# Companyon Ventures

> Companyon Ventures is a Boston venture firm focused on a narrow, awkward chapter in a B2B software company's life: product-market fit is visible, but the repeatable sales engine, senior team and next financing are not yet built. The firm says it makes only four new investments a year and pairs capital with an expansion team that works on go-to-market systems, recruiting, analytics and capital strategy.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Boston, United States
- **Founders:** Tom Lazay (Co-Founder and General Partner), Firas Raouf (Co-Founder and General Partner)
- **Team size:** LinkedIn lists a 2-10 person core company and more than 50 affiliated profiles; the operating model also uses a broad network of venture partners and expansion specialists.
- **Products:** Early-expansion venture investment, Expansion Team, Capital Markets support, Growth tools and resources, Portfolio careers board
- **Notable:** The firm says 80% of its investments have completed successful future fundraises., Its site commits to only four new Series A-path investments per year., The public portfolio spans more than 20 B2B software and applied-AI companies.

## Products & services

- **Early-expansion venture investment** — Priced equity investment for seed-funded B2B software and applied-AI companies with product-market fit and a plan for rapid growth.
- **Expansion Team** — A curated bench of operators and specialists who execute projects in sales, marketing, customer success, recruiting, finance, product, software development and organizational design.
- **Capital Markets support** — Long-term financing strategy, preparation for follow-on equity rounds, venture-debt work and support around liquidity events.
- **Growth tools and resources** — Public toolkits, benchmark models, pitch and fundraising resources, Lunch & Learns and practical B2B operating content.
- **Portfolio careers board** — A shared recruiting surface for open roles across active portfolio companies.

## Achievements

- The firm says 80% of its investments have completed successful future fundraises.
- Its site commits to only four new Series A-path investments per year.
- The public portfolio spans more than 20 B2B software and applied-AI companies.
- Fund III and its parallel vehicle reported $30.275 million sold against a $60 million offering in a May 2023 SEC filing.
- Portfolio outcomes include WorkRails, which the firm lists as acquired by BigTime.
- The July 2026 portfolio jobs board listed 129 roles at 12 companies.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — The portfolio careers board showed 129 open roles across 12 companies.
- **2026-06** — Sent was reported as completing a $9.65 million Series A, with Companyon listed as an existing investor by private-market databases.
- **2026-03** — A new Companyon Ventures Fund 2026 vehicle filed a Form D notice with the SEC.
- **2026-01** — Companyon published a decision framework for early-stage B2B partnership strategy.
- **2025-11** — The firm published new guidance on cloud-cost control, the first finance-and-operations hire and engineering startup exits.
- **2025-07** — Companyon explained its investment in North.Cloud, linking cloud and AI compute spend to a new CFO-level optimization category.

## Links

- Website: https://companyon.vc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/companyonvc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/companyonvc

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Last updated: 2026-08-16