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Designer Fund portfolio
Designer Fund has 19 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, US, founded in 2014. Its most recent investment on record is Ambrook's $26M Series A round in July 2025, alongside Thrive Capital, BoxGroup, Mischief and 3 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward AI agents (5) and Sales and marketing (5). It has co-invested with Homebrew, Parade Ventures and Dylan Field, most often Homebrew (4 rounds).
About Designer Fund
Funds raised
| Fund | Fund # | Size | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
Bay Area | Ifirst fund | $20M | techcrunch.com |
What Designer Fund invests in
- AI agents · 5 · 26%
- Sales and marketing · 5 · 26%
- Fintech · 4 · 21%
- Developer tools and cloud · 4 · 21%
- Climate and energy · 3 · 16%
- Commerce and retail · 2 · 11%
- Data and analytics · 2 · 11%
- AI coding and devtools · 2 · 11%
Designer Fund recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A · $26M | Thrive Capital (lead), BoxGroup, Mischief +3 | ||
| Series B+ · $35M | Good Friends, Lerer Hippeau, Avenir (lead) +6 | ||
| Seed · $5M | Ascential, Icehouse Ventures, Mark Ritson +2 | ||
| Seed · $15M | Brick & Mortar Ventures (lead), South Park Commons, First Round Capital (lead) | ||
| Series B+ · $20M | Parade Ventures, Tiger Global Management (lead), Tishman Speyer +2 | ||
| Seed · $4.5M | Julia Hartz, Allison Pickens, Keval Desai +6 | ||
| Series A · $7.4M | Parade Ventures, Homebrew, Index Ventures (lead) | ||
| Seed · $1.9M | Parade Ventures (lead), Hustle Fund, Bragiel Brothers +3 |
How Designer Fund invests
Designer Fund portfolio companies
AAmbrook$26MSeries A · Jul 2025
AAir$35MSeries B+ · Jan 2025
TTracksuit$5MSeed · Feb 2023
SSiteline$15MSeed · Feb 2022
MMonograph$20MSeries B+ · Nov 2021
FFelt$4.5MSeed · Aug 2021
NNetlify$12MSeries A · Aug 2017
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| Company | Round with Designer Fund | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Fintech |
Series A · $26M | $56M | Aug 7, 2026 Series B+ |
AI agents |
Series B+ · $35M | $58.1M | Dec 15, 2025 Seed |
Sales and marketing |
Seed · $5M | $44M | Jun 12, 2025 Series B+ |
Legal and compliance |
Seed · $15M | $15M | Jun 6, 2025 Series A |
| Series B+ · $20M | $49.3M | Feb 4, 2025 Series B+ | |
Data and analytics |
Seed · $4.5M | $19.5M | Jul 15, 2025 Series A |
AI coding and devtools |
Series A · $12M | $202.1M | Nov 17, 2021 Series B+ |
Data and analytics |
backer · source | $10M | Feb 10, 2026 Seed |
AI agents |
backer · source | $4.5M | May 20, 2025 Seed |
Fintech |
backer · source | $19.7M | Dec 4, 2025 Series A |
Sales and marketing |
backer · source | $38.2M | Jul 23, 2026 Series A |
| CCopper Climate and energy |
backer · source | $28M | Jan 4, 2026 Series A |
AI agents |
backer · source | $3.5M | Feb 26, 2025 Pre-seed |
AI coding and devtools |
backer · source | $130M | Jun 10, 2025 Series B+ |
| EEuclid Climate and energy |
backer · source | $20M | Sep 5, 2025 Series A |
| NNorthstar Fintech |
backer · source | $24.4M | Oct 13, 2022 round |
| SSway Health and bio |
backer · source | $27.5M | Feb 27, 2024 Seed |
Sales and marketing |
backer · source | undisclosed | — |
AI agents |
backer · source | $26M | Jul 13, 2026 Series A |
Most frequent co-investors
HHomebrew4 shared rounds · last Jul 8, 2025
PParade Ventures3 shared rounds · last Nov 15, 2021
DDylan Field2 shared rounds · last Jul 8, 2025
TTiger Global Management2 shared rounds · last Jan 1, 2025
IIndex Ventures2 shared rounds · last Nov 15, 2021
TThrive Capital1 shared round · last Jul 8, 2025
BBoxGroup1 shared round · last Jul 8, 2025
MMischief1 shared round · last Jul 8, 2025
NNot Boring Capital1 shared round · last Jul 8, 2025
WWndrCo1 shared round · last Jan 1, 2025
SSalesforce Ventures1 shared round · last Jan 1, 2025
AAvenir1 shared round · last Jan 1, 2025
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (AI agents).
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 Designer Fund 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 9 rounds on Recent Funding that name Designer Fund. 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 Designer Fund, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/designer-fund (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.