Venture firm in listed AI tools

Theory Ventures

Theory Ventures has backed 2 companies behind 2 listings on Anchor Terminal.

Venture firm

Theory Ventures has backed 2 companies behind 2 listings on Anchor Terminal.

theoryvc.com

Companies on Anchor Terminal

LanceDB Series A, June 2025, led a round
- LanceDB B · Retrieval & vector search
Source lancedb.com/blog/series-a-funding
Ollama Inc. Series B, July 2026, led a round
- Ollama C · Local AI
Source techcrunch.com/2026/07/09/…

Where they invest

Retrieval & vector search 1 Local AI 1

Founders they backed

Chang She LanceDB
Jeffrey Morgan Ollama Inc.
Michael Chiang Ollama Inc.

Questions

Which AI tools has Theory Ventures invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists LanceDB and Ollama Inc. backed by Theory Ventures.

How are Theory Ventures's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, LanceDB (B, 65.5) and Ollama (C, 56.6).

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