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True Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm investing in early-stage technology companies. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2005 by John Burke, Jon Callaghan, Phil Black, Toni Schneider, and Tony Conrad. Notable exits made by True Ventures include: Peloton, Fitbit, Duo, Ring, Blue Bottle Coffee, Evident.io, Hedvig, BrightRoll, Connectifier, Goodreads, Apcera, MakerBot, Smarterer, and Screenhero. Source
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Search ArticlesWrapping Up Our 2026 True Ventures Fellowship
A monthly regulatory compliance agent at a digital health company that pulls federal and state rule changes from official sources, assesses each one against the company's specific setup, and drafts a report a teammate reviews instead of researching from scratch. A pre-call briefing tool for AI strategists each juggling more than twenty customer accounts — it reads the calendar, finds the next customer call, and surfaces that account's open items and relationship history.
Madeline Minshew Now Partner at True Ventures
All posts Madeline Minshew has been named Partner at True Ventures, where she continues to lead the firm’s founder experience as Head of Platform. She is recognized for her work in AI-native programming and, based on founder feedback, the rapidly accelerating value True continues to create for its founder community. © 2026 True Ventures. All rights reserved.
Welcoming Gretchen Robinson to True Ventures
All posts True Ventures welcomes Gretchen Robinson as its first Head of Investor Relations, deepening the firm’s relationships across its LP community. © 2026 True Ventures. All rights reserved.
True's AI Office Hours: Get Feedback From Our AI Partner Personas
All posts Practice your pitch, stress-test a roadmap, or pressure-test a hire — free, no sign-up, with AI personas trained on twenty years of True's investing notes. © 2026 True Ventures. All rights reserved.
Remembering Our Friend Om Malik
All posts True Ventures remembers Om Malik — the first founder we funded, our Partner and friend, and one of the clearest voices in technology of this era. © 2026 True Ventures. All rights reserved.
The Foundation of an AI-Native Firm
All posts Twenty years of venture is a lot of inherited wisdom. Here's how we built the AI foundation as an AI-native firm, and what we learned turning institutional knowledge into actionable intelligence. © 2026 True Ventures. All rights reserved.
Basecamp Research’s Metagenomic Foundation Model Now in Claude Science
All posts Most biological models share the same blind spots. Basecamp Research built one grounded in the deepest map of natural biology yet, now available in Claude Science and across Anthropic products through a newly announced partnership. True’s Rohit Sharma shares more. © 2026 True Ventures. All rights reserved.
The True Ventures Fellowship: A Summer for Building AI Fluency
All posts True Ventures' 2026 Fellowship is built around a rooted goal: AI fluency. We welcomed 11 fellows to AI-native True Portfolio companies so they can develop the skills to solve problems and build what’s next. © 2026 True Ventures. All rights reserved.
Channel Robotics: Intelligence in Surgeons’ Hands
All posts June 17, 2026/Rohit Sharma Robotic surgery assumed better tools meant bigger machines. Rohit Sharma debunks the myth and shares why True backed Channel Robotics to put the next wave of surgical robotic intelligence in surgeons’ hands. © 2026 True Ventures. All rights reserved.
Why We Invested in ChatSee: Catching What Agents Get Wrong
All posts June 12, 2026/Puneet Agarwal Chips and models get the press. The next massive AI opportunity is the governance layer quietly deciding whether enterprise agents actually work. True Partner Puneet Agarwal shares why we invested and what it looks like when there’s a behavioral assurance layer protecting performance. © 2026 True Ventures. All rights reserved.