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VU Venture Partners portfolio
VU Venture Partners has 6 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 1 investment in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, US, founded in 2019. Its most recent investment on record is Natilus's $28M Series A round in February 2026, alongside Type One Ventures, New Vista Capital, Soma Capital and 6 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Lending and credit (3) and Fintech (3). It has co-invested with Draper Associates, Soma Capital and Liquid 2 Ventures.
About VU Venture Partners
What VU Venture Partners invests in
- Lending and credit · 3 · 50%
- Fintech · 3 · 50%
- Health and bio · 2 · 33%
- Logistics and mobility · 1 · 17%
- Manufacturing and industrial · 1 · 17%
- Data and analytics · 1 · 17%
- Legal and compliance · 1 · 17%
- Consumer and social · 1 · 17%
How VU Venture Partners invests
| Stage | Deals | Capital in rounds |
|---|---|---|
| Series A | 2 100% | $104M |
VU Venture Partners portfolio companies
NNatilus$28MSeries A · Feb 2026
WWayflyer$76MSeries A · May 2021
LLaw Champsbacker
FFintorbacker
EEreborbacker
CConceptionbacker
| Company | Round with VU Venture Partners | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Health and bio |
Series A · $28M | $28M | Feb 16, 2026 Series A |
Lending and credit |
Series A · $76M | $271M | Jun 23, 2025 Series B+ |
Legal and compliance |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Lending and credit |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Lending and credit |
backer | $30M | Oct 21, 2026 round |
Health and bio |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Most frequent co-investors
DDraper Associates1 shared round · last Feb 16, 2026
SSoma Capital1 shared round · last Feb 16, 2026
LLiquid 2 Ventures1 shared round · last Feb 16, 2026
FFlexport1 shared round · last Feb 16, 2026
TType One Ventures1 shared round · last Feb 16, 2026
RRising Tide1 shared round · last Feb 16, 2026
NNew Vista Capital1 shared round · last Feb 16, 2026
TThe Veteran Fund1 shared round · last Feb 16, 2026
WWave Function Ventures1 shared round · last Feb 16, 2026
LLeft Lane Capital1 shared round · last May 1, 2021
QQED Investors1 shared round · last May 1, 2021
SSpeedinvest1 shared round · last May 1, 2021
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Lending and credit).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-09, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 2 rounds on Recent Funding that name VU Venture Partners. 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 VU Venture Partners, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/vu-venture-partners (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.
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