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Adverb Ventures portfolio
Adverb Ventures has 5 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, US, founded in 2023. Its most recent investment on record is Mecka's $60M Series A round in June 2026, alongside Ted Xiao, Framework Ventures, Menlo Ventures and 3 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Crypto x AI (1) and Robotics and hardware (1). It has co-invested with Y Combinator, 8VC and Menlo Ventures, most often Y Combinator (2 rounds).
About Adverb Ventures
Funds raised
| Fund | Fund # | Size | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
Bay Area | II | $96Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list | |
Bay Area | Ifirst fund | $75M | twitter.com |
What Adverb Ventures invests in
- Crypto x AI · 1 · 20%
- Robotics and hardware · 1 · 20%
- Data and analytics · 1 · 20%
- Consumer and social · 1 · 20%
- Media and content · 1 · 20%
- Climate and energy · 1 · 20%
- Real estate and construction · 1 · 20%
Adverb Ventures recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A · $60M | Ted Xiao, Framework Ventures (lead), Menlo Ventures +3 | ||
| Series B+ · $30M | Radical Ventures (lead), Weekend Fund, Y Combinator +2 | ||
| Series A · $17M | Rebel Fund, Future Back Ventures by Bain & Company, Ritual Capital +3 |
How Adverb Ventures invests
Adverb Ventures portfolio companies
MMecka$60MSeries A · Jun 2026
OOutset$30MSeries B+ · Dec 2025
CCasabacker
PParticlebackerCCambio AIbacker
| Company | Round with Adverb Ventures | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Crypto x AI |
Series A · $60M | $128M | Oct 7, 2026 Series B+ |
Data and analytics |
Series B+ · $30M | $47.5M | Dec 10, 2025 Series B+ |
| backer · source | $27M | Apr 30, 2026 Series A | |
| PParticle Consumer and social |
backer · source | $10.9M | Jun 11, 2024 Series A |
Climate and energy |
backer | $18.5M | Jan 26, 2026 Series A |
Most frequent co-investors
YY Combinator2 shared rounds · last Dec 10, 202588VC2 shared rounds · last Dec 10, 2025
MMenlo Ventures1 shared round · last Jun 2, 2026
SSV Angel1 shared round · last Jun 2, 2026
TTed Xiao1 shared round · last Jun 2, 2026
FFramework Ventures1 shared round · last Jun 2, 2026
CCade Ventures1 shared round · last Jun 2, 2026
KKindred Ventures1 shared round · last Jun 2, 2026
MM121 shared round · last Dec 10, 2025
RRadical Ventures1 shared round · last Dec 10, 2025
WWeekend Fund1 shared round · last Dec 10, 2025
RRebel Fund1 shared round · last Jun 11, 2025
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AAnanda Impact Ventures4 companies · 2 deals in 12 mo
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Crypto x AI).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Venture funds Adverb Ventures raised, from the list of new VC funds compiled by Shai Goldman (Brex). Each size links to the article that states it, or to that list where no article was found. All new funds: new VC funds.
Share is of the 3 rounds on Recent Funding that name Adverb Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Adverb Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/adverb-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.