Basis Set Ventures
Basis Set is an early-stage investment firm focused on scaling human potential with artificial intelligence. It focuses on seed and Series A investments, writing checks typically between $1 million and $3 million. The firm invests in enterprise companies, concentrating on scalable infrastructure, collaboration tools, automated workflows, and autonomous machines. Lan Xuezhao headquartered Basis Set Ventures in San Francisco, California in 2017. Per Crunchbase, Basis Set Ventures has made 142 investments, 29 as lead investor across 102 portfolio companies, with 10 exits.
Investing activity
Basis Set Ventures has made 142 investments according to Crunchbase across 102 portfolio companies, and has led 29 rounds and seen 10 exits.
Basis Set Ventures appears in 5 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $60M, and led 1 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $7M and the largest at $60M. The most recent are Osmo Studio (Seed, $5M, Aug 2026), Entire (Seed, $60M, Jul 2026) and Tomo (Seed, $5M, Jun 2026).
Basis Set Ventures most often invests alongside Bain Capital Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Scott Belsky and MVP Ventures, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Basis Set Ventures
What AI companies has Basis Set Ventures invested in?
Basis Set Ventures's AI investments include Osmo Studio, Entire, Tomo, Synthetic and Quill. The 5 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Basis Set Ventures based?
Basis Set Ventures is based in Menlo Park, California, United States.
What stage does Basis Set Ventures invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, Basis Set Ventures has invested at Seed, with a median round of $7M. Basis Set Ventures led 1 of those rounds.
Who does Basis Set Ventures co-invest with?
Basis Set Ventures's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Bain Capital Ventures (2 deals), Collaborative Fund (1 deal), Scott Belsky (1 deal), MVP Ventures (1 deal) and Felicis (1 deal).
How can founders reach Basis Set Ventures?
Founders on AI Lounge can see Basis Set Ventures's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Basis Set Ventures to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.