Slowing: last activity Jul 2023 Verified 5 Nov 2026
Bow Capital
Seed to Series A venture firm anchored by the University of California, backing founders building AI for the physical world, including robotics, manufacturing and defense. Based in Menlo Park, CA.
- Type
- VC firm
- Location
- Menlo Park, California, United States
- Stages
- Seed, Series A
- Backs
- B2B software
- Sectors
- AI, Robotics, Industrial, Defense, Space, Healthtech and life sciences, Medtech
- Fund size / AUM
- $2.1M Bow Capital 2021-1 (Form D offering, 2021); $494.3M gross private fund assets (Form ADV; private funds: 3, of which venture capital: 3)
- Portfolio mix
- B2B software 41%; Hardware 14%; Consumer products 10%; Biotech and pharma 10%; Consumer apps 7%; Deep tech 3%; Climate and energy 3%; Fintech 3%; Real assets 3%; Marketplaces 3% (n=29)
- Website
- bowcapital.com
Contacts on file
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Sources
- adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/285101
- bowcapital.com/
- bowcapital.com/#contact
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1872647/000187264721000002/
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