Foothill Ventures is a technology-focused venture fund based in Los Altos, California. We make pre-seed, seed (preferred), and A-round investments in startups across software, life science, and deep tech.
Our portfolio is very broad. We invest in 3 major areas.
We invest in seed stage companies that demonstrate technical differentiation. This means that one of their major reasons for future success will be technical or product-level superiority
- SOFTWARE
- LIFE SCIENCES
- DEEP TECH
What do we look for?
Strong technical founders: Our first criteria is the quality of the founding team. In addition to favoring strong technologists, we look for a consistent past record of leadership success.
Diverse founders: We have had great success betting on immigrant founders, female founders and PhD founders. When a founding team contains diversity among the founders, we tend to lean in.
Cross-disciplinary approach: We believe that very large opportunities are created when two disciplines collide. Many of our top investments are in cross-disciplinary areas like autonomous vehicles and synthetic biology.