Audacious
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 12 people tracked
Also known as AUDACIOUS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC · Audacious MV · Audacious Ventures RAI
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Investment thesis
Audacious believes extreme startup success is an improbable outcome achieved by rare, exceptional founders operating in large markets. The firm centers its strategy on backing forces-of-nature founders who possess audacity, tenacity, and intense drive. Its stated approach is to add value in three focused ways then step aside: helping founders recruit an outstanding team, guiding the transition from founder-led sales to a repeatable and scalable go-to-market engine, and removing capital as a constraint. Audacious views the choice of which founders to back as its most consequential decision and prioritizes helping them build extraordinary teams.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 12 people
from the firm's website
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Audacious went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 40 of 45 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×34Enterprise Software ×24SaaS ×22Developer Tools ×6Fintech ×6Future of Work ×6Data & Infrastructure ×4Marketing Tech ×4
HQs:United States×19Brazil×1Canada×1United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 24 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×93 founders×5
Where their founders studiedfrom 36 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4Harvard University ×3University of California, Berkeley ×3Cornell ×2Harvard Law School ×2Northeastern University ×2Stanford University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 31 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×14Engineering ×6Business & Management ×5Economics ×4Mathematics & Statistics ×3Finance & Accounting ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 37 founders with career history
Facebook ×6Twitter ×5Coinbase ×2Goldman Sachs ×2Google ×2Gulp ×2Insight Data Science ×2Morgan Stanley ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
5 founders hold a PhD · 3 hold an MBA (of 35 with degree data)
Investments · 45 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 12024 · 32022 · 12020 · 18 dated
Terac operates an "expert labor MCP" — an API and marketplace that lets AI systems and companies source, screen, interview, verify, and pay verified human experts on demand, using a panel of experts and an AI moderator that runs structured voice interviews.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Zac(Co-founder)Jack(Co-founder)
Co-investorsSignalFireSV AngelZ-Fellows
Tezi built AI agent systems that handle operational work inside complex, real-world workflows while keeping humans in the loop for tasks requiring judgment and expertise.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of Work
Raghavendra (RVP) Prabhu(Founder & CEO)inJason Petersen(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsSemperVirens Venture Capital8VCAfore CapitalSouth Park Commons
FortressIQ built a computer-vision-based process discovery and task mining platform; acquired by Automation Anywhere in 2021-2022.
San Francisco, US
PANKAJ CHOWDHRY(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatNakul Mandan· per SEC Form D · $30M raise · filed Oct 2020
Co-investorsboldstart venturesComcast VenturesFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzEniac Ventures+12 more
Absurd is a platform that generates AI-produced videos for brand and performance advertising, enabling companies to produce professional-quality content within days rather than traditional timelines.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechLos Angeles, US
Philip Ho(Founder, CEO)inDamian Chng(Founder)inDaniel Kathein(Founder, CTO)in
Co-investors.406 VenturesY Combinator
Avoca provides AI-powered customer service agents for service-based businesses that handle incoming calls, text messages, and chats to book appointments and re-engage customers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Apurva Shrivastava(Founder)inTyson Chen(Founder)inSissi Li Zhou(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersBoxGroupCitta CapitalFormus CapitalKleiner PerkinsOUTBOUND CAPITAL+10 more
Bestever provides an AI creative engine that automates on-brand video ad production for large brands and agencies managing 50,000+ SKUs, integrating real-time conversion data and reducing manual QA.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Co-investorsf7 VenturesSuperAngel.Fund
Black Ore builds intelligent infrastructure for tax and financial services, automating execution and scaling personalized advice for firms, businesses, and individuals.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Eyal Shinar(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGeneral CatalystHAWKTAILLionBirdOak HC/FTFounders Fund+3 more
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Cardinal is an AI agent platform for sales and go-to-market teams that integrates with existing tools and processes rather than replacing them.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Devi Jha(Founder)inJianna Liu(Founder)in
Co-investorsMPG FundY Combinator
Convoke offers an AI platform that ingests and structures data from documents, scientific literature, SEC filings, and clinical data, and deploys custom agents to automate knowledge tasks and generate reports, manuscripts, and landscape analyses.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsKleiner PerkinsACMEComma CapitalDimension CapitalLux CapitalNot Boring Capital+1 more
Curious Cardinals runs a virtual 1:1 mentorship platform that pairs K-12 students with mentors from top universities for academic support and passion project guidance.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechMarketplacesLos Angeles, US
Audrey Wisch(Co-founder & CEO)inAlec Katz(Co-founder & COO)in
Co-investorsAnthos Capital
Decagon provides AI agents that enable businesses to deliver personalized customer experiences at scale.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jesse Zhang(Executive Officer, Director)inIvan Zhou(Director)in
BoardAaref Hilaly(Director)inAshwin Sreenivas(Director)in
Co-investorsA*AccelACME CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAtacama VenturesBain Capital Ventures+8 more
District is a member-owned community network for founders, investors, and leaders in technology, offering exclusive events, peer groups, mentorship, and programming focused on scaling high-growth companies.
Future of WorkSaaS
Michael Ma(District)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzPosition Ventures
DonorAtlas is an AI-powered prospect research and wealth screening platform for nonprofit fundraising teams, generating cited donor profiles that detail a prospect's wealth, giving history, interests, and relationships.
AI & Machine LearningImpact & Social GoodSaaSNew York, US
Co-investorsHigher Ground Labs
Flint connects international and U.S.-based healthcare professionals with hospitals and care organizations offering direct employment and pathways to permanent residency, addressing the critical shortage of nurses in the United States.
HealthtechHR TechVancouver, CA
Kenton Jarvie(Founder)inAnson Kung(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorHaystackMPG Fund
General Legal is an AI-native law firm that handles commercial contract work using AI integrated into attorney workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTech
Ryan Walker(Co-founder & CEO)inJ.P. Mohler(Founder)inJaved Qadruddin(Founder)in
Co-investorsDepth VenturesHAWKTAILOrange CollectiveScribble VenturesY Combinator
Ghost builds dedicated consumer hardware and software for running personal AI agents on infrastructure the user owns, rather than on cloud providers.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardware
Co-investorsBackwards CapitalCathay InnovationEqual VenturesCoatue ManagementFounders FundKhosla Ventures+3 more
Implied is an AI-native research platform for public markets investors that ingests SEC filings, transcripts, market data, fundamentals, news, and alternative data to draft memos, update models, and generate analysis.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Ying Hua(Founder)in
Co-investorsm]x[v Capital
Lightfield is an AI sales assistant that automatically captures interactions from email, calendar, and meetings to create CRM records, draft follow-ups, and extract action items.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Keith Peiris(CEO & Co-Founder)inHenri Liriani(President & Co-Founder)inVes Stoyanov(Founder)in
BoardReid Hoffman(Investor (Greylock))inSeth Rosenberg(Investor (Greylock))in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCoatue ManagementGreylock PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersWingWorklife Ventures
Logic is a production AI platform where teams write a natural language spec that is turned into a spec-driven agent with typed REST APIs, auto-generated tests, version control, and multi-model routing across providers like GPT, Claude, and Gemini.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSeattle, US
Steve Krenzel(Founder)inJess Garms(Founder)in
Co-investors8VCAlumni VenturesBison VenturesGeneral CatalystKhosla VenturesPillar VC+1 more
Logical is a desktop application that serves as an AI assistant for knowledge workers, automatically offering help across multiple applications to complete writing and administrative tasks while keeping user data local to the device.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSan Francisco, US
Sam Karu(Founder)inAnushka Idamekorala(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorFounders' Co-op
Maxima is an AI-native accounting platform that automates the financial close, using agents to prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, transaction matching, and flux analysis with audit-ready controls.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsFOG VenturesKleiner PerkinsRedpoint Ventures
Multiverse develops workforce training programs focused on equipping workers with durable skills needed for effective AI adoption in the workplace, combining soft skills and cognitive competencies.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkLondon, GB
Euan Blair(Co-Founder & CEO)inSophie Adelman(Co-Founder & President)in
Co-investorsGeneral CatalystLightspeed Venture PartnersStepstone GroupBlitzscaling VenturesEmerge EducationHaystack+7 more
Software transforming how engineers test and operate mission-critical hardware.
Austin, US
Cameron McCord(Co-Founder & CEO)inBryce Strauss(Co-Founder)inJason Hoch(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAvenir Growth CapitalFounders FundGeneral CatalystHuman CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersLux Capital+4 more
Osmosis provides reinforcement learning infrastructure that enables AI agents to improve themselves from experience.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Kasey Zhang(Founder)inAndy Lyu(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorCRV (Charles River Ventures)Imagination CapitalFelicis Ventures
Outspeed provides realtime voice infrastructure that developers can add to their apps to give AI companions human-sounding, emotion-aware, multilingual speech.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsGaia VenturesTranspose Platform Management
Pierre Computer Company develops developer tools including code storage, diff rendering, and code visualization software.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Jacob Thornton(Founder)inIan Ownbey(Founder)in
Co-investorsWayfinder VenturesY CombinatorEVP
Planette develops AI-powered long-range weather forecasts and environmental intelligence to help organizations and communities adapt to climate volatility beyond traditional forecast horizons.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFremont, US
Trevor Schmidt(CEO, Founder, & Earth System Scientist)inKalai RameainHansi Singh(CEO)in
Co-investorsGraham Walker VentureJetstreamTechstars
Propel builds an AI code-review tool that acts as an "AI Tech Lead," analyzing a team's codebase and patterns to give developers contextual feedback, catch bugs, and review pull requests.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Tony Dong(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesPosition Ventures
Quadrant Health uses electronic health record and messaging data to forecast patient disease progression and enable early intervention.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaSNew York City, US
Anin Sayana(Founder)inKrishna Gorrepati(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesY Combinator
Quadrillion.ai builds Qualia, an autonomous AI research agent that plans and runs experiments, interprets results, and proposes new research directions by coordinating multiple agents.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US
Co-investorsEx/Ante
Reflection AI develops and releases open-weight AI models alongside published research and open-source software tools for customization and community building.
AI & Machine LearningNew York City, US
Ioannis Alexandros Antonoglou(Founder)in
Co-investorsAIX VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBattery VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)ID8 Investments+7 more
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Saris builds an AI platform for banks and credit unions to automate workflow tasks and enhance employee productivity without replacing human workers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
James Dang(Founder)in
Co-investors8VCBTECH CONSORTIUMHomebrewEssence Venture Capital
Schoolytics provides data analytics and decision-support tools for educators, school administrators, and families to track student learning and development.
Data & InfrastructureEdTechSaaS
Aaron Wertman(Co-Founder & CEO)inCourtney Monk(Co-Founder & COO)in
Co-investorsIrishAngelsHaystack
SourceReady uses AI to help product teams find and manage suppliers.
AI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerLogistics & Supply ChainMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS
Ricky Hoin
Suppli offers an accounts receivable and credit management platform designed for building materials suppliers and distributors, helping credit teams manage customer accounts, reduce days sales outstanding (DSO), and simplify collections.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsDundee Venture CapitalEqual VenturesField VenturesGreen Egg Ventures
Synquery is an AI-powered expert network that matches companies with experienced professionals instantly and asynchronously, eliminating scheduling friction.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsCaesar Ventures
Vartana provides an AI-powered platform that streamlines the sales and financing process for technology and equipment vendors, enabling them to close deals faster with integrated proposal, payment, and financing options.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSales Tech
Kush KellaAhmed Sharif
Co-investorsActivant CapitalRecall CapitalVela PartnersMayfield Fund
WorkOS provides an API platform that enables SaaS companies to build enterprise-ready features including user management, single sign-on, directory sync, and admin portals.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Michael Grinich(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesBallistic VenturesCraft VenturesCrunchFundDiagram CapitalRitual Capital+5 more
Woven provides AI agents that guide new customers through onboarding by detecting drop-offs in real time, delivering contextual help via conversational interfaces, and recovering abandoned flows across email, SMS, and in-app channels.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsBattery VenturesFalfurrias
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Multiverse GroupDoubleoPropelgtm
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAlpine · marketbeat.com · Aug 19, 2026
Logic · investing.com · Aug 11, 2026
Decagon · finsmes.com · Jul 16, 2026
Saris AI · invezz.com · Jul 15, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Audacious made?
- Audacious has 45 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Audacious invest at?
- Audacious invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Audacious focus on?
- Audacious focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Audacious located?
- Audacious is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Audacious lead rounds?
- Audacious typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Audacious co-invest with?
- Audacious most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Abstract Ventures, among 89 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 22
General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.
Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.
Coatue Management is a technology-focused investment firm that invests in innovation across both public and private markets with responsible risk management.
Worklife Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that backs technical founders, helping them with the non-technical aspects of building a company.
Afore Capital is a $500M pre-seed venture fund that invests in pre-traction, early-stage companies, leveraging product and investment expertise to support founders from day zero.
Soma Capital is a venture capital firm that partners early with founders, emphasizing close relationships and running a fellows program for those just getting started.
Founder Collective is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital firm that invests across sectors, describing itself as sector agnostic and anti-thematic.
Plug and Play is an innovation platform that connects corporations, governments, startups, investors, and universities to drive innovation.
Gradient is a seed-stage venture fund focused on backing founders building artificial intelligence companies, providing hands-on support as builders and mentors.
Liquid 2 is an early- and growth-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders across all sectors of technology, providing capital along with support from a network of operators.
FundersClub is an online venture capital firm and startup investing platform that gives accredited investors access to vetted early-stage startups from Silicon Valley and beyond.
Caffeinated Capital is a venture firm based in San Francisco and New York that leads seed and Series A rounds and continues investing throughout the life of technology companies.
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Stellar CapitalOperator LPTwo Sigma VenturesAccompliceTribe Capital FirstlookHigh AlphaKickstartBasecamp FundDesigner FundBACKGROUND CAPITAL
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