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Portfolio 9
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
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| Kiwibot | kiwicampus.com | $17.5M | United States, California, Berkeley | |
| Donut Media | donut.media | $800K | United States, California, Culver City | |
| Orai: AI Speech Coach | oraiapp.com | $2.3M | United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia | |
| Aura | aurahealth.io | $2.7M | ||
| theCut | thecut.co | United States, District of Columbia, Washington | ||
| FaZe Clan | fazeclan.com | $40M | Dominican Republic, Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo | |
| reThought Insurance Corporation | rethoughtinsurance.com | $15.5M | United States, California, San Francisco | |
| AON3D | aon3d.com | $11.5M | Canada |
Mentions in press and media 10
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| Jun 24, 2026 | SuperPlane secures $2.6M to turn production operations into an AI-native workflow layer | SuperPlane has raised $2.6 million in a Pre-Seed round to bring AI to the engineers managing production infrastructure. The investment was led by Credo Ventures, with participation from First Momentum Ventures and angel investors, including... |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Biggest Funding Rounds in Slovenia (H1 2025) | Slovenia ~ Company: Below, you can find the biggest H1 2025 funding rounds in Slovenia, along with key details about the startups. Check the rest of the Central and Eastern Europe H1 2025 mappings here. This article is part of the CEE fundi... |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Time to act: tell Brussels why the 28th regime matters | At Tech.eu, we are firm champions of EU Inc., a grassroots pan‑European initiative launched in October 2024 by a coalition of top entrepreneurs, startup founders, and venture capitalists to establish a single, optional EU-wide legal entity ... |
| May 21, 2025 | The Rise of Intelligent Automation: sensmore's Vision for Heavy Machinery | In the heart of Europe, a revolution is brewing. A Berlin/Potsdam-based startup named sensmore is on a mission to transform the world’s largest mobile machinery into intelligent robots. With a recent funding boost of €6.5 million, the compa... |
| May 20, 2025 | sensmore raises $7.3M to fuel the next generation of autonomous industrial vehicles | Berlin/Potsdam-based robotics startup sensmore has secured $7.3 million in funding to bring Physical AI to the world’s largest mobile machinery. As a full-system provider, sensmore retrofits existing heavy mobile machinery on site, for exam... |
| Jun 14, 2020 | Where are all the robots? | Rajat Bhageria Contributor Share on Twitter Rajat Bhageria is founder and CEO of stealth robotics company Chef Robotics and is founder and managing partner at Prototype Capital. We were promised robots everywhere — fully autonomous robots t... |
| Jan 10, 2018 | Prototype Capital launches to take pre-seed student investing out of the Ivy League | The two founders of Prototype Capital believe that pre-seed investment focused on student entrepreneurs needs to change. While existing micro-investment funds focused on young entrepreneurs spend their time at Ivy League schools and elite p... |
| Feb 14, 2017 | TheBlindGuide acquires UPenn startup ThirdEye, bringing computer vision to the visually impaired | There’s nothing quite like the atmosphere of a college hackathon. Amidst the free t-shirts and apps to help you find parties on campus always lie a few hidden gems for those with the patience to hunt. ThirdEye, one of those gems forged out ... |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Who has their hand on the tap of deal flow? | Nandeet Mehta Contributor Nandeet Mehta is a co-founder of Prototype Capital. As a student-entrepreneur, I find myself surrounded by the birth, growth and death of new ideas that feed the venture capital industry. Based on what I am seeing,... |
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FAQ about Prototype Capital
How many startups has Prototype Capital invested in?
Prototype Capital has 9 portfolio companies on Parsers VC, among them Kiwibot, Donut Media and Orai: AI Speech Coach.
What has the press written about Prototype Capital?
Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning Prototype Capital, among them “SuperPlane secures $2.6M to turn production operations into an AI-native workflow layer” (Jun 24, 2026) and “Biggest Funding Rounds in Slovenia (H1 2025)” (Aug 11, 2025).
Is Prototype Capital still active?
Yes, Prototype Capital is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 3, 2026.