Mantis VC portfolio

Mantis VC has 31 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 7 investments in the last 12 months.

Website: mantisvc.com.

Type: Venture capital.

Portfolio on Recent Funding: 31.

Deals, last 12 months: 7.

Capital in their rounds: $1.56B.

Latest deal: Neros · Aug 11, 2026.

About this page

It is a venture capital firm based in Santa Monica, US, founded in 2019. Its most recent investment on record is Neros's $250M Series B+ round in August 2026, alongside Thiel Capital, Dylan Field, Sequoia and 5 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward AI agents (6) and Developer tools and cloud (5). It has co-invested with Sequoia, Spark Capital and Amplify Partners, most often Sequoia (9 rounds).

About Mantis VC

Firm type: Venture capital.

Headquarters: Santa Monica, US.

Founded: 2019.

Stages: Seed, Series A.

Sectors: AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity, Digital Health, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Gaming, Mental Health, SaaS, Sales Tech.

Check size: $100K to $1M.

Leads rounds: No.

Portfolio companies: 142.

Exits: 11.

Rounds led: 0.

Funds raised

Fund	Fund #	Size	Announced
MMantis	Ifirst fund	$35M	Sep 15, 2020 techcrunch.com

What Mantis VC invests in

AI agents · 6 · 19%
Developer tools and cloud · 5 · 16%
Manufacturing and industrial · 5 · 16%
Fintech · 5 · 16%
Robotics and hardware · 4 · 13%
Cybersecurity · 4 · 13%
Commerce and retail · 4 · 13%
Stablecoins · 4 · 13%

Mantis VC recent investments

Company	Round	Date	Alongside
NNeros	Series B+ · $250M	Aug 11, 2026	Thiel Capital, Dylan Field, Sequoia (lead) +5
EEDGE Markets	Series A · $29.2M	Jun 8, 2026	Bullpen Capital, CoinFund (lead), StepStone Group +1
AAutomating software development	Series B+ · $150M	Apr 16, 2026	Khosla Ventures (lead), Evantic Capital, Abstract Ventures +4
FFactory	Series B+ · $150M	Apr 16, 2026	20VC, Khosla Ventures (lead), NEA +4
SSolveAI	Series A · $50M	Mar 9, 2026	Pushmeet Kohli, Never Lift Ventures, Olivier Godement +4
PProject Omega	Seed · $12M	Feb 12, 2026	Starship Ventures (lead), Buckley Ventures, Slow Ventures +1
Ddepthfirst	Series A · $40M	Jan 14, 2026	Jeffrey Dean, Kirsten Green, Mischief +7
AAutomating software development	Series B+ · $50M	Sep 25, 2025	Nvidia, NEA (lead), Vantera VC +6

How Mantis VC invests

Stage	Deals	Capital in rounds
Series A	10 38%	$243.2M
Series B+	10 38%	$1.28B
Seed	5 19%	$38.25M
round	1 4%	$4M

Year	Deals	Capital in rounds
2020	1 4%	$15M
2021	3 12%	$65.25M
2022	5 19%	$70M
2023	2 8%	$65.8M
2024	3 12%	$172M
2025	5 19%	$493.2M
2026	7 27%	$681.2M

Mantis VC portfolio companies

NNeros$250MSeries B+ · Aug 2026
EEDGE Markets$29.2MSeries A · Jun 2026
AAutomating software development$150MSeries B+ · Apr 2026
FFactory$150MSeries B+ · Apr 2026
SSolveAI$50MSeries A · Mar 2026
PProject Omega$12MSeed · Feb 2026
Ddepthfirst$40MSeries A · Jan 2026
NNumeral$35MSeries B+ · Sep 2025
DDataHub$35MSeries B+ · May 2025
CChainguard$356MSeries B+ · Apr 2025
NNuon$17MSeries A · Dec 2024
OOpenLayer$4.8MSeed · May 2023
Iincident.ioSeries A · Jul 2022
ZZippi$16MSeries A · Jun 2022
DDraftea$4Mround · Mar 2022
TTrace FinanceSeed · Feb 2022
AAtlys$4.25MSeed · Dec 2021
OOuter$50MSeries B+ · Sep 2021
NNexHealth$15MSeries A · Jun 2020
SShinkei Systemsbacker
EEderabacker
SSandstonebacker
JJeevesbacker
HHausbacker
MMoonPaybacker
LLumabacker
MMonacobacker
BBedrockdatabacker
LLightning AIbacker
MMesh Optical Technologiesbacker
VVoya Energybacker

Company	Round with Mantis VC	Total raised	Latest raise
NNeros Robotics and hardware	Aug 11, 2026 Series B+ · $250M	$360M	Aug 11, 2026 Series B+
EEDGE Markets Prediction markets	Jun 8, 2026 Series A · $29.2M	$46.4M	Jun 8, 2026 Series A
AAutomating software development AI coding and devtools	Apr 16, 2026 Series B+ · $150M	$415M	Sep 15, 2026 round
FFactory AI coding and devtools	Apr 16, 2026 Series B+ · $150M	$150M	Apr 16, 2026 Series B+
SSolveAI HR and recruiting	Mar 9, 2026 Series A · $50M	$50M	Mar 9, 2026 Series A
PProject Omega Climate and energy	Feb 12, 2026 Seed · $12M	$92M	Nov 9, 2026 Series A
Ddepthfirst AI agents	Jan 14, 2026 Series A · $40M	$120M	Mar 31, 2026 Series B+
NNumeral Legal and compliance	Sep 18, 2025 Series B+ · $35M	$153.5M	Sep 23, 2026 Series B+
DDataHub Data and analytics	May 20, 2025 Series B+ · $35M	$35M	Oct 4, 2025 Series B+
CChainguard AI agents	Apr 23, 2025 Series B+ · $356M	$612M	Apr 23, 2025 Series B+
NNuon Developer tools and cloud	Dec 1, 2024 Series A · $17M	$17M	Dec 1, 2024 Series A
OOpenLayer Education	May 4, 2023 Seed · $4.8M	$19.3M	May 14, 2025 Series A
Iincident.io AI agents	Jul 13, 2022 Series A	$62M	Apr 10, 2025 Series B+
ZZippi Stablecoins	Jun 8, 2022 Series A · $16M	$58M	Feb 13, 2026 round
DDraftea	Mar 15, 2022 round · $4M	$37.2M	Sep 4, 2022 Series A
TTrace Finance Stablecoins	Feb 15, 2022 Seed	$32M	Jun 17, 2026 Series A
AAtlys Health and bio	Dec 9, 2021 Seed · $4.25M	$72.25M	Mar 16, 2026 Series B+
OOuter Commerce and retail	Sep 1, 2021 Series B+ · $50M	$65M	Sep 30, 2025 Series B+
NNexHealth Fintech	Jun 1, 2020 Series A · $15M	$181.5M	Apr 1, 2022 Series B+
SShinkei Systems Robotics and hardware	backer · source	$44.5M	Jun 27, 2026 Series A
EEdera Robotics and hardware	backer · source	$20M	Feb 25, 2025 Series A
SSandstone AI agents	backer · source	$40M	Jun 9, 2026 Series A
JJeeves Stablecoins	backer · source	$421M	Sep 29, 2026 Series B+
HHaus Sales and marketing	backer · source	$20M	Jul 30, 2024 round
MMoonPay Stablecoins	backer · source	$87M	Apr 1, 2022 Series A
LLuma In-person and live experiences	backer · source	undisclosed	—
MMonaco Sales and marketing	backer	$75M	May 17, 2026 Series B+
BBedrockdata Cybersecurity	backer	$25M	Nov 17, 2025 Series A
LLightning AI AI infrastructure and compute	backer	$50M	Apr 29, 2025 Series B+
MMesh Optical Technologies AI infrastructure and compute	backer	$50M	Feb 18, 2026 Series A
VVoya Energy AI infrastructure and compute	backer	undisclosed	Nov 14, 2025 Seed

Most frequent co-investors

Similar investors

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 Mantis VC 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 26 rounds on Recent Funding that name Mantis VC. 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 Mantis VC, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/mantis-vc (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.