BootstrapLabs

Investor type

VC

Founded

2008

AUM

$15 M

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

$10-50 m

Investment Ticket

3-5 years

Investment Horizon

Seed, Pre-seed

Investment Stage

Sale to strategic investor, IPO

Exit Strategy

Investor profile last updated: 27 July, 2026

Profile

Founded in 2008, BootstrapLabs, an Ares company, is a leading Venture Capital firm based in Silicon Valley and focused on Applied Artificial Intelligence. BootstrapLabs was one of the first VC firms to build an AI-first investment strategy and seeks to invest in visionary founders who solve some of today’s most important and valuable opportunities by applying Artificial Intelligence.

BootstrapLabs is often the first institutional money and acts as a lead investor in the early stages, with follow-on capital at the growth stages.

Through our Venture Studios and Venture Capital funds, we are investing in Artificial Intelligence applied to The Future of Work (FoW)/Productivity, Mobility, Health, Financial Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure, Energy/Climate, and AI-enabling technologies.

As entrepreneurs ourselves, we know it takes an experienced team amplified by a nurturing community to build successful companies, so we stand by our founders in good times and bad times, because the road to success is paved with setbacks, challenges, and lessons learned from past failures – and building something big is hard.

Ultimately we believe technology should always be used to create a positive impact on society, and that founders should always place fellow humans at the heart of their vision.

Industry

Education Fintech Healthcare Services Software Telecommunications Transportation Edtech Financial Services Food and Beverage Foodtech Gaming Marketing and Advertising Media and Entertainment Other Real Estate Robotics Security Sports/SportsTech MedTech Technology Life Sciences Infrastructure Energy Cybersecurity Internet of Things (IoT) Music HealthTech AdTech Logistics SaaS Mobility Machine Learning (ML)

Region of investment

North America

BootstrapLabs Funds

Name Type
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Industry
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Stage
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Region
Size AUM Launch date
BootstrapLabs Applied AI Fund III LP
Venture Capital (VC)
Financial Services
Fintech
SaaS
Software
Energy
Mobility
Machine Learning (ML)
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$14 M
January 2017

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FAQs about BootstrapLabs

BootstrapLabs is located in San Francisco, California, United States.
BootstrapLabs was founded in 2008.
BootstrapLabs invests in companies and startups in Education, Fintech, Healthcare Services, Software, Telecommunications, Transportation, Edtech, Financial Services, Food and Beverage, Foodtech, Gaming, Marketing and Advertising, Media and Entertainment, Other, Real Estate, Robotics, Security, Sports/SportsTech, MedTech, Technology, Life Sciences, Infrastructure, Energy, Cybersecurity, Internet of Things (IoT), Music, HealthTech, AdTech, Logistics, SaaS, Mobility, Machine Learning (ML).
BootstrapLabs invests in companies and startups in North America.
BootstrapLabs invests in companies and startups at Seed, Pre-seed.
BootstrapLabs usually invests $10-50 m on average.
BootstrapLabs has around $15m assets under management.
BootstrapLabs last fund was created/launched in 2017-01-24