Anorak Ventures

Venture Capital
$945.6Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
2,394open roles in its portfolio
27investments
1deal in 12 months

Overview

Anorak Ventures is a San Francisco venture capital firm that makes seed-stage investments in technology companies with transformative potential. It typically writes early checks into founders building consumer, hardware, virtual reality and deep technology products, taking a long-term, founder-friendly approach. The firm was founded in 2013 by investor Greg Castle and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
27
17 of them startups
Hiring now
13
2,394 open roles
Deals in 12 months
1
Rounds in 12 months
9
$945.6M raised
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 35%Software 20%Hardware 15%Military 10%Manufacturing 10%Robotics 10%Cybersecurity 10%Events & Ticketing 10%
Where its companies are
United States 59%Australia 4%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 75%Series B 25%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 27 investments
CivilGridSeries A $26M · 2 mo ago · 8 roles OnebriefVenture round $150.8M · 3 mo ago · 26 roles Nox MetalsSeed $11.5M · 4 mo ago · 35 roles GridwareVenture round $55M · 11 mo ago · 17 roles GridwareVenture round $55M · 11 mo ago ZeroMarkSeries A · 12 mo ago · 10 roles BirdstopVenture round $4.6M · 15 mo ago PolimorphicSeries A $18.6M · 16 mo ago Anduril IndustriesSeries H $2.5B · 16 mo ago · 2256 roles Flock SafetyVenture round $275M · 19 mo ago · 11 roles Level Zero HealthVenture round $7M · 22 mo ago · 6 roles Simbe RoboticsVenture round $47.7M · 2 yr ago · 14 roles
2,394 open roles at 13 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Anduril Industries603 new roles in 30 days Onebrief14 new roles in 30 days Nox Metals10 new roles in 30 days CivilGrid5 new roles in 30 days Simbe Robotics5 new roles in 30 days Gridware5 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Y Combinator 6 shared 7percent Ventures 6 shared Andreessen Horowitz 4 shared SV Angel 3 shared Sequoia Capital 3 shared General Catalyst 3 shared Coatue 2 shared Spark Capital 2 shared Matrix 2 shared Long Journey Ventures 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Techstars Initialized Capital Craft Ventures Scout Ventures Shield Capital 8VC Elevate Ventures Kleiner Perkins
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3; 4 rounds in the press that name it

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Shared investors2
7percent VenturesVia a fund
109 portfolio companies: Meta, Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company, BorrowMyDoggy and 106 more
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199 portfolio companies: Atlas Venture, Atento Capital, Atlandventures and 196 more
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco United States
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