Moment Ventures: Investing in the Future of Work
Moment Ventures is an early-stage venture capital (VC) firm located in Palo Alto, California, at 516 High St, Palo Alto, California 94301. The company specializes in investing in startups that focus on the "Future of Work" by using technology to reimagine industries such as IT, logistics, food, construction, commerce, education, transportation, and more. With a $37 million institutionally-backed fund called Moment II, Moment Ventures seeks to invest over $1 million in pre-Series A funding rounds.
The company's partners boast extensive experience in VC investments and startup entrepreneurship. The Moment Ventures team includes Ammar Hanafi and Clint Chao as co-founding General Partners, Matt Divack, and Rajiv Khemani. The team has previously served as General Partners at other technology-focused VC firms.
Moment Ventures' investment portfolio consists of innovative startups from both Moment I and Moment II funds. Some of the notable inclusions are Flowspace, an on-demand warehouse fulfillment and logistics platform; Pod Foods, a CPG food & beverage distribution platform; Validere, an in-the-field oil & gas analytics solution; TARA AI, an end-to-end product management and scoping platform; Swing Education, a substitute teacher marketplace; Alto, an alternative IRA platform; Crash, a career onboarding platform; Rafay, a lifecycle management solution for container-based applications; Owl, a security camera platform for fleets and telematics operators; and Skyward, a drone management platform acquired by Verizon.
Other successful investments from Moment Ventures include Netsil, a microservices application observability platform acquired by Nutanix; Stripe, an online payments platform which acquired Payable; Astound, an AI-enabled enterprise service desk; Copia, a surplus food distribution and logistics platform; Soha Systems, a secure application delivery platform acquired by Akamai; and Viptela, a software-defined WAN platform acquired by Cisco.
Moment Ventures maintains an active online presence through its website (http://www.momentventures.com) and various social media platforms, including AngelList (https://angel.co/moment-ventures), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/momentvc), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/momentvc).
Potential investors or startups interested in partnering with Moment Ventures can submit a plan via an introduction by a common connection or directly to the company at funding@momentventures.com. With a focus on investing in the Future of Work and a proven track record in supporting innovative startups, Moment Ventures is well-positioned to continue playing a significant role in the early-stage VC landscape.