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M13 backs early-stage software startups, focusing on seed and Series A investments, especially in AI and web3-enabled consumer tech. The firm uses its Propulsion model to deliver strategic and operational guidance from a team of experienced executives, providing hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale. By combining venture capital with elements of private equity, M13 aims to be a long-term partner rather than just a funder. With offices in Los Angeles and New York and funds including a $400 million vehicle, its goal is to help founders build durable, growth-focused businesses in areas like the future of work, health, commerce, and money.
About m13
Industries
Venture Capital
Consumer Software
Crypto & Web3
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$1.8B
Headquarters
Beverly Hills, California
Founded
2016
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- M13 backed Jimini Health's $17 million seed round in 2026, riding AI mental-health demand.
- M13 led Rime's Series A on July 15, 2026, targeting enterprise voice AI.
- M13's site added OpenFX, Teleskope, and Makora in July 2026, showing active deployment.
What critics are saying
- M13 remains tied to crowded seed AI markets where follow-on capital tightened in 2026.
- Consumer-focused bets like dating, music, and commerce face fast product commoditization.
- If AI incumbents replicate portfolio features, M13 becomes a generic early-stage capital provider.
What makes m13 unique
- M13's Propulsion model pairs seed checks with hands-on operators across product, hiring, and GTM.
- Its July 2026 portfolio centers on AI, health, commerce, and infrastructure, not broad software.
- M13 shows repeat founder access: 54 exits and 15 unicorns from seed or Series A.
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Funding
Total Funding
$1.8B
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0 Rounds
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Company News
The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 8/3/2026 featuring funding details for Baselayer, Dili, and much more.
For the first time in human history, a rich understanding of language is available as a utility, delivered via API, useful enough to “be metered”. Intelligence has become a tool: something you can call, compose, and build on, divorced from any individual human mind.
Rime, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of an enterprise voice AI platform, raised 24M in Series A funding
Rime is handling over 100 million calls each month across multiple companies.
Chord, an AI platform for commerce operations founded by ex-Glossier executives Bryan Mahoney and Henry Davis, has raised $7 million in funding led by Equal Ventures, bringing total capital raised to $45 million. M13, Chingona Ventures and CEAS Investments also participated. The New York-based startup, founded in 2021, is building a "context layer" that unifies a company's data, rules and operational logic to enable real-time decision-making. Its "context graph" stores metrics, constraints and past decisions, becoming more accurate over time. Chord's customers include MrBeast, Ritual, Ruggable and Blue Bottle Coffee, collectively representing over $1 billion in annual revenue. The platform competes with Klaviyo, Triple Whale and Northbeam. The funding will accelerate agent infrastructure development and sales amongst commerce businesses generating between $20 million and $1 billion revenue.
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About m13
Industries
Venture Capital
Consumer Software
Crypto & Web3
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$1.8B
Headquarters
Beverly Hills, California
Founded
2016
m13 is Hiring for 1 Jobs on Simplify!
Find jobs on Simplify and start your career today