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Buckley Ventures portfolio
Buckley Ventures has 11 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 New York, US, founded in 2019. It led 4 of the 6 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Drafted's $16M Seed round in May 2026, which it led. By category, its portfolio leans toward Consumer and social (3) and Climate and energy (2). It has co-invested with Mantis VC, OpenAI Startup Fund and Lachy Groom, most often Mantis VC (2 rounds).
About Buckley Ventures
What Buckley Ventures invests in
- Consumer and social · 3 · 27%
- Climate and energy · 2 · 18%
- Developer tools and cloud · 2 · 18%
- Voice and audio AI · 1 · 9%
- Education · 1 · 9%
- Fintech · 1 · 9%
- Insurance · 1 · 9%
- Health and bio · 1 · 9%
Buckley Ventures recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed · $16M · lead | none named | ||
| Seed · $12M | Starship Ventures (lead), Mantis VC, Slow Ventures +1 | ||
| Series B+ · $20M · lead | OpenAI Startup Fund, Khosla Ventures, Paul Graham +3 | ||
| Series B+ · $27M | OpenAI Startup Fund (lead), Josh Buckley, Lachy Groom +3 | ||
| Series B+ · $130M · lead | Spearhead, Skip Capital, Packy McCormick +7 | ||
| Series A · $15M · lead | James Beshara, Josh Buckley (lead), Harry Stebbings +5 |
How Buckley Ventures invests
Buckley Ventures portfolio companies
DDrafted$16MSeed · May 2026
PProject Omega$12MSeed · Feb 2026
SSpeak$20MSeries B+ · Jun 2024
NNexHealth$130MSeries B+ · Apr 2022
SSymbolicabacker
AAntimetalbacker
AArchetype AIbacker
PPogobackerFFrameworkbacker
PParasailbacker
TTARbacker
| Company | Round with Buckley Ventures | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Consumer and social |
Seed · $16M · lead | $16.5M | May 29, 2026 Seed |
Climate and energy |
Seed · $12M | $92M | Nov 9, 2026 Series A |
Voice and audio AI |
Series B+ · $20M · lead | $141M | Mar 28, 2025 Series B+ |
Fintech |
Series B+ · $130M · lead | $181.5M | Apr 1, 2022 Series B+ |
Foundation models and research |
backer · source | $31M | Apr 9, 2024 Series A |
Developer tools and cloud |
backer · source | $24.3M | Jun 12, 2025 Series A |
| backer · source | $48M | Dec 5, 2025 Series A | |
Commerce and retail |
backer · source | $12M | May 8, 2025 Seed |
Robotics and hardware |
backer · source | $20M | Jan 1, 2022 Series A |
AI infrastructure and compute |
backer | $32M | Apr 15, 2026 Series A |
Climate and energy |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Most frequent co-investors
MMantis VC2 shared rounds · last Feb 12, 2026
OOpenAI Startup Fund2 shared rounds · last Jun 25, 2024
LLachy Groom2 shared rounds · last Nov 18, 2022
JJosh Buckley2 shared rounds · last Nov 18, 2022
SScott Belsky2 shared rounds · last Apr 1, 2022
RRahul Vohra2 shared rounds · last Apr 1, 2022
SSlow Ventures1 shared round · last Feb 12, 2026
DDecisive Point1 shared round · last Feb 12, 2026
SStarship Ventures1 shared round · last Feb 12, 2026
KKhosla Ventures1 shared round · last Jun 25, 2024
PPaul Graham1 shared round · last Jun 25, 2024
TThe Venture Collective1 shared round · last Jun 25, 2024
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Consumer and social).
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.
Share is of the 6 rounds on Recent Funding that name Buckley 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 Buckley Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/buckley-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.