Bow Capital

Bow Capital is a venture capital firm founded in partnership with the University of California. It sources early technology from students, faculty and alumni at UC campuses and backs the resulting companies. Its current thesis is that lasting advantage in AI will come from proprietary data from the physical world.

What Bow Capital offers

• Robotics and industrial automation: investments in companies handling objects and controlling physical systems, such as Ambi Robotics and GrayMatter Robotics.
• Defence, space and communications: autonomous systems and defence software, including Perseus Defense and Victus.
• Commerce and logistics networks: data platforms and marketplaces for work, freight and delivery, including Nuro, Mothership and Motive.
• Healthcare and biotech: AI-powered diagnostics and discovery drawing on UC science, including DeepCell, GenEdit and Linus Bio.

Who it serves

The firm works with founders emerging from UC research and with its UCSD incubator. It also draws on a network of Silicon Valley founders and operators.

Key facts

• University link: University of California, across its campuses
• Focus: four areas of physical-world AI
• Portfolio: more than 50 companies, according to its site