The Ideas Company

Root Ventures

Active

Engineer-run seed fund underwriting hard engineering risk in robotics, dev tools and manufacturing tech.

Type
Micro VC
Stages
Seed
Cheque
$1M–$3M
Base
San Francisco · SF Bay Area
Sectors
hardwareroboticsdeveloper_toolsmanufacturing
Fund IV raised $190M, actively deploying as of late 2025.

Recent announced deals

The evidence behind the active status.

  • Volund Manufacturing
    Seed · Jun 4, 2026 · $12.0M
    source

People

  • Avidan RossCo-founder & General Partner
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Status is computed from announced deals only (Active ≤60d · Slow 60–120d · Quiet 120d+) — a floor, not a ceiling. Every deal links to its public source. Corrections with an announcement link are applied within a week.