Felicis Ventures

Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2006, it focuses on seed-to-series C investments in early-stage technology companies that reinvent core markets and pursue frontier technologies. The firm backs founders across sectors such as artificial intelligence, health, security, and consumer internet, providing capital together with active mentoring and strategic advisory to help portfolio companies scale globally. Its approach combines hands-on support with resources aimed at accelerating growth, while maintaining a diverse international portfolio anchored in the Bay Area. Led by founder and president Aydin Senkut, Felicis seeks opportunities where innovative ideas can become enduring, widely adopted products and companies.

Nicole Bae

Partner, Operations

Dasha Maggio

Investor

Daniel Bartus

Partner

Maddie Chavez

Partner, Operations

James Detweiler

Partner

Past deals in Embedded Software

Revel

Seed Round in 2025
Revel is a complete hardware control platform that combines a high-performance runtime environment, a specific programming language designed for hardware control, and an easy-to-use command/control interface.

Distributed Spectrum

Series A in 2025
Distributed Spectrum is a defense technology company that develops software and sensors for signal processing, machine learning, and embedded systems to help understand critical radio signals across missions. Its spectrum monitoring system provides situational awareness and real-time, actionable alerts, with capabilities including passive signature detection, signal analysis, and anomaly identification. The system is designed to work with affordable, commodity hardware and incorporates patent-pending algorithms to interpret the radio environment and track transmissions across diverse settings for defense and security applications.

Distributed Spectrum

Seed Round in 2024
Distributed Spectrum is a defense technology company that develops software and sensors for signal processing, machine learning, and embedded systems to help understand critical radio signals across missions. Its spectrum monitoring system provides situational awareness and real-time, actionable alerts, with capabilities including passive signature detection, signal analysis, and anomaly identification. The system is designed to work with affordable, commodity hardware and incorporates patent-pending algorithms to interpret the radio environment and track transmissions across diverse settings for defense and security applications.

Muse

Series B in 2015
Muse, developed by InteraXon, is a neurotechnology company that produces a headband designed to provide real-time feedback on brain activity during meditation. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, the company specializes in brain-computer interfaces, utilizing research-grade ambulatory electroencephalograms and EEG sensors. Muse’s technology captures brainwaves and translates them into digital signals, which are then processed to deliver insights on mental activity, heart rate, breathing, and body movements. This data enables users to enhance their meditation practices and mindfulness, fostering a deeper connection with their mental and physical states. Through its innovative hardware and software platform, Muse aims to support users in achieving greater mental clarity and well-being.

Insensi

Seed Round in 2015
Insensi is a team of 13 NY-based hardware and software engineers, designers and operations people building the Family Communications Platform with both a hardware (The ILY Phone) and a software component (the ILY app for iOS / Android). Backed by Felicis (behind Dropcam, Fitbit), Collaborative Fund (Kickstarter, Lyft, Kano) and people like David Marcus (Head of Facebook Messenger). Product Description: ILY is the Family Phone™ for your home, a new kind of communication device for families. It makes regular, everyday conversations effortless, whether you are 3 or 93, regardless of location and tech savviness, by connecting everyone with just one tap. So whether you’re a traveling parent or have family living far away, ILY gives your family – young or old – the power to communicate on their terms. Family has never been simpler, kids can connect to anyone in the family, on any device with apps for smartphones, tablets and desktops. ILY is building the Family Communications Platform.

Muse

Series A in 2013
Muse, developed by InteraXon, is a neurotechnology company that produces a headband designed to provide real-time feedback on brain activity during meditation. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, the company specializes in brain-computer interfaces, utilizing research-grade ambulatory electroencephalograms and EEG sensors. Muse’s technology captures brainwaves and translates them into digital signals, which are then processed to deliver insights on mental activity, heart rate, breathing, and body movements. This data enables users to enhance their meditation practices and mindfulness, fostering a deeper connection with their mental and physical states. Through its innovative hardware and software platform, Muse aims to support users in achieving greater mental clarity and well-being.
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