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.c... | $25M | - |
| 24.05.2022 | Vizcom | vizcom.co | - | United Sta... |
| 24.05.2022 | Slope (YC ... | slope.so | - | - |
| 24.05.2022 | Tigris Dat... | tigrisdata... | - | United Sta... |
| 24.05.2022 | Dataro | dataro.io | - | Australia,... |
| 24.05.2022 | Single Ori... | singleorig... | - | United Sta... |
| 22.12.2021 | Trendsi | trendsi.co | - | United Sta... |
| 15.11.2021 | Orchest | orchest.io | $3.5M | Netherland... |
| 15.11.2021 | Momentum | momentum.i... | $10M | Canada, Br... |
| 15.11.2021 | Whimsical | whimsical.... | $30M | United Sta... |
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Persons 14
| 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... | - |
| - | Xuezhao (L... | Lan | Founder an... | linkedin.c... | - | l*n@basiss... | - |
| - | 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... | - |
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News 32
| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.02.2021 | The Persistence Brings Executive Programs, Community and an ... | Communities of support are essential for women working in tech. The growth of organizations like Wom... |
| 24.02.2021 | All That Glitters (Like Stars) Is Not Gold: Metrics that mat... | Many companies are commercializing open source, but what metrics really matter? TL;DR - it’s not Git... |
| 29.09.2020 | ‘It’s So Essential’: WeChat Ban Makes U.S.-China Standoff Pe... | “This move is a page ripped straight out of China’s playbook,” said Lan Xuezhao, founding partner of... |
| 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 industr... |
| - | Rasa raises $26M led by A16Z for its open source conversatio... | As chatbots and other AI-based services like interactive voice apps continue to become more ubiquito... |
| - | 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... |
| - | 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... |
| - | 5 exciting and investable AI themes | A few weeks ago I spoke at SaaStr Annual, the largest B2B software conference, about investing in ar... |
| - | Managing Remote Teams and Overcoming Hiring Challenges | Last month, Basis Set Ventures and Olga Narvskaya organized a private dinner for women executives in... |
| - | How Data Made Capturing the Black Hole Image Possible | Black holes have been studied (and the subject of legends) for years, but last week, astronomers rev... |
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Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 26.04.2021 | Basis Set Ventures Gives Up the Office as It Raises $165 Mil... | While some venture firms are returning to the office, Basis Set Ventures is embracing remote work be... | wsj.com/ar... |
| 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 f... | pitchbook.... |
| 22.04.2021 | At Basis Set Ventures, merging venture capital and software ... | When Xuezhao Lan first formed Basis Set Ventures, the goal was to leverage technology to give ventur... | techcrunch... |
| 22.08.2020 | Launched with $17 million by two former Norwest investors, T... | Amit Garg and Sanjay Rao have spent the bulk of their professional lives developing technology, foun... | techcrunch... |
| 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 lead... | venturebea... |
| 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 an... | venturebea... |
| 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 commercia... | agfunderne... |
| 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 an... | techcrunch... |
| 19.07.2017 | Clara Labs nabs $7M Series A as it positions its AI assistan... | Clara Labs, creator of the Clara AI assistant, is announcing a $7 million Series A this morning led ... | techcrunch... |
| - | LA Venture Podcast: Chang Xu's Basis Set Ventures Focuses On... | On this week's episode of the L.A. Venture podcast, hear from Chang Xu, partner at Basis Set Venture... | dot.la/cha... |