How many investments has Advaita Capital made?

Advaita Capital has 15 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.

What stage does Advaita Capital invest at?

Advaita Capital invests at the Growth stage.

Where is Advaita Capital located?

Advaita Capital is headquartered in Boston, US.

Who does Advaita Capital co-invest with?

Advaita Capital most often shares deals with Beyond Capital, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, among 206 tracked co-investors.

Advaita Capital

Venture capital

Boston · Growth · 11 people tracked

Also known as Advaita Capital Endurance

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Investment thesis

Advaita Capital invests exclusively in growth-stage deep tech companies operating at the true scientific frontier. It targets outlier businesses that combine a defensible technical moat, global scale with strong revenue, and a planet-positive orientation toward a 'Type I' civilization where energy is the primary currency. The firm sees technology, energy, and humanity as one interconnected system, reflected in its name (Sanskrit for 'non-duality'). It emphasizes frontier science over financial engineering, participates in follow-on rounds, and is run by a team of scientists, chip design engineers, and asset managers backed only by institutional Limited Partners. It explicitly avoids crypto, cannabis, and gambling.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Climate Tech Deep Tech Energy Hardware New Materials Quantum Computing Semiconductors Space Tech Boston United States

Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.

Stage

Growth

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2021

AUM

$315.7M

Tracked investments

Unicorns

IPOs

Team · 11 people

from the firm's website & curated

Gayatri Sarkar· Founder and CEO· Boston, Massachusettsin 𝕏

Founder and CEO of Advaita Capital and founder of the She-VC podcast platform highlighting women and diverse investors. Previously worked at Hewlett Packard, IBM, Goldman Sachs and as a Federal Reserve Bank manager; she is a Physics graduate of University of Calcutta with a Harvard degree in Economics, Finance and Game Theory.

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Travis Boettner· COO and Partner· San Francisco Bay Areain

Travis Boettner has been with Canvas since its inception, overseeing accounting, tax, reporting, and compliance, and also serves as CFO and CCO at Lightstone Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures. He previously spent five years in PwC's Private Company Services group in San Jose and is an inactive CPA.

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Anand Radhakrishnan· Venture Partner

Venture Partner involved in due diligence and deal operations. Spent nearly 21 years at Investcorp International, where he led its North American Technology Partnerships and remains a Senior Advisor; holds an MIT degree and a Harvard MBA.

Saup D.· Venture Partner· Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Venture Partner focused on deep tech and hardware, with 15+ years as a hardware design engineer who designed chips for early Apple iPhones and iPad and automotive radar power chips. Holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from MIT.

Ashish Kumar· Advisor· London

Advisor on climate investing and emerging market investor relations. Formerly Climate & Innovation Lead at the Shell Foundation and previously at Dalberg Advisors; holds an engineering degree from IIT and an MBA from Oxford.

Cameron DeWitt· Chief Financial Officer· Salt Lake City Metropolitan Areain

CFO of Advaita Capital with fund administration expertise across venture capital, private equity, private credit, real estate and crypto. Previously a Senior Manager at Standish Management and a leader at Cornerstone Fund Services; a CPA with a Master of Accountancy from Gonzaga University.

Felix Sosa· Investment Team· Boston

Member of the investment team focused on due diligence for deep tech investments. A cognitive scientist and AI researcher with a PhD from Harvard and MIT who previously worked as a researcher at Google DeepMind.

Jun Ren· Advisor· New York

Advises on capital formation and investor relations. Previously Chief Asia Representative for the Institute of International Finance and spent 15 years on Wall Street, including as SVP at AllianceBernstein; holds a PhD in Operations Research from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Nichin Sreekantaswamy· Due Diligence and Technical Analysis· Bay Area

Works on due diligence, technical analysis and deal analysis, and leads Advaita's Earthshot Prize nominee selection. Brings a hardware design background from Apple (iPhone Pro), Axon and an early-stage AgTech startup.

Yuxi Huang· Capital Formation Team· New York City

Part of the capital formation team, handling business development, due diligence, LP management, investor relations and fund operations. Previously worked at a $10B family office and led the Asia Business Division at JLL and Colliers in New York.

Justin Pirzadeh· CFO· Bay Area, Californiain

Justin Pirzadeh focuses on fintech investing at Canvas, drawing on over 13 years at Silicon Valley Bank where he helped build the bank's fintech vertical and worked with companies like Chime, Brex, and Marqeta. He joined Canvas in June 2023 and became Partner in December 2024, leading investments in Savvy Wealth and Greenlite AI.

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What they invest in

from 12 of 15 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×7SaaS ×4Deep Tech ×3Fintech ×3Biotech ×2Cloud Computing ×2Developer Tools ×2Enterprise Software ×2

HQs:United States×11Canada×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 13 portfolio companies

31%

solo founders

4 of 13 mapped founding teams

52%

repeat founders

of 21 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×42 founders×43 founders×34+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 20 founders with education data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4Cornell ×2Harvard University ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2University of Toronto ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with field-of-study data

Engineering ×10Computer Science ×9

Where their founders worked beforefrom 21 founders with career history

AMD ×2NVIDIA ×2Pixie ×2Stanford University ×2Trifacta ×2

Investments · 15 tracked

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By year:2023 · 1 2022 · 12 dated

Space Xspacex.comNASDAQ: SPCX

Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary

Hawthorne, US

Elon Musk(Founder, CEO & Chief Engineer)inBret Johnsen(Executive Officer)inGwynne Shotwell(Executive Officer, Director)

Board Antonio Gracias(Director)in Steve Jurvetson(Director)inDonald Harrison(Director)

Co-investors1/1 Capital 137 Ventures 2080 Ventures 4DX Ventures 7BC Venture Capital A*+146 more

Coherecohere.com in 𝕏

Cohere builds foundational AI models and enterprise solutions that help businesses automate tasks, accelerate workflows, and enhance decision-making.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSToronto, CA

Aidan Gomez(Co-founder & CEO)Ivan Zhang(Co-founder)in Nick Frosst(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAju IB Invesment Corporation Alumni Ventures Basecamp Fund Castor Ventures Cisco Investments Index Ventures +19 more

Crusoe Energycrusoe.ai in 𝕏

Crusoe builds energy-first AI infrastructure, using innovative and renewable energy sources to power hyperscale AI factories and a cloud platform for AI workloads.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnergyDenver, US

Cully Cavness(Co-founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer)in Chase Lochmiller(Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors)in

Co-investorsAbstract Ventures ACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERS Air Street Capital Alkeon Innovation Avenir Growth Capital Bain Capital Ventures +34 more

Epic Gamesepicgames.com

American video game company behind Unreal Engine, Fortnite and the Epic Games Store, headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.

Cary, US

Tim Sweeney(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.alphabet angels Altra Venture Bitkraft Esports Ventures BLN Capital Breyer Capital +28 more

Gimlet Labsgimletlabs.ai in 𝕏

Gimlet Labs is an AI research and systems company that builds production-grade AI applications and supports startup development.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechSan Francisco, US

Zain Asgar(Founder)inMichelle Nguyenin Omid Azizi(Founder)in

Board Tim Tully in

Co-investors645 Ventures Andreessen Horowitz Menlo Ventures Triatomic Capital Wing Celesta Capital +2 more

Gleanglean.com in 𝕏

Glean provides an AI-powered workplace search and knowledge management platform that connects company data across documents, messages, tickets, and systems to help teams access information and complete work.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSilicon Valley, US

Arvind Jain(Founder & CEO)in Vishwanath T R(Co-founder and CTO)in Tony Gentilcore(Co-founder, Engineering)in T.R. Vishwanath(Co-Founder and Technical Infrastructure Lead)inPiyush Prahladka(Co-Founder Emeritus)in

Co-investorsCategory Ventures Coatue Management Cold Start Ventures Craft Ventures Dash VC Foundation Capital +14 more

Manufacturing in spacevarda.com in 𝕏

Varda industrializes low Earth orbit by manufacturing pharmaceuticals and other specialized products in space, then returning them to Earth via reusable reentry capsules.

BiotechDeep TechSpace TechEl Segundo, US

Will Bruey(Co-founder)in Delian Asparouhov(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAlso Capital Caffeinated Capital Founders Fund Khosla Ventures Lux Capital General Catalyst +25 more

Neuralinkneuralink.com

Neurotechnology company developing implantable brain-computer interfaces for people with paralysis and vision loss.

BiotechFremont, US

ELON MUSK(Executive Officer)in

BoardJared Birchall(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAurum Venture Partners Beyond Capital Dreamers VC Founders Fund Gestio Capital Gigafund +18 more

Perplexityperplexity.aiMar 2023

An AI-powered answer engine providing accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to questions.

San Francisco, US

Andrew D. Konwinski(Executive Officer, Director)Dzianis Yarats(Director)Aravind Srinivas Lakshminarayanan(Director, Executive Officer)Aravind Srinivas(Co-founder & CEO)in Denis Yarats(Co-founder & CTO)

BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)

Co-investors359 Capital 7BC Venture Capital Accel AIX Ventures Arrington Capital Aser Ventures +49 more

Polymarketpolymarket.com in 𝕏

Polymarket is a prediction market platform where users trade contracts based on the outcomes of future events across politics, sports, economics, and other categories.

Crypto & Web3FintechMarketplaces

Shayne Coplan(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investors1confirmation A.Capital Ventures Abstract Ventures Anti Ausum Ventures Balaji Srinivasan +18 more

Proofproof.com inAug 2022 · $6M

Proof provides online notarization and identity verification tools to establish trust for agreements and records executed remotely.

CybersecurityFintechGovTechLegalTechSaaS

Pat Kinsel(Founder & CEO)inLeandra Fishman(Chief Revenue Officer)Eric Fleischman(Chief Technology Officer)Renee Hunter(Chief Legal Officer)Darren Louie(Head of Product)Ian Macallister

Co-investorsCamber Creek Canapi Ventures Curql Collective, LLC Jovono Ludlow Ventures Andreessen Horowitz +5 more

Shield AIshield.ai

Shield AI develops AI pilot systems for military applications including aircraft, drones, ships, satellites, and submarines.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSan Diego, US

Brandon Tseng(President & Co-Founder)in Ryan Tseng(President, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer)in Andrew Reiter(Co-Founder)in Kingsley Afemikhe(Executive Officer)inGary Steele(Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardKeith Dunleavy(Director)

Co-investors645 Ventures Alpha Partners Altra Venture Andreessen Horowitz Beyond Capital Booz Allen Ventures +34 more

Stripestripe.com in 𝕏

Stripe provides financial infrastructure for businesses to accept payments, offer financial services, and implement custom revenue models across international markets in 135+ currencies.

Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

John Collison(Co-founder & President)in Patrick Collison(Co-founder & CEO)inWilliam Gaybrick(Executive Officer)in Greg Brockman(Founding Engineer, then first CTO)in Sarah Heck in

Board Michael Moritz(Director)in

Co-investors500 Global Aglae Ventures Air Street Capital Alkeon Innovation Andreessen Horowitz Base Partners +61 more

Tenstorrenttenstorrent.com in 𝕏

Tenstorrent designs and manufactures AI hardware accelerators and develops open-source software tools for deploying and running large language models at scale.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareToronto

Ljubisa Bajic(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in Jim Keller(Chief Executive Officer)inIvan Hamer(Director)Milos Trajkovic(Co-Founder; Senior Fellow, Systems Engineering & Software)in

Board Greg Reichow(Director)inMike Shaver(Director)

Co-investors1/1 Capital A'Z Angels Claritas Capital Hakluyt Capital LG Technology Ventures MESH +7 more

Terafabterafab.ai

Terafab produces AI chips at scale using solar power, targeting both terrestrial and orbital applications to meet future demand.

AI & Machine LearningSemiconductorsSpace Tech

Exits · 1

1 IPOs

Space XNASDAQ: SPCX

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Musk’s long-time backer is giving SpaceX stock to its investors

Space X · techcrunch.com · Sep 16, 2026

Perplexity AI Predicts Whether Moderna Stock Can Make Investors Rich in 2026

Perplexity · cryptonews.com · Aug 20, 2026

Exclusive: Accounting AI startup Rillet reaches unicorn status with $1 billion valuation. Its founder says he wants to give CFOs back their weekends | Fortune

Neuralink · fortune.com · Aug 18, 2026

Tesla and SpaceX to invest $16.8B for Terafab chip factory in Texas

Terafab · techcrunch.com · Aug 7, 2026

Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe

Stripe · techcrunch.com · Jul 20, 2026

LTM partners with Glean to drive enterprise AI adoption | Capital Market News - Business Standard

Glean · business-standard.com · Jul 17, 2026

Shield AI Completes Acquisition of Aechelon Technology - intelligence360

Shield AI · intelligence360.news · Jul 17, 2026

The Next Trillion-Dollar Chip Company - by Austin Lyons

Tenstorrent · chipstrat.com · Jul 15, 2026

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Advaita Capital made?: Advaita Capital has 15 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
What stage does Advaita Capital invest at?: Advaita Capital invests at the Growth stage.
What sectors does Advaita Capital focus on?: Advaita Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, Hardware, New Materials, Quantum Computing, Semiconductors, Space Tech.
Where is Advaita Capital located?: Advaita Capital is headquartered in Boston, US.
Who does Advaita Capital co-invest with?: Advaita Capital most often shares deals with Beyond Capital, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, among 206 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

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