Overview
Parkway Venture Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Jesse Coors-Blankenship and Gregg Hill. The firm invests in early-stage companies across AI, robotics, mobility, and deep technology, with notable portfolio investments including Figure AI and xAI. Parkway led Figure AI's $70M Series A in 2023 and co-led its $1B Series C at a $39B post-money valuation in 2025.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Co-founders
Focus
Notable investments
Strategic partnership
Lifecycle stage
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Parkway Venture Capital has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Arcapita1× joint
- 2ARK Invest1× joint1 total
- 3Bezos Expeditions1× joint2 total
- 4Figure AI1× joint15 total
- 5Intel Corporation1× joint10 total
- 6Microsoft1× joint351 total
Most recent
- Parkway Venture Capital x Arcapita2025-01-21with Arcapitaoperating
- Figure AI Series B (2024)2024-02-29with Figure AIoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (5)
- Jesse Coors-Blankenship Co-founder & General PartnerSEC-verified
- Gregg Hill Co-founder & General PartnerSEC-verified
- Robert Bibow Managing PartnerSEC-verified
- Nekeshia Woods Managing PartnerSEC-verified
- Brian Hoyt Chief Operations OfficerSEC-verified
Founders (2)
- Jesse Coors-Blankenshipcofounder
- Gregg Hillcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Parkway Venture Capital.
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Recent coverage
Parkway Venture Capital in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Parkway Venture Capital has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Parkway Venture Capital x Arcapita2025-01-21with Arcapitaoperating
- Figure AI Series B (2024)2024-02-29with Figure AIoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Arcapita1× joint
- 2ARK Invest1× joint1 total
- 3Bezos Expeditions1× joint2 total
- 4Figure AI1× joint15 total
- 5Intel Corporation1× joint10 total
- 6Microsoft1× joint351 total
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Parkway Venture Capital x ArcapitawithArcapitainvestment2025-01-21operating
- Figure AI Series B (2024)withFigure AI15,NVIDIA1112,Intel Corporation10,ARK Invest1,Bezos Expeditions2,Microsoft351,OpenAI Startup Fund1investment2024-02-29operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Parkway Venture Capital’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipParkway Venture Capital x Arcapita
2025-01-21Arcapita co-invested in a high-growth AI portfolio in partnership with Parkway Venture Capital, initially deploying capital in five seed assets including Figure AI and SandboxAQ across robotics, quantum computing, and generative AI.
PartnershipFigure AI Series B (2024)
2024-02-29Figure AI raised a $675 million Series B at a $2.6 billion valuation (announced Feb 29, 2024), with investors including NVIDIA, Intel Capital, Microsoft, the OpenAI Startup Fund, Bezos Expeditions, Parkway Venture Capital, and ARK Invest; announced alongside a collaboration with OpenAI.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
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Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
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Methodology surface for Parkway Venture Capital.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Parkway Venture Capital from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Figure AI's CEO just raised $700 million for his next big bet - Business Insider
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5 Startup Sectors Seeing Big Funding Growth - Crunchbase News
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Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull' - CNBC
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Bahrain’s Arcapita invests in US humanoid robot startup - Arabian Gulf Business Insight | AGBI
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI And Robotics Headline Busy Week For Dealmaking - Crunchbase News
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DLA Piper advises Parkway Venture Capital in US$1 billion investment in Figure AI
DLA Piper guided Parkway Venture Capital as lead investor in a US$1 billion Series C round for Figure AI at a US$39 billion post-money valuation.
Robotics startup Figure valued at $39 billion in latest funding round - The Hindu
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Robotics Funding Crests Higher As Figure Lands Another $1B - Crunchbase News
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Figure AI passes $1B with Series C funding toward humanoid robot development - The Robot Report
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Humanoid Robot Company Figure Is Valued at $39 Billion. Its Goal Is ‘Human-Level Intelligence’ - inc.com
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Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding round - TechCrunch
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Humanoid robot startup Figure raises $1B+ at $39B valuation - SiliconANGLE
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Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Parkway Venture Capital against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
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Last computed: Oct 3, 2026