Pebblebed
San Francisco, California · Invests in US · Website
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We back the foundational layers of progress. Developer platforms that accelerate creation. Robot operating systems that make autonomy real. Simulation engines training the next generation of AI. Formal verification securing billions in value. Foundational systems that quietly compound—built by founders who see elegance in complexity and possibility in constraints.
Likely not a fit for
Consumer apps without defensible moats, pure SaaS without technical defensibility, fintech payments, me-too solutions
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $125M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
6 contacts on file
Portfolio
Krea is an AI creative suite for generating, editing, and enhancing images, videos, and 3D assets. It offers free tools and enterprise solutions for organizations.
Augment is the AI productivity platform for logistics. Its flagship product, Augie, is a freight-native AI teammate that works across phone, email, portals, and systems to automate and streamline the most complex logistics workflows—supporting brokers, shippers, and carriers from order to cash.
Orchid is a decentralized marketplace for AI, storage, and bandwidth, enabling trust-free transactions through a nanopayment ecosystem.
OpenMindAi.com is for sale, offering various domain names for purchase. The site lists domains like mastermind.com and mymind.com available for significant prices.
Northflank is a deployment platform that empowers developers to ship workloads and manage applications without the complexity of infrastructure. It supports the deployment of AI workloads, databases, and applications across multiple cloud environments.
Oxen is focused on privacy technology, providing decentralized applications and services that protect user privacy and enhance internet security. The company has developed a node network and applications like Session and Lokinet, which prioritize user privacy.
Select Star is an intelligent data discovery platform that simplifies data exploration and documentation, providing automated data cataloging, lineage, and semantic models.
Spectral Labs is a spatial intelligence company building reasoning models for engineering physical systems. They have developed SGS-1, a generative model for structured CAD that can generate fully manufacturable and parametric 3D geometry.
Recent activity
- Feb 2026
Cognee
Seed · Lead
- Dec 2025
Lemurian Labs
Series A · Co-Lead
- Aug 2025
OpenMind
Series A · Participated
- Nov 2024
Northflank
Seed · Lead
Pebblebed in the news
aecmag.com
Build raises $8.5m seed for AI-driven infrastructure due diligence platform
2 months ago
PitchBook
Meet VC firms’ new rising stars
4 months ago
Business Post
Irish startup wins €39m from legendary Silicon Valley VC firm a16z
4 months ago
South China Morning Post
China’s extreme 996 work schedule meets US tech’s hustle culture
6 months ago
trendingtopics.eu
Cognee: Berlin Startup Raises $7.5 million, Builds Long-Term Memory for AI Agents
6 months ago
EU-Startups
German AI infrastructure startup Cognee lands €7.5 million to scale enterprise-grade memory technology
6 months ago
siliconangle.com
Lemurian Labs raises $28M for its efficiency-optimized AI model compiler
9 months ago
TNGlobal
Singapore’s Anomaly Bio raises $2.6M in pre-seed funding led by Pebblebed Ventures
9 months ago
Tech in Asia
Singapore’s Anomaly Bio raises $2.6m to build laboratory
9 months ago
PR Newswire
AI-Native Startup Adaptive Announces $7 Million Seed Round and New Platform Enabling Anyone to Build Custom Apps
Apr 2025
TechCrunch
Adaptive Computer wants to reinvent the PC with ‘vibe’ coding for non-programmers
Apr 2025
The Information
Why AI Founders Are Starting Their Own Venture Funds
Oct 2024
en.ain.ua
Polish-founded Vidoc Security Lab secures $2.4M investment from Top Silicon Valley VCs
Oct 2024
observer.com
Only 4 of OpenAI’s 11 Founders Are Still With the Company—Where Are the Rest of Them?
Jul 2024
The Washington Post
A peek inside San Francisco’s AI boom
Jun 2024
Business Post
AI-powered Lynq raises $2 million in pre-seed investment
Jun 2024
Femtech Insider
Orchid Introduces Whole Genome Sequencing Reports for Embryos After Raising $12M in Funding
Dec 2023
Business Wire
Select Star Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Jan 2023
Business Wire
Meliora Therapeutics Raises $11M Seed Financing to Develop First Mechanism Of Action Atlas in Oncology
Sep 2022
The Drinks Business
Dragons breath life into Pebblebed project
Jul 2010
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