Preface Ventures

Preface Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in New York. It focuses on early-stage investments, partnering with startups at pre-seed and seed rounds to help build technology-driven companies. The firm targets sectors such as financial services, healthcare, information technology, digital health, health technology, infrastructure, financial technology and software as a service. Typical investments support early product and market development, with capital deployed in the pre-seed to seed range to advance frontier enterprise initiatives that improve work processes.

Farooq Abbasi

General Partner

Toni Alejandria

Principal

38 past transactions

Mutuus

Seed Round in 2025
Mutuus is a digital healthcare membership platform based in Mexico that provides members with comprehensive, end‑to‑end medical services through a user‑friendly interface. The service includes free healthcare benefits, discounts on medical services, and full coverage for treatments. Users can book home appointments, track physical activity, receive healthy meal suggestions, request ambulance services, and access 24/7 medical, nutritional, and emotional support. The platform is designed to make private healthcare accessible and affordable for both individuals and businesses, eliminating additional costs for hospital treatments.

IP Copilot

Seed Round in 2024
IP Copilot is a SaaS company offering IP discovery and management services. Its AI-driven platform aids in generating, tagging, deduplicating ideas; managing inventors and budgets; and monitoring industry trends.

Qpoint

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Qpoint enhances cloud application security by providing visibility and control over egress traffic. Its platform helps maintain operational resilience, enforces zero-trust security, and offers insights into system behavior without hindering developer innovation.

Opnova

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Opnova is a compay that offers organizations an agentic AI solution that eliminates manual, repetitive processes, allowing them to function efficiently and effectively.

Arvo

Seed Round in 2024
Arvo is a healthcare technology startup that uses artificial intelligence to secure the integrity of healthcare transactions.

Leen

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Leen is a technology company that specializes in providing a unified API (Application Programming Interface) for cybersecurity tools and data. Its platform enables businesses to store and access data from various security tools, such as SentinelOne, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Firewall, through a single integration. This allows product and engineering teams to build internal tooling that leverages end customer data directly within applications and services, without the need to maintain multiple integrations and data pipelines.

Knock

Series A in 2024
Knock helps product and engineering teams send notifications to their customers.

Qpoint

Seed Round in 2023
Qpoint enhances cloud application security by providing visibility and control over egress traffic. Its platform helps maintain operational resilience, enforces zero-trust security, and offers insights into system behavior without hindering developer innovation.

Solvemed Limited

Seed Round in 2023
Solvemed Limited stands at the forefront of innovation in neurological care, leveraging advanced AI technology to pioneer precision diagnostics and personalized treatment recommendations. Our cutting-edge solutions empower healthcare professionals with unprecedented insights, enabling early detection and monitoring of neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease. With a steadfast commitment to improving patient outcomes, we seamlessly integrate our AI-driven platform to revolutionize the landscape of neurology diagnostics and drug discovery. Backed by a dedicated team of experts and powered by state-of-the-art technology, Solvemed Limited remains steadfast in its mission to redefine the standards of neurological care worldwide.

Alfii

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Alfii is a Dubai-based HR technology startup founded by Yousef Albarqawi and Becky Jefferies, focused on enhancing employee care by automating HR operations. The company offers a SaaS platform that streamlines HR workflows and consolidates employee data into a single, user-friendly solution. By automating administrative tasks, Alfii allows HR professionals to concentrate on more pressing workforce challenges. Initially, the platform simplifies the onboarding and payment processes for employees, regardless of their location, and plans to address the entire employee lifecycle in subsequent phases. Designed for ease of use, Alfii provides intuitive interfaces for both employers and employees, while equipping HR managers with advanced analytics and insights to foster better employee management and engagement.

FunnelStory

Pre Seed Round in 2023
FunnelStory is a Revenue intelligence platform that uses AI to empower Sales and Customer Success teams to predict churn and retention by analyzing usage, conversations, and business intelligence data. The platform also enables teams to discover and design data-driven customer journeys and leverage Felix, the AI Revenue Analyst, for 24/7 insights on demand. FunnelStory boasts rapid deployment, with the fastest time-to-value, and features an AI DataEngineer for autonomous setup and analysis.

dope.security

Series A in 2023
Dope Security is a stealth technology company focused on developing enterprise cybersecurity software that addresses web-based threats. Its innovative platform eliminates the traditional data center architecture used by legacy providers by implementing a fly-direct approach that secures data directly at the endpoint. This method enhances performance while ensuring privacy and reliability for enterprises. The company aims to provide a seamless user experience, making it easier for cybersecurity firms to protect their clients from various online vulnerabilities.

Kibsi

Seed Round in 2022
Kibsi is a cloud-based, low-code platform that enables businesses to build and deploy computer vision applications using existing cameras. It simplifies the process, allowing users to focus on their business needs rather than technical complexities.

Nilus

Series A in 2022
Nilus is a mission-driven company dedicated to combating malnutrition by leveraging technology to deliver affordable, nutritious food to low-income individuals. It achieves this through innovative strategies such as food rescue and inclusive design, aiming to create a sustainable value chain for underserved communities.

Endor Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Endor Labs specializes in enhancing application security with a focus on managing open-source software dependencies. The company aids developers in integrating safe Open Source Software (OSS) to expedite development processes while minimizing time spent on security issues. Its Dependency Lifecycle Management Platform targets the vulnerabilities in software supply chain security caused by ungoverned use of open-source software within enterprises.

Solvemed Group

Seed Round in 2022
Solvemed Group leverages proprietary machine learning technology to develop digital biomarkers for accurate, early diagnostics and monitoring of neurological conditions, initially focusing on Parkinson's disease. Collaborating with leading research institutions, the company aims to improve patient care and revolutionize drug discovery.

Vidia

Seed Round in 2022
Vidia is a digital platform that connects patients who need surgery to private hospitals to perform surgical procedures. All this in a fast, accessible and bureaucratic way. Vidia was established in 2019 by Thiago Bonini in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Loopa Finance

Seed Round in 2022
Loopa Finance is a pioneering litigation funder in Europe and Latin America, leveraging technology to facilitate meritorious legal claims. Founded by Yago Zavalia Gahan and Fernando Folgueiro, the company employs an interdisciplinary team of lawyers and engineers who use proprietary software to screen, filter, and select promising cases, offering clients uncorrelated returns.

CompScience

Seed Round in 2022
CompScience is a technology company that specializes in AI-driven solutions for the workers' compensation insurance sector, with a primary focus on enhancing workplace safety. The company develops a platform that utilizes machine learning algorithms to analyze historical data, allowing organizations to assess their safety protocols, identify potential hazards, and implement effective risk management strategies. By providing actionable insights, safety monitoring, and a user-friendly dashboard, CompScience helps businesses in logistics and manufacturing industries reduce injuries and lower workers' compensation costs. Additionally, the platform facilitates improved communication between safety teams and management, ensuring that safety initiatives align with organizational objectives and ultimately enhance employee well-being and operational performance.

Intus Care

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2018, Intus Care develops a platform that connects home care providers with patients. Its application uses machine learning to predict hospital readmissions and risks, enabling efficient tracking of care providers and high-risk patient identification.

Haystacks.AI

Seed Round in 2021
Haystacks.AI enhances single-family residential real estate investment decisions by integrating comprehensive property data with diverse ancillary datasets.

Redesign Science

Seed Round in 2021
Redesign Science, established in 2017 and based in New York, is a biotechnology company specializing in small molecule drug discovery. It employs a computational chemistry platform to accelerate drug development by simulating protein targets at the atomic level, revealing subtle drug opportunities that traditional methods may miss. The company aims to set a new standard in early-stage drug discovery, leveraging first-principles physics and artificial intelligence to create generative AI for drug discovery, with a focus on high unmet medical needs.

Talisman

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Talisman is an IT management software provider that enables businesses to automate tasks typically handled by an IT department. Its SaaS platform offers centralized tool management, IT spending tracking, helpdesk support, hardware inventory, and alerts for upcoming renewals or unused licenses.

Kibsi

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Kibsi is a cloud-based, low-code platform that enables businesses to build and deploy computer vision applications using existing cameras. It simplifies the process, allowing users to focus on their business needs rather than technical complexities.

Nilus

Seed Round in 2021
Nilus is a mission-driven company dedicated to combating malnutrition by leveraging technology to deliver affordable, nutritious food to low-income individuals. It achieves this through innovative strategies such as food rescue and inclusive design, aiming to create a sustainable value chain for underserved communities.

GritWell

Seed Round in 2021
GritWell Ltd is a digital health platform that specializes in addressing chronic health conditions through a holistic approach. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, the company connects patients with a variety of health professionals, including nutritionists, health coaches, and naturopathic doctors. GritWell's platform facilitates secure video consultations, direct messaging, and online scheduling, allowing for personalized treatment plans and credible advice tailored to individual needs. By focusing on root cause treatment rather than mere symptom management, GritWell employs clinically validated symptom assessments to guide patients toward appropriate care while integrating natural treatment options. This innovative approach aims to improve health outcomes by enabling patients to find practitioners who can address the underlying issues of their chronic symptoms, such as insomnia, migraines, and anxiety.

dope.security

Venture Round in 2021
Dope Security is a stealth technology company focused on developing enterprise cybersecurity software that addresses web-based threats. Its innovative platform eliminates the traditional data center architecture used by legacy providers by implementing a fly-direct approach that secures data directly at the endpoint. This method enhances performance while ensuring privacy and reliability for enterprises. The company aims to provide a seamless user experience, making it easier for cybersecurity firms to protect their clients from various online vulnerabilities.

Osana

Series A in 2021
Osana is a healthtech company offering an omnichannel platform focused on patient-centric care. This platform aims to optimize resource usage by providing services such as clinical analysis, emergency ambulance services, video consultations, and data-driven insights.

PatchRx

Seed Round in 2021
PatchRx is a digital health company that enhances medication adherence through its remote therapeutic management platform. It offers a smart pill bottle device, patient app, and web portal, enabling patients to take medications on time, refill prescriptions, earn rewards for good adherence, and share real-time data with healthcare providers.

Twosense

Seed Round in 2021
Twosense is a provider of behavioral software focused on continuous biometric authentication for workplace security. The company's innovative technology offers Continuous Authentication and Continuous Access Evaluation as a service for employee identity and access management (IAM). By analyzing and modeling the unique behavioral patterns of authorized users, Twosense's software can effectively reduce fraud and enhance security. It operates with minimal integration effort, requiring only a few lines of code, and is designed to seamlessly authenticate employees based on their behavior, thereby preventing unauthorized access. This enables businesses to protect their applications and sensitive information while ensuring a smooth user experience.

Unstruk Data

Seed Round in 2021
Unstruk Data was started on the premise that expert domain knowledge is being lost at an alarming rate, as employees leave and projects end. For companies that manage and track real-world assets, as the volume of their acquired spatial and unstructured data rises, the amount of hidden or "dark" data increases even more rapidly. Unstruk offers a full-stack knowledge platform which leverages no-code machine learning and a user-friendly spatial data analytics interface. With the Unstruk Data Portal, geo-enabled businesses can catalog, correlate and search their video, audio, 3D point clouds, shape files, orthographic images, PDFs, emails (and more) - to make data-driven decisions more easily and without coding required. Data can be further enriched and correlated via external integrations with ESRI ArcGIS, satellite imagery providers, databases and other API-based services.

Osana

Seed Round in 2021
Osana is a healthtech company offering an omnichannel platform focused on patient-centric care. This platform aims to optimize resource usage by providing services such as clinical analysis, emergency ambulance services, video consultations, and data-driven insights.

Certn

Series A in 2020
Certn develops a platform that uses machine learning and AI for applicant screening and risk management. It offers services such as criminal record checks, identity verification, employment & education verification, reference checks, and global background assessments. The platform predicts customer credibility through social profiling, behavioral profiling, and financial profiling.

Semantic Health

Seed Round in 2020
Semantic Health is a Toronto-based healthcare technology company that uses proprietary artificial intelligence to enhance medical coding, auditing, and clinical documentation improvement processes in hospitals.

Dassana

Seed Round in 2020
Dassana is a developer of computer and network security solutions that centralizes security data to enhance organizational resilience and risk management. By consolidating disparate data sources, the company's platform offers contextualized insights that enable comprehensive visibility into security postures. This unification facilitates efficient threat correlation, swift incident response, and proactive risk management, addressing the challenges posed by traditional methods that often lead to fragmented insights and inefficiencies. Dassana's approach simplifies data access at scale, allowing organizations to focus on their strategic business priorities while effectively mitigating risks without compromising performance or incurring excessive costs.

Certn

Seed Round in 2020
Certn develops a platform that uses machine learning and AI for applicant screening and risk management. It offers services such as criminal record checks, identity verification, employment & education verification, reference checks, and global background assessments. The platform predicts customer credibility through social profiling, behavioral profiling, and financial profiling.

Feroot

Venture Round in 2020
Feroot is a cybersecurity company offering a client-side security platform designed to protect web applications from data leakage and privacy violations. The platform focuses on securing the client-side JavaScript and the data assets processed in the user's browser, providing an all-in-one client-side risk management solution. It enables monitoring and automated protection of sensitive data such as credentials and other data assets, with real-time alerts, asset discovery, security access analysis, and forensic capabilities. The solution supports privacy compliance by facilitating fulfillment of privacy rights and enforcing data-use restrictions downstream to enterprise systems and third-party applications. It helps prevent data loss and misconfiguration-driven risks by detecting client-side threats and coordinating protection workflows across the software stack. The company serves organizations seeking to reduce exposure from third-party integrations and client-side vulnerabilities in web applications.

Barndoor AI

Barndoor AI specializes in enterprise AI infrastructure, providing a centralized governance layer to manage, scale, and control agent-based AI applications across organizations. Its platform includes tools for orchestrating AI agent workflows, secure data sharing, system integrations, and data governance, enabling teams to coordinate distributed AI efforts, maintain oversight, and deploy AI systems while adhering to internal policies and ensuring data security and accountability.
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