DNX Ventures

DNX Ventures, established in 2011 and based in San Mateo, California, is a private equity firm specializing in Series A and B funding for early-stage B2B startups in the U.S. and Japan. The firm focuses on sectors such as SaaS/cloud, cybersecurity, deep tech, sustainability, hardware, retail, and finance. Its unique value proposition lies in facilitating partnerships between startups and Fortune 500 companies, having successfully created over 100 such collaborations since inception by leveraging its network of CXO executives in global conglomerates.

Mitch Kitamura

Founder, Managing Partner and COO

Yo Kurabayashi

Managing Partner

Yuma Tanaka

Investment Vice President and Associate

Kris Harms

Principal

Past deals in Language Processing

Knostic

Seed Round in 2025
Knostic is a developer of a risk management and governance platform specifically designed for enterprise large language models (LLMs). The company's software addresses the challenges associated with LLMs, particularly in managing their tendencies to generate excessive or inappropriate responses. Knostic provides essential access controls that enable enterprises to deploy LLMs effectively while ensuring security, safety, and the preservation of value. Through its knowledge-centric capabilities, Knostic facilitates AI-powered innovation, allowing organizations to harness the potential of LLMs in a responsible and efficient manner.

Knostic

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Knostic is a developer of a risk management and governance platform specifically designed for enterprise large language models (LLMs). The company's software addresses the challenges associated with LLMs, particularly in managing their tendencies to generate excessive or inappropriate responses. Knostic provides essential access controls that enable enterprises to deploy LLMs effectively while ensuring security, safety, and the preservation of value. Through its knowledge-centric capabilities, Knostic facilitates AI-powered innovation, allowing organizations to harness the potential of LLMs in a responsible and efficient manner.

Coqui

Seed Round in 2023
Coqui is a startup focused on advancing open speech technology for a wide range of applications. The company has developed an automatic speech recognition engine that facilitates the creation of text-to-speech systems, interactive voice interfaces, smart assistants, and tools for enhancing accessibility. Its engine is designed with performance optimizations that ensure consistent low latency and efficient memory utilization, regardless of the length of audio being transcribed. This allows developers to integrate Coqui's technology into their systems without the need for extensive fine-tuning, making it a versatile solution for various speech-related applications.

ElastixAI

ElastixAI is developing an AI inference platform designed to optimize how large language models are run.
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