ITR Ventures

ITR Ventures (Innovation to Reality) is a venture capital firm founded in September 2016 and based in Walnut Creek, California. The firm aims to bring innovation to reality through the deployment of strategic capital and hands-on guidance to promising startups. Led by CEO and Managing General Partner Courtenay Yates, whose expertise spans cloud computing, AI and machine learning, big data analytics, and cybersecurity, and Global Head Sheetal Ramanath, ITR Ventures makes seed and early-stage investments across digital consumer and enterprise sectors. The firm's investment focus spans virtual reality, mobile computing, cloud computing, big data, predictive analytics, enterprise software, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, mobile payments, and augmented and virtual reality. ITR Ventures invests through its dedicated ITR Ventures Digital Fund, targeting early-stage companies in software, advanced manufacturing, AI and machine learning, big data, cybersecurity, virtual reality, and robotics. In addition to venture capital investing, the firm provides comprehensive consulting services and strategic merger and acquisition support to portfolio companies and clients. ITR Ventures is currently in fundraising mode and no publicly recorded portfolio investments have been identified in available databases as of early 2026. The firm's broad technology mandate and consulting-linked model position it as an emerging seed investor in the San Francisco Bay Area technology market.