CIV portfolio

CIV has 7 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 1 investment in the last 12 months.

Website: civ.co.

Type: Venture capital.

Portfolio on Recent Funding: 7.

Deals, last 12 months: 1.

Capital in their rounds: $30.5M.

Latest deal: UpSmith · Oct 6, 2026.

About this page

It is a venture capital firm based in Venice Beach, US, founded in 2023. Its most recent investment on record is UpSmith's $10M Series A round in October 2026, alongside WaterStone Impact Fund, Sandwith Ventures, SemperVirens and 5 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Climate and energy (3) and Robotics and hardware (3). It has co-invested with Zachary Bookman, Synetro Group and SemperVirens.

About CIV

Firm type: Venture capital.

Headquarters: Venice Beach, US.

Founded: 2023.

Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.

Sectors: Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Construction Tech, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, Robotics, SaaS.

Leads rounds: No.

Portfolio companies: 21.

Exits: 0.

Rounds led: 1.

What CIV invests in

Climate and energy · 3 · 43%
Robotics and hardware · 3 · 43%
Manufacturing and industrial · 3 · 43%
Fintech · 2 · 29%
AI agents · 1 · 14%
Data and analytics · 1 · 14%
HR and recruiting · 1 · 14%
Stablecoins · 1 · 14%

How CIV invests

Stage	Deals	Capital in rounds
Series A	2 100%	$30.5M

Year	Deals	Capital in rounds
2024	1 50%	$20.5M
2026	1 50%	$10M

CIV portfolio companies

UUpSmith$10MSeries A · Oct 2026
VVerse$20.5MSeries A · May 2024
SShinkei Systemsbacker
SSenra Systemsbacker
TThe Nuclear Companybacker
IIsembardbacker
CCruxbacker

Company	Round with CIV	Total raised	Latest raise
UUpSmith AI agents	Oct 6, 2026 Series A · $10M	$15M	Oct 6, 2026 Series A
VVerse Stablecoins	May 22, 2024 Series A · $20.5M	$85.25M	Jun 8, 2026 Series B+
SShinkei Systems Robotics and hardware	backer · source	$44.5M	Jun 27, 2026 Series A
SSenra Systems Robotics and hardware	backer · source	$90M	Jul 15, 2026 Series B+
TThe Nuclear Company Climate and energy	backer · source	$51M	May 16, 2025 Series A
IIsembard Robotics and hardware	backer	$59M	Mar 10, 2026 Series A
CCrux Lending and credit	backer	$50M	Nov 27, 2025 Pre-seed

Most frequent co-investors

Similar investors

Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Climate and energy).

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 2 rounds on Recent Funding that name CIV. 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 CIV, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/civ (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.