Investing Profile

Jeff Herbst

InvestorVCFounder
Founding Managing Partner at GFT Ventures
gft.vc/jeff-herbstSan Francisco Bay Area
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Networks Jeff is a member of
Brown University Network
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Brown University Network
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati Network
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Current Investing Position
GFT Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
8

Jeff Herbst is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Jeff Herbst's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Higgsfield
Series AJan 2026$80M
Series ASep 2025$50M
$140M
Co-investors: Ray Wu (Alumni Ventures ), Axel Badalian (Focal), Jack Brody (Mana Ventures), Amy Wu (The Alchemy Fund), Wally Wang (Scale Asia Ventures), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Konstantin Vinogradov (Runa Capital)
Knit
Series AJul 2025$16M
$26M
Co-investors: David Hall (Revolution), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Yuriy Dovzhansky (Visible Ventures)
Wethos AI
SeedAug 2024$8M
$8M
Qortex
SeedNov 2023$10M
$10M
Switchboard Software
Series AJul 2023$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Marcus Ogawa (Quest Venture Partners)
Deepgram
Series AMar 2020$12M
$220M
Co-investors: Zach DeWitt (Wing Venture Capital), Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Matthew Caspari (Alumni Ventures ), Preetha Parthasarathy (SAP.iO fund), Deepak Ravichandran (Alkeon Capital), Elizabeth de Saint-Aignan (AVP (Advance Venture Partners)), George Hoyem
Deep Instinct
Series BJul 2017$32M
$190M
Co-investors: Ray Cheng (Millennium Technology Value Partners), Anne Wojcicki (23andMe)

Jeff Herbst's Experience

Board Observer Rocketick Technologies Ltd.Present
Board Observer OmniSciPresent
Board Observer HEAVY.AIPresent
Board Observer TuSimplePresent
Board Observer FASTDATA.ioPresent
Board Observer ElementPresent
Board Observer Deep Instinct Inc.Present
Board Observer Element AnalyticsPresent
Board Observer Deep InstinctPresent
Board Observer WeRide.aiPresent
Board Observer WeRidePresent
Board Observer H2O.aiPresent
Senior Advisor/Board Observer ArtisightPresent
Board Member MperativPresent
Board Member Mars AutoPresent
Board Member MicroVision®Present
Board Member Switchboard SoftwarePresent
Board Member QortexPresent
Board Member WethosAIPresent
Board Member KnitPresent
Board Member Higgsfield AIPresent
Partner Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and RosatiPresent
Managing Partner GFT VenturesPresent
Founding Managing Partner GFT VenturesPresent
Global CEO Advisory Board SK hynixPresent

Jeff Herbst's Education

Brown University B.S. with Honors Computer Science
Brown University B.S. with Honors B.S. with Honors, Computer Science

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