What Hyperplane does

Hyperplane Venture Capital is a Boston-based, privately held venture capital firm founded in 2015 that writes first-check, early-stage capital into AI and deep-technology companies rebuilding core industries through the convergence of AI, workflows, infrastructure, and the physical world. The firm's stated investment thesis targets pre-seed, seed, and follow-on rounds in companies deploying AI-native architectures into regulated, physical, or infrastructure-heavy environments — including autonomous mobility, defense, supply chain, agriculture, voice, and GPU infrastructure. The core offering is capital plus long-term partnership with founders, framed as "first check before consensus," with the firm leading or co-leading select rounds (Autolane seed, Integrate, Modulate, Flume Fabric, Greeneye, Pickle Robot) and participating as a returning investor in subsequent rounds.

The product surface is portfolio-driven rather than software-driven. Hyperplane maintains a public-facing portfolio platform, an LP login portal, a content marketing/insights blog, and a talent network and job board that aggregates 171 open roles across portfolio companies (Tive, Modulate, Pickle Robot, Spiro.AI, and others). Revenue is generated through the conventional VC mechanics of management fees and carried interest on committed fund capital; Hyperplane does not publicly disclose fund size, AUM, or revenue. The firm operates from a registered address at 137 Newbury St, Floor 8, Boston, Massachusetts, with a team of 1–10 employees led by Managing Partner/Co-Founder John Murphy, co-founder Brendan Kohler, and Founder & Managing Partner Vivjan Myrto, supported by Principal Blake Billiet, Associate Brian Bernert, and consulting CFO Jason King. Notable portfolio outcomes include Pickle Robot's announced UPS $120M/400-robot deployment, Integrate's Pentagon mandate, and Tive's Series C scaling to over 900 enterprise customers globally.

Name

Hyperplane

Legal name

Hyperplane Venture Capital

Website

http://hyperplane.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hyperplane Venture Capital is a Boston-based, first-check venture capital firm founded in 2015 that invests pre-seed through Series B in early-stage AI and deep-technology companies, serving technical founders building AI applications across physical, infrastructure, and defense verticals.

Ownership category

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Product category

Early-Stage Venture Capital

NAICS

Open-End Investment Funds (525910)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Micro-VC & Angel Funds (FSANAAAI)

Keywords

• Venture capital
• Early-stage investing
• AI investments
• Deep tech funding
• Seed capital

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Returns: Hyperplane generates returns through carried interest and management fees typical of VC funds, investing in early-stage AI and deep tech companies with high conviction before market consensus.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hyperplane is an early-stage venture capital firm that writes first-check investments into AI and deep technology companies before market consensus. Founded in 2015, the firm partners with founders from pre-seed through multiple ventures, providing capital and strategic support to companies rebuilding industries where AI meets workflows, infrastructure, and the physical world.

Product overview

Hyperplane is a first-check, early-stage venture capital firm specializing in AI and deep tech investments, founded in 2015. Rather than offering a traditional product platform, Hyperplane provides investment services to founders, operating through a portfolio companies platform showcasing investments in autonomous vehicles (Autolane), GPU cloud infrastructure (Flume Fabric), defense project management (Integrate), voice intelligence (Modulate), supply chain robotics (Pickle Robot), agricultural AI (Greeneye Technologies), and logistics visibility (Tive). The firm also operates a talent network and job board to support portfolio company growth.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hyperplane Venture Capital Fund

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Simon Property Groupstrategic partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerSimon Property Group partnered with portfolio company Autolane to deploy curbside operating system at four Simon shopping center properties including Stanford Shopping Center and The Domain in Austin.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Lux Capital: Early-stage venture firm investing in emerging science and technology companies, with a thesis overlapping Hyperplane's 'AI meets the physical world' focus (robotics, space, defense, advanced compute). Both firms back contrarian deep-tech founders at the seed stage.
• Khosla Ventures: Vinod Khosla's venture firm with a high-conviction, often contrarian thesis around AI, robotics, and frontier technology. Khosla writes first checks into AI and deep tech at stages comparable to Hyperplane's seed/pre-seed activity.
• DCVC (Data Collective): Venture firm investing in deep-tech and applied AI companies at seed through Series B, with a thesis centered on data-driven and science-driven engineering. Directly comparable to Hyperplane in stage, sector focus, and 'first-check' orientation.
• Zetta Venture Partners: Early-stage venture firm exclusively focused on AI-first B2B companies, often leading or co-leading seed rounds. Comparable to Hyperplane in AI-specific thesis, seed-stage focus, and limited partner profile.
• Eclipse Ventures: Early-stage venture firm focused on physical-world startups at the intersection of AI, robotics, and industrial automation. Directly comparable to Hyperplane's physical AI thesis, particularly around Pickle Robot and Autolane-adjacent categories.

Emerging players

• Bloomberg Beta: Early-stage venture firm investing in machine intelligence and data companies — overlapping thesis with Hyperplane but smaller and more limited in fund size. Comparable peer in AI-first seed-stage investing.

Broad incumbents

• Founders Fund: Large, established venture firm with deep-tech exposure among a broader portfolio thesis. While larger and more diversified than Hyperplane, Founders Fund frequently competes in the same deep-tech and frontier-AI deal flow.
• Andreessen Horowitz (a16z): Major venture firm with a large dedicated AI practice actively investing across stages in AI infrastructure, applications, and robotics. Represents the upper-bound competitor Hyperplane faces in AI-first deal flow.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hyperplanevc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hyperplane-venture-capital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments107 records

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