Organization · Community
The Vault
The Vault is a collaborative community located in San Francisco's Innovation District, offering workspaces and resources for startups, investors, and corporate innovators. It focuses on fostering collaboration and learning among its members.
Overview
What The Vault does
What The Vault is
The Vault is a collaborative community located in San Francisco's Innovation District, offering workspaces and resources for startups, investors, and corporate innovators. It focuses on fostering collaboration and learning among its members.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community and event host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2014
- Approximate age
- About 12 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community · Event host
- Last reviewed
- April 2, 2026
Official channels
Find The Vault elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
The Vault as a community
Community overview
The Vault is an organization based in Silicon Valley, with additional offices in Songdo and Pangyo, South Korea. It was founded to serve as a gateway for globally minded startups, providing a range of services including acceleration, advisory, company building, and venture investment.
Community focus
The Vault focuses on supporting startups looking to enter the global market, particularly through connections to Silicon Valley and Asia. It offers acceleration services, advisory support, and venture investment, although specific sectors, stages, and investment thesis details are not provided.
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- accelerator and community
- Regions
- Asia · Global · North America
Community activity
Notable members
Notable portfolio companies include Cardiocoin, Elleybear, FTD: For The Dog, and Real Design Tech: Ultiracer. The team includes Kevin Smith (CEO, Founder), William Belhumeur (COO, Principal, Broker-Dealer), Grant Kim (CSO, Lead, Investment), and Michael Jee (CBO, Founder, Vault Korea).
Capability profile
The Vault as an event host
Event focus
The Vault focuses on supporting startups looking to enter the global market, particularly through connections to Silicon Valley and Asia. It offers acceleration services, advisory support, and venture investment.
Format and cadence
- Startups can present
- No
Availability
- Registration state
- Not currently accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors
- Regions
- AsiaNorth America
Common questions
What to know about The Vault
Upseed classifies The Vault under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community and event host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 2, 2026
Known limits
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