Funded Startups in Venice
Among the 41 Venice-area funded startups shown, the largest disclosed round is System1’s $150M on 2026-06-01, a clear outlier versus the next-largest discl…
Among the 41 Venice-area funded startups shown, the largest disclosed round is System1’s $150M on 2026-06-01, a clear outlier versus the next-largest disclosed amounts (Credit Key at $90M on 2026-01-21 and Genies at $150M on 2022-04-12; the rest sit far below $50M). Deal sizes also show a low end: the smallest disclosed amount is Fixe’s $680K on 2024-11-14, well under the common multi-million range.
The list is concentrated around California “Venice” versus “Venice, United States” and “Venice, Veneto, Italy”: most companies are explicitly “Venice, California,” including System1 (2026-06-01), Leisure Hydration (2026-04-03), Kaizen Labs (2025-11-02), and multiple 2024–2023 entries. Temporally, rounds span 2021-01-07 to 2026-06-01, with a dense cluster in late 2024 and 2025; notably, four rounds close in 2025-09-21 (OSEA undisclosed; Senpi $4M; plus two more entries that date to 2025-09-21). Sector coverage is fragmented, but “Financial Services” and “Artificial Intelligence (AI)” each appear in 3+ entries, while “Series Unknown” appears in many rows and there are multiple “undisclosed” amounts.
Most recent rounds
41 shownRelated listings
Frequently asked
What’s the biggest disclosed round in this Venice dataset, and how extreme is it compared to other disclosed deals?
System1’s $150M on 2026-06-01 is the top disclosed amount in the rows shown, and it dwarfs most other disclosed rounds (e.g., the next-highest disclosed entries include Credit Key at $90M on 2026-01-21, while many others are in the $2M–$40M bands such as Seed Health’s $40M on 2021-04-21).
Which city label dominates, and are there meaningful geographic outliers within “Venice”?
The list is heavily weighted to “Venice, California, United States” (e.g., System1 on 2026-06-01; Kaizen Labs on 2025-11-02; Polymer Labs on 2024-01-23; Old Pal on 2021-07-22). The main geographic outlier is “Venice, Veneto, Italy” (Busforfun on 2025-07-14), with several other entries using broader “Venice, United States” rather than specifying California.
Is there a tight date cluster in the most recent window of rounds?
Several entries cluster in 2025: for example, between 2025-09-21 and 2025-09-21 there are multiple closings (OSEA with an undisclosed amount; Senpi with $4M), followed by additional activity in 2025 such as Kaizen Labs on 2025-11-02 ($21M) and Leisure Hydration on 2026-04-03 ($5M). The overall timeline runs from 2021-01-07 (Carpay) to 2026-06-01 (System1).
How often are amounts missing or the round type unclear (and does that affect “outlier” analysis)?
There are multiple rows with “undisclosed” amounts (e.g., OSEA on 2025-09-21; The Lighthouse on 2025-06-16; Universal Hydrogen on 2022-10-10), so those do not participate in largest/smallest comparisons. “Series Unknown” is also common (e.g., System1 on 2026-06-01; Credit Key on 2026-01-21), which limits stage-based clustering even when the amounts are disclosed.
Which sectors recur enough to look like a cluster rather than one-offs?
Two sectors stand out as appearing in 3+ entries: Financial Services appears repeatedly (e.g., Fixe $680K on 2024-11-14; Polymer Labs $23M on 2024-01-23; RabbitHole $18M on 2022-02-16; Willa $18M on 2021-07-07; Carpay $7M on 2021-01-07), while Artificial Intelligence (AI) also recurs (e.g., Senpi $4M on 2025-09-21; Promise undisclosed on 2025-05-20; RAD AI $950K on 2024-09-03).
Are there notable low-end or mid-range outliers worth attention for deal-size strategy?
The smallest disclosed round is Fixe’s $680K on 2024-11-14, which sits far below the broader multi-million distribution seen across disclosed entries such as WEVR at $4M on 2024-06-05 and Almost Friday at $6M on 2022-03-15. On the high end, after System1’s $150M, Credit Key’s $90M on 2026-01-21 and Genies’ $150M on 2022-04-12 anchor the upper tail.
Know which startups just got funded. Every week.
Fresh funding rounds, new companies, and the sectors moving fastest — in your inbox every Monday morning.
Free. Sent every Monday. Unsubscribe anytime.