StratMinds VC
595 Pacific Ave FL 4, San Francisco, CA, 94133, United States
Overview
STRATMINDS is a San Francisco-based Venture Capital and Advisory firm. We support exceptional entrepreneurs with an ambition to generate an outsized impact. We help them reach their full potential with early-stage investment and strategic advice. We are a thesis-driven firm, focusing on key areas of development that are disrupting the world for the better: AI, Next-gen Computing+Web, UX Innovation, and New Commerce. https://stratminds.vc/about
- Total investments
- 9
- Lead investments
- 2
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 1
Sector focus
- Advice
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Superapp
Participated · Seed · Mar 2026
Superapp offers an artificial-intelligence platform that automatically generates native Swift code, allowing users with no programming background to take an idea from concept to App Store publication. The service adheres to Apple’s design philosophy so that finished apps meet the company’s user-experience standards. Founded in 2025 by Vitalii Kotyk (formerly at Bolt) and Stanislav Prokopiv (formerly at Grammarly), the company targets a global audience of aspiring app creators who lack technical expertise. Investors believe the team’s speed and ambition position it well to open new opportunities in mobile development. In March the startup secured $1.6 million in pre-seed funding, giving it the capital to refine its AI models and expand product capabilities. The newly raised funds will be used to further develop and improve the platform, making app creation even more accessible to a broader user base.
- Portal AI
Participated · Seed · Jun 2024
Portal.ai builds a customizable AI-based orchestrator that creates agents to help SMBs manage operations, marketing, finance, logistics and more. Its agents gather and analyze data from platforms including Shopify, Amazon, Google, Meta, Wix and QuickBooks to offer recommendations or execute tasks with one click. The company was founded in 2023 by Volodymyr Panchenko and Mohammed (Hamudi) Naanaa and is based in Redwood City, California. In June 2024 Portal.ai completed a $5.0M pre-seed funding round. The round included angel capital provided under SAFE agreements with a stated cap of $50 million. Portal.ai’s product focus is on delivering task-specific AI applications and orchestration for SMB workflows.
- Competera
Led · Seed · Feb 2024
Competera builds an intelligent price optimization platform for retailers using a neural network trained on proprietary and industry data. The Competera Pricing Platform enables retailers to set and maintain optimal prices across the entire pricing life cycle, and the company offers Competera X, a self-service version for sellers on marketplaces like Amazon, Etsy, and Shopify. The company has more than 50 customers across 18 countries, including the US, UK, Germany, France and Italy. Co-founded by Oleksandr Halkin and Oleksandr Sazonov and based in Santa Monica, CA, Competera says its mission is to free retailers from pricing routines. In January 2024 Competera secured $3.0M in seed funding. The company will use the funds to scale services supporting multinational retailers and expand further in the US retail sector.
- ShapesXR
Participated · Seed · Aug 2023
ShapesXR is a creation and collaboration platform for XR content and experiences that enables remote product teams to brainstorm and ideate in 3D, rapidly prototype, and co-edit in real time. Users can create immersive storyboards to show designs in function and invite teammates to ideate, iterate and run design reviews. Led by CEO and founder Inga Petryaevskaya and based in San Mateo, California, the company focuses on tools for XR and metaverse workflows. ShapesXR recently raised $8.6M in seed funding to support growth and development. The company intends to use the proceeds to grow its business reach and expand the product onto new platforms such as Apple’s Vision Pro and the Magic Leap 2. Investors named in the articles include Supernode Global, Triptyq Capital, Hartmann Capital, Geek Ventures, Boost VC, LETA Capital, WXR Fund and STRATMINDS, alongside early backers like HTC VIVE and The VR Fund.
- Bit2Me
Participated · Equity · Jun 2023
Bit2Me is the leading crypto-asset company in Spain and is registered with the CNMV as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP). For more than ten years the company has built crypto infrastructure, operating an exchange and related services while maintaining extensive security and compliance certifications, including ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 37001, ISO 37301, UNE 19601, and CSA STAR Level 1. The firm complements its core trading and custody products with Bit2Me Academy, the largest Spanish-language crypto educational portal offering over 450 free articles and certified courses. In July 2025 the company obtained a European regulatory license that underpins its plans to extend operations across the EU and to strengthen its presence in Argentina and other Latin American markets. Bit2Me has earned accolades such as “Best Cryptocurrency Exchange” in Italy and Portugal from Rankia. Strategic partners and shareholders now include major institutions such as Telefónica, BBVA, Investcorp, Tether, Inveready, Unicaja, Cecabank, and Bankinter. With these relationships and fresh capital, the company intends to accelerate geographic expansion while continuing to serve as a regulated, security-focused bridge between traditional finance and digital assets.
Team
Richard Jhang
General Partner & CEO
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