VC  GoAhead Ventures

http://www.goaheadvc.com/





     Office Locations:

535 Middlefield Rd, Suite #280
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 650-275-2063

 
Stages:

  • Early
  • Seed


 
Industries:

  • Communications & Networking
  • Consumer Products & Services
  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology
  • Media & Digital Media
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Founded in 2015 by Stanford graduates, GoAhead Ventures, a $55 million fund, launched to invest in companies founded at Stanford. Phil Brady and Clancey Stahr, along with third managing partner Takeshi Mori, raised money from Japanese institutions, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals, as well as wealthy individuals and family offices in the U.S. GoAhead will focus on Stanford, but not exclusively. The fund will also invest in Los Angeles-based companies and others in the Bay Area. The firm focuses on pre-seed and seed stage companies leading early-stage deals with checks from $200k to $1M.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     
    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Clancey Stahr Managing Partner
    Phil Brady Managing Partner
    Takeshi (TK) Mori Managing Partner

     
    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      07/29/2026


      Healia


      OH


      $18,000,000


      Venture


      09/03/2025


      Aurelius Systems


      CA


      $10,000,000


      Seed


     
    Portfolio companies include:


      Agora


      Assembly


      Atmos


      Aurelius Systems
        web link


      Collectly


      Cubee


      Duffl


      Healia
        web link


      Neurable
        web link


      Pathrise
        web link


      Popular Pays
        web link


      Telo
        web link


      Textla


      VideoAmp


      Winko


     
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