# boldstart ventures (slim)

> boldstart ventures's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Clay Labs Inc., CrewAI, Keycard Labs and Kustomer, LLC, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/boldstart-ventures/index.md (~800 tokens) · this version ~680 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/boldstart-ventures/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/boldstart-ventures/
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Venture firm.

Website: https://boldstart.vc

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Clay Labs Inc.**, Series B, Series D, 2026, through Boldstart
  - [Clay](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clay.md), graded C, 57.7/100
  - Source: https://www.clay.com/blog/clay-raises-62m-to-turn-any-growth-idea-into-reality
- **CrewAI**, Inception round, 2024, led a round
  - [CrewAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/crewai.md), graded B, 67.2/100
  - Source: https://www.insightpartners.com/ideas/crewai-launches-multi-agentic-platform-to-deliver-on-the-promise-of-generative-ai-for-enterprise/
- **Keycard Labs**, Seed, 2025, led a round
  - [Keycard](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/keycard.md), graded C, 56.3/100
  - Source: https://fintech.global/2025/10/23/keycard-secures-38m-to-advance-ai-agent-security/
- **Kustomer, LLC**, Spin-out round, May 2023
  - [Kustomer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kustomer.md), graded C, 57.5/100
  - Source: https://www.kustomer.com/resources/blog/kustomer-secures-60m-in-funding-to-unleash-its-potential-as-a-standalone-company/

## Where they invest

- Lead & company data, 1
- Agent frameworks & SDKs, 1
- Agent auth & delegated access, 1
- Customer support & helpdesk, 1

## Founders they backed

- [João Moura](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/joao-moura/), CrewAI
- [Rob Bailey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rob-bailey/), CrewAI
- [Ian Livingstone](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ian-livingstone/), Keycard Labs
- [Jared Hanson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jared-hanson/), Keycard Labs
- [Matthew Creager](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/matthew-creager/), Keycard Labs
- [Brad Birnbaum](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brad-birnbaum/), Kustomer, LLC
- [Jeremy Suriel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jeremy-suriel/), Kustomer, LLC

## Questions

### Which AI tools has boldstart ventures invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Clay Labs Inc., CrewAI, Keycard Labs and Kustomer, LLC backed by boldstart ventures.

### How are boldstart ventures's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Clay (C, 57.7), CrewAI (B, 67.2), Keycard (C, 56.3) and Kustomer (C, 57.5).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.