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A Boston-based startup is turning human gameplay into the training data that's gating humanoid robot progress.

A California-based sales and support AI just crossed Fortune 100 customer on the books.‍

From an India-only story to US enterprise traction, and a spot in one of the most selective AI cohorts around.

A startup born out of solving bottlenecks at Tesla's Gigafactories is now bringing that same decision-making engine to the broader manufacturing world.

A Bengaluru-based legal AI startup wants outcomes, not just tools, to define how legal work gets measured.

Meet the portfolio companies featured in our Antler U.S. Spring 2026 Showcase.

Meet the portfolio companies featured in our Antler U.S. Fall 2025 Showcase.

We are thrilled to unveil the latest companies to join the Antler U.S. portfolio, an outstanding group of startups across FinTech, Consumer, DeepTech, Energy, Healthcare and BioTech, and more.

Something I see happen quite often when thinking about new startup ideas is the temptation to focus on the downstream opportunities an idea may create, versus the primary problem you are trying to solve you have to solve to unlock these opportunities.

Antler works with founders starting from day zero, bringing them in-house to our Residency programs in Austin and New York. After investment from Antler, our portfolio companies work with our team to unlock continued growth and prepare to raise subsequent funding. As partners at the earliest stage, we’re proud to showcase some of our US portfolio companies who’ve matured as they continue to scale in our US Fall 2024 Portfolio Showcase.

Antler works with founders starting from day zero, bringing them in-house to our Residency programs in Austin, Boulder, and New York. After investment from Antler, our portfolio companies work with our team to unlock continued growth and prepare to raise subsequent funding. As partners at the earliest stage, we’re proud to showcase some of our US portfolio companies who’ve matured as they continue to scale.

The Antler team in the US is thrilled to introduce our newest class of Visiting Partners who will be coaching and supporting founders participating in our US Spring 2024 Residencies this April across Austin, Boulder, and NYC.

We work with founders starting from day zero, bringing them in-house to our Residency Programs in Austin, Boulder, and New York. After investment from Antler, our portfolio companies work with the Antler US team to unlock continued growth. As partners at the earliest stage, we’re proud to showcase some of our US companies who’ve matured and are ready to raise their next round of funding!

The Antler team in the US is thrilled to introduce our inaugural class of Visiting Partners who will be coaching and supporting founders participating in our US Fall Residencies this October across Austin, Boulder, and NYC.

Ryan Sommerville on his investment in Vero Technologies and the inventory finance landscape.

Tyler Norwood reflects on the past four years building Antler in the US and reveals updated investment terms.

Antler US works with founders starting from day zero, bringing them in-house to our Residency studios in Austin, Boulder, and New York City. After investment from Antler, our portfolio companies work with the Antler US team to unlock continued growth and scale. As partners at the earliest stage, we’re proud to showcase some of our US companies who’ve matured and are ready to raise their next round of funding.

After receiving initial investment from Antler, our portfolio companies work with the Antler US team in a rigorous sprint to build and prepare for their next round of fundraising. We’re so excited to see what these tremendous founders accomplish next!

Rent hasn’t changed for several decades. In 2019, 36% of the 122.8 million households in the United States were renting their homes which is more than at any point in the past 50 years. The median price of a home is up nearly 70% in the last decade while median income has grown less than 30% in the same period. Homeownership and building wealth are increasingly out of reach for Americans. When homeownership isn’t feasible, more people rent, and rent prices skyrocket as they have done for the past 20 years. The multifamily housing industry is known for being slow to adopt new technology. However, increasing competition and the COVID-19 pandemic paired with generational shifts in apartment ownership to a younger more tech-savvy group has created many opportunities for technology companies to enter the multi-family housing market.

Every year, two million Americans are denied mortgage loan applications. Those rejection rates are disproportionately higher for minority communities and millennials. The homeownership rate clocks in at nearly 74% for white populations, but only 44% of black households own their homes. Today, millennials are significantly less likely to be homeowners than baby boomers and Gen Xers.

Jordi Hays and Matt Jung, co-founders of Antler US portfolio company Likewise, know their way around e-commerce. Prior to Likewise, Jordi founded Branded Native, a creator ad network used by leading DTC brands. And over the span of fifteen years as a serial entrepreneur, Matt built companies in the consumer space like Wellen (acquired by Huckberry.com), Sonne Care, and Grover, while simultaneously consulting for Companion Medical (acq. by Medtronic), Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort, Esby Apparel, Fitness19, Western Rise, and FitScrubs, among others.

Antler US portfolio company Casting Depot, the professional network for media and entertainment, is emerging as the industry's premier marketplace for all facets of the talent booking process. Co-founders Lacey Kaelani and Brad Larson have led Casting Depot through a 446% month over month increase in talent user growth. The Casting Depot team is working with Antler to drive user traction and refine their product offering as they field casting calls from industry players like Netflix, HBOMax, Twitch, Bumble, Verizon, and MTV.

Antler portfolio company Caria is the first AI-powered platform for women in menopause. To celebrate World Menopause day, they introduced Caria Premium Memberships last week. Co-founders Arfa Rehman and Scott Gorman collaborated with the Antler US team to build and refine this membership and launch several new features, which include a new digital behavioral health program and more advanced health tracking.

Marco Financial, "the first tech-enabled financing platform built for small and medium-sized Latin American exporters," announced in TechCrunch that it has secured $26M in funding and credit that will enable the company to address the $1.5T global trade finance gap that disproportionately impacts small-and medium-sized (SME) businesses. Marco supports SMEs based in Latin America, where a $350 billion trade finance gap blocks many exporters from participating in the US market. The funding includes an equity round, led by Antler and Struck Capital, and a credit facility underwritten by Arcadia Funds, LLC.

Chris Fanucchi is no stranger to traveling for work. As the co-founder of beverage companies KOIA, a plant protein drink now available at Whole Foods nationwide, and Limitless, a lightly caffeinated sparkling water acquired by Keurig Dr. Pepper in January 2020, Chris spent years traveling the country as he built two successful businesses from scratch. But Chris encountered a persistent problem as he traversed state lines: he constantly struggled to maintain healthy eating.