | Tigris Dat... | tigrisdata.com | - | United Sta... |
| 24.05.2022 | Dataro | dataro.io | - | Australia,... |
| 24.05.2022 | Single Ori... | singleorigin.tech | - | United Sta... |
| 22.12.2021 | Trendsi | trendsi.co | - | United Sta... |
| 15.11.2021 | Orchest | orchest.io | $3.5M | Netherland... |
| 15.11.2021 | Momentum | momentum.io | $10M | Canada, Br... |
| 15.11.2021 | Whimsical | whimsical.com | $30M | United Sta... |
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Persons 12
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Sébastien | Boyer | Technical ... | linkedin.c... | - | s*******n@... | - |
| - | Lisa | C. | Operations... | linkedin.c... | - | l**a@basis... | - |
| - | Catherine | Stewart | - | linkedin.c... | - | c*******e@... | - |
| - | Dr. | Lan Xuezha... | Founding a... | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | - |
| - | John | Mannes | Partner | linkedin.c... | - | j**n@basis... | - |
| - | Sheila | Joglekar V... | - | linkedin.c... | - | s****a@bas... | - |
| - | Grace | Chan | HR Officer | linkedin.c... | - | c***g@basi... | - |
| - | Tilly | G. | Executive ... | linkedin.c... | - | t***y@basi... | - |
| - | Grace | Yang | Data Scien... | linkedin.c... | - | g***e@basi... | - |
| - | Rachel | Wong | Head of Da... | linkedin.c... | - | r****l@bas... | - |
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News 32
| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.02.2021 | The Persistence Brings Executive Programs, Community and an API to Impactful Women Leaders in Tech | Communities of support are essential for women working in tech. The growth of organizations like Women in Product and All Raise over the last few years have amplified the voices of women from product teams to boardrooms. Building on this wo... |
| 24.02.2021 | All That Glitters (Like Stars) Is Not Gold: Metrics that matter when commercializing open source | Many companies are commercializing open source, but what metrics really matter? TL;DR - it’s not GitHub Stars. We looked at all 134 open source software companies founded since 2015 across their GitHub metrics to assess which are the most t... |
| 29.09.2020 | ‘It’s So Essential’: WeChat Ban Makes U.S.-China Standoff Personal | “This move is a page ripped straight out of China’s playbook,” said Lan Xuezhao, founding partner of Basis Set Ventures, a venture capital firm in San Francisco. Ms. Lan, who was born in China and travels there once a year, said that the in... |
| 16.07.2020 | Welcome Sheila Vashee to the investing team | Today we're excited to announce that we're expanding our investing team with the addition of industry veteran Sheila Vashee, whose extensive experience leading growth and go-to-market teams at Opendoor and Dropbox will help us achieve our m... |
| - | Five robots that hope to save the US food supply chain | As Covid-19 threatens to buckle the US food supply chain, businesses are wrestling with the task of how to feed millions under lockdown via understaffed supply chains. As a result, demand for robotics companies whose machines can harvest, h... |
| - | New Jobs That Didn't Exist Before and Pay 50 Percent More | As we enter into a new year, many of us are likely thinking about resolutions, career ambitions, and goals for the year ahead. For 2019, I’m anticipating more new technology converting into job reality, and more organizations integrating AI... |
| - | Fostering Community Outside the Office | From our experience, the idea of hosting a large gathering that brings people together to share ideas is often exciting but can be challenging in terms of execution and actual impact. How do you get everyone talking? What should you be talk... |
| - | Come Join the Basis Set Investment Team | Basis Set Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups that are using artificial intelligence to help us work more productively. Our ~$140M fund is dedicated primarily to Seed and Series A startups. We’re looking ... |
| - | Can Social Help Drive Progress in Future Work? | As we look toward the future of work, some of the things we must continue to improve upon are making work more enjoyable and learning more desirable. |
| - | The Idea: Build It, and They Can Find Coronavirus Tests | Carl Bass, former chief executive of the software company Autodesk, for example, is assembling 1,500 face shields a day for nurses and doctors from a robotics warehouse in Berkeley, Calif., and sending them across the country. Lan Xuezhao, ... |
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Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.05.2024 | Teal Raises $8M in Seed Funding | Teal, a NYC-based startup specializing in accounting infrastructure for Vertical SaaS businesses, raised $8M in Seed funding. The round was led by Torch Capital with participation from Basis Set Ventures, General Advance, Dash Fund, and ang... |
| 26.04.2021 | Basis Set Ventures Gives Up the Office as It Raises $165 Million Fund | While some venture firms are returning to the office, Basis Set Ventures is embracing remote work beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. The venture firm, which just raised $165 million for its second fund to invest in machine-learning businesses an... |
| 26.04.2021 | Basis Set Ventures closes $165M sophomore fund | Basis Set Ventures, an early-stage venture firm focused on AI investments, has raised $165 million for its second fund, TechCrunch reported. The oversubscribed vehicle is nearly $30 million larger than the firm's 2017 vintage $136 million d... |
| 22.04.2021 | At Basis Set Ventures, merging venture capital and software development yields a $165 million new fund | When Xuezhao Lan first formed Basis Set Ventures, the goal was to leverage technology to give venture capital investing super powers. From the earliest days, when Lan hired former TechCrunch reporter John Mannes, and then built out the team... |
| 22.08.2020 | Launched with $17 million by two former Norwest investors, Tau Ventures is ready for its closeup | Amit Garg and Sanjay Rao have spent the bulk of their professional lives developing technology, founding startups and investing in startups at places like Google and Microsoft, HealthIQ, and Norwest Venture Partners. Over their decade-long ... |
| 28.07.2019 | As RPA evolves, humans will increasingly take a back seat | The robotic process automation (RPA) industry has heated up over the last year with some of the leading players — like UiPath, Automation Anywhere, and Blue Prism — growing much faster than expected. At Transform 2019 this month, Guru Chaha... |
| 28.07.2019 | As RPA evolves, humans will increasingly take a back seat | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! The robotic process automation (RPA) industry has... |
| 19.12.2017 | FarmWise Raises $5.7m Seed Round for Vegetable Weeding Robot | FarmWise, an agricultural robotics and IoT startup has raised a $5.7 million seed round to commercialize the company’s automated weeding robot. FarmWise has developed a weeding robot that uses computer vision to identify weeds and robotics ... |
| 15.08.2017 | Andrew Ng is raising a $150M AI Fund | We knew that Andrew Ng had more than just a series of deep learning courses up his sleeve when he announced the first phase of his deeplearning.ai last week. It’s clear now that the turn of Ng’s three part act is a $150 million venture capi... |
| 19.07.2017 | Clara Labs nabs $7M Series A as it positions its AI assistant to meet the needs of enterprise teams | Clara Labs, creator of the Clara AI assistant, is announcing a $7 million Series A this morning led by Basis Set Ventures. Slack Fund also joined in the round, alongside existing investors Sequoia and First Round. The startup will be lookin... |
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