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Baroda Ventures
Venture capitalLos Angeles · Pre-Seed–Seed · 8 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Baroda Ventures invests at the pre-seed and seed stages in consumer internet, e-commerce, mobile, SaaS, blockchain, and digital media startups, with a particular interest in companies based in Los Angeles. The firm works closely with early, resourceful entrepreneurs building durable businesses and emphasizes well-designed products. It values intellectual honesty and personal integrity in the founders it backs.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 26, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & curated
David Bohnett, GeoCities co-founder behind a multibillion-dollar exit, applies founder-operator experience through an exit-funded family-office/VC, integrating his foundation and supporting tech teams pursuing positive societal impact and historically-informed community perspective.
Christian Olson is President at Business Navigational Solutions and a Strategic Advisor at Baroda Ventures. His background includes international and domestic business development, strategic planning, financial analysis, and technology development within the global defense industry, with experience at two defense contractors and a Fortune 500 financial company. His work has covered areas including product development, corporate acquisitions, and international sales and marketing.
Paul Moore is the Director of Special Projects at Baroda Ventures, where he has worked since 2001. He supports the investment process alongside the Partners, including sourcing, deal screening, market analysis, due diligence, and deal closing, and assists portfolio companies with operational functions. He holds a B.S. in Finance from California State University, Northridge, and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.
What they invest in
from 26 of 44 portfolio companiesAdTech ×8Marketing Tech ×8SaaS ×8Fintech ×7AI & Machine Learning ×5Data & Infrastructure ×4Consumer ×3Enterprise Software ×3
HQs:United States×25
Who they back
founder profiles across 16 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×63 founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with education data
Yale University ×3Columbia University ×2Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Stanford University ×2UCLA ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 12 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×4Economics ×2Finance & Accounting ×2Law ×2Politics & Policy ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 17 founders with career history
McKinsey & Company ×4Hard Yaka ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 44 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 22017 · 12016 · 12015 · 12013 · 22012 · 18 dated
Cardlytics operates a commerce media platform that uses card-linked purchase data to deliver targeted offers and closed-loop measurement for marketers and advertisers, and personalized rewards programs for banks and publishers.
AdTechFintechMarketing TechAtlanta, US
Scott Grimes(Founder)inLynne Laube(Founder)inKirk Somers(Executive Officer)inDavid Evans(Executive Officer)inAmit Gupta(Chief Executive Officer and Director)in
BoardJohn Klinck(Director)in
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersKinetic Ventures, L.L.C.Next Coast VenturesSavano Capital PartnersDiscovery CapitalHyperplane Venture Capital+2 more
Digital Brands Group is a portfolio group that combines apparel brands with technology tools, offering eCommerce and retail platforms alongside AI-powered IP protection, automated marketing, and data security.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceRetail TechAustin, US
John Hilburn Davis IV(Executive Officer, Director)Reid Yeoman(Executive Officer)Huong Doan(Director)Mark Lynn(Director)Trevor Pettennude(Director)Jameeka Aaron(Director)
Co-investorsTechMeetsTrader
MNTN provides self-serve software for connected TV advertising that enables brands to run television ads and measure performance across conversions, revenue, and site visits.
AdTechMarketing TechNew York, US
Mark Douglas(President & CEO)inPatrick A. Pohlen(Chief Financial Officer)inChristopher Innes(Chief Operating Officer)
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesGreycroftMercato PartnersQualcomm VenturesSaints CapitalSecond Alpha Partners+1 more
Surf Air Mobility operates regional air travel across the U.S. through scheduled flights, on-demand private charter booking, and electric aviation technology.
CleantechMobility & TransportationTravel & HospitalityHawthorne, US
Sudhin Shahani(Director)inOliver Reeves(Executive Officer)Tyler Painter(Director)Deanna White(Executive Officer)inJames Bailey(Director)Bruce Gonzalez(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAnthem Venture Management, LlcBase Venture Management, Inc.Ff Venture CapitalMucker CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Partners for Growth+6 more
Amplify is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Los Angeles that provides seed funding and mentorship to startup founders.
Sector AgnosticLos Angeles, US
Co-investorsInvariantes Fund
Apto Payments offers a developer-friendly card issuing platform that lets fintech companies launch physical debit, virtual, corporate, and crypto card programs.
Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Greg Kidd(Founder)inMeg Nakamura(Founder)inCharles Jung(Executive Officer)inMaureen Higgins(Executive Officer)David Tanner McGraw(Executive Officer, Director)Traci A. Snowden(Executive Officer, Promoter)
Co-investorsAllMobile FundFenway Summer VenturesGeneral CatalystKapor CapitalNTT DOCOMO VenturesPeak XV Partners+12 more
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Technology-powered, global urban air mobility platform
Co-investorsLerer Hippeau
Blockdaemon provides blockchain infrastructure services including staking, node deployment, APIs, and wallet management across 60+ protocols for financial institutions and developers.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareFintechLos Angeles, US
Konstantin Richter(Founder)in
BoardEd Sim(Director)inGil Beyda(Director)in
Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)Amplify.LAAurum Venture PartnersBlockchain Coinvestorsboldstart venturesBorderless Venture+33 more
Brand Networks provides a platform for employee advocacy and employee-generated content creation, enabling enterprise brands to turn employees into organic content creators and amplify that content through paid media channels.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechSaaSRochester, US
Co-investorsAea InvestorsFrontier Venture CapitalValor Equity Partners
Bridg provides in-store identity resolution that links anonymous point-of-sale transactions to known customer profiles or creates new ones, enriching them with extended attributes to expand a retailer's first-party data.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechRetail TechLos Angeles, US
Amit Jain(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Horowitz(Executive Officer)Michael Bell(Executive Officer)inJuan Pereira(Executive Officer)James Armstrong(Director)
BoardJoseph Miller(Director)in
Co-investorsKarlin VenturesMarch Capital PartnersMorpheus VenturesMucker CapitalNextEquity PartnersClearstone Venture Partners+1 more
Chromatik is a digital platform for music practice and instruction, built around interactive sheet music.
EdTech
Matt Sandlerin
Co-investors500 GlobalGen CapitalLaunchpad LAMucker CapitalKapor CapitalLearn Capital+2 more
End-to-end commercial real estate platform for brokers, agents, tenants and owners; raised a $40M Series B.
Michael DeGiorgio(Founder)inLuke Morris(Founder)
Co-investorsBrightstone Venture CapitalFJ LabsFounder CollectiveFreestyle CapitalGaingelsHemisphere Ventures LLC+12 more
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Embrace is a user-focused observability platform built on OpenTelemetry that provides real user monitoring (RUM) for mobile and web applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLos Angeles, US
Eric Futoran(CEO)inFredric Newberg(Founder)inMaggie Shih(Founder)Victoria Stepp(Director of People Operations)James Elliott(Vice President of Sales)Sydnie Tom(Product and Design Lead)
Co-investorsY CombinatorAV8 VenturesBonfire VenturesBoxGroupDuke Capital PartnersEniac Ventures+20 more
Field Day App connects brands with local marketing ambassadors to execute field marketing campaigns and drive local awareness and sales.
AdTechB2B MarketplacesConsumerMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsCrosscut VenturesGOAL VenturesMoonshots CapitalNextwave [X] PartnersPLG VenturesUnlock Venture Partners
Finally offers an AI-powered accounting and finance software suite that automates bookkeeping and financial tasks.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSTokyo, US
Edwin Mejia(Founder)inFelix Rodriguez(Founder)inGlennys Rodriguez(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalClear Haven Capital ManagementPlug and Play VenturesActive CapitalAmicus Capital PartnersB Capital Group+8 more
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Gallant develops regenerative medicine therapies for veterinary care, bringing treatments from laboratory research into clinical practice for pets.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Diego, US
Aaron Hirschhorn(Founder)Linda Black(Chief Executive Officer; founding team member)inDavis Brimer(Executive Officer, Director)Beau Becker(Head of Strategic Operations & People Effectiveness; founding team member)in
BoardTeymour Boutros-Ghali(Director)inValentine Williams(DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS)
Co-investorsAlpha EdisonAlumni VenturesBling CapitalBold Capital PartnersExpansion Venture CapitalMaveron+3 more
Blockchain infrastructure.
Co-investorsAmplify.LABlockchain CapitalDigital Currency GroupRRE Ventures
Amobee, now known as Nexxen, is an advertising technology platform.
AdTech
Co-investorsAccelBonfire VenturesCrosscut VenturesHypothesisKortschak Investments L.P.Sequoia Capital
Healthvana operates a telehealth platform delivering free or low-cost PrEP, DoxyPEP, and STI care online, using a cross-subsidy model where insured patients' visits fund services for the uninsured.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Hedgehog provides automated portfolio management for cryptocurrency, allowing users to hold diversified baskets of digital assets spanning the majority of the crypto market.
Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US
Taylor Culbertson(Founder)inColton Dillion(Founder)inJason Dillion(COO)inJamie Balsillie(Founder)inWilson Ruotolo(Founder)inColin Popell(Product Manager)
Co-investorsTenzor CapitalY Combinator6th Man VenturesAscendDon HoDragonfly+6 more
HelloTech provides in-home and online technical support for consumer computers, printers, networking, mobile devices, and other household electronics.
ConsumerSaaSLos Angeles, US
Richard Wolpert(Founder)Sascha Linn(Executive Officer, Director)Minah Oh(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardLen Jordan(Director)
Co-investorsAmplify.LACollaborative FundCrosscut VenturesExpansion Venture CapitalIdealabKarlin Ventures+7 more
Koh Founders is an early-stage investment firm that partners with founders before they raise institutional capital, focusing on sectors including healthcare tech, ed tech, climate tech, ag tech, fin tech, future of work, prop tech and frontier tech.
Prevoty builds a cloud-based web application security platform that detects and prevents code injection attacks, SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and DDoS threats.
CybersecuritySector AgnosticSanta Monica, US
Kunal Anand(Co-founder)Julien Bellanger(Co-founder)
Co-investorsDouble M PartnersPLUS CapitalIdealab
Lettuce builds order management software for small and mid-sized businesses.
Cloud ComputingMedia & Entertainment
Frank JonesRaad Mobrem
Co-investors500 GlobalCrosscut VenturesLaunchpad LAZeev Ventures
Pathmatics (part of Sensor Tower) is a digital advertising intelligence platform that gives visibility into how brands, agencies, and publishers spend across social, display, video, mobile, OTT/CTV, and programmatic channels, using panel data, web crawlers, and machine learning to estimate ad spend and impressions.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSanta Monica, US
Gabriel Gottlieb(CEO)
BoardThomas Lorimor(Director)Simcha Blaustein(Director)Steven Dietz(Director)
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesConvergeKarlin VenturesPartners for GrowthUpfront Ventures
Policygenius is an online insurance marketplace that provides consumers with free, tailored quotes and support from licensed agents across life, auto, home, and disability insurance.
FintechInsurTechMarketplacesBrooklyn, US
Francois de Lame(Director)inJennifer Fitzgerald(Founder)in
BoardTianxiang Zhuo(Director)inDavid Golden(Director)in
Co-investors515 VenturesAnsa CapitalFikaInnovating CapitalKarlin VenturesMassMutual Ventures+6 more
Retention Science (ReSci) offers AI-based marketing technology that helps brands automate and improve their marketing to sell more.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing TechSaaSSanta Monica, US
Co-investorsBAM VenturesBonfire VenturesHypothesisKarlin VenturesUpfront VenturesDouble M Partners+2 more
Sensor Tower provides digital intelligence and analytics on mobile apps, games, web, and digital advertising, giving companies visibility into consumer behavior, usage, engagement, and competitor strategies.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Oliver Yeh(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccel-KKRAngelPadCamber PartnersChamaeleonMerus CapitalRembrandt Venture Partners+5 more
Steven Cox(Founder)in
Co-investorsCrosslink CapitalGen CapitalLightbankMoore Venture PartnersSpider CapitalUncork Capital+1 more
Thayer Investment Partners (Thayer Ventures) is a venture capital firm that invests in travel technology startups on behalf of the travel industry, backing companies across payments, cybersecurity, workforce management, loyalty, distribution, and operating systems.
Travel & Hospitality
Co-investorsSun Mountain CapitalKaszek VenturesVerizon Ventures
Vestaboard manufactures premium smart home and commercial digital signage displays with patented technology that enable customizable visual communication.
ConsumerHardwareIoTPalo Alto, US
Dorrian Porter(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsBase Venture Management, Inc.ACME CapitalBlue Field Capital
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Exits · 8
4 IPOs · 4 acquisitions · showing 6CardlyticsNASDAQ: CDLXDigital Brands GroupNASDAQ: DBGIMNTNNYSE: MNTNSurf AirNYSE: SRFMAptoacq. by BuildoutDogVacayacq. by Rover.com
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesFinally · startupintros.com · Jul 13, 2026
Sensor Tower · sensortower.com · Oct 24, 2025
IPO stake values · per SEC filings
Value of this firm's stake in each portfolio company at its IPO price, from the prospectus principal-stockholder table.
| Company | Owned | IPO price | At IPO | Stake value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MNTN | — | $16.00 | May 2025 | $8.5M |
Source: SEC S-1 / 424B prospectus filings. Stake value = shares beneficially owned × the initial public offering price, as disclosed — a market value at IPO, not a return multiple (the firm's original cost is not disclosed).
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Baroda Ventures made?
- Baroda Ventures has 44 tracked investments, 8 of which have exited.
- What stage does Baroda Ventures invest at?
- Baroda Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Baroda Ventures's typical check size?
- Baroda Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What sectors does Baroda Ventures focus on?
- Baroda Ventures focuses on Consumer, Crypto & Web3, E-commerce, Media & Entertainment, SaaS.
- Where is Baroda Ventures located?
- Baroda Ventures is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.
- Does Baroda Ventures lead rounds?
- Baroda Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Baroda Ventures co-invest with?
- Baroda Ventures most often shares deals with Karlin Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, among 143 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 7
B Capital is a global investment firm backing early to late-stage technology innovators across technology, healthcare, and energy & resilience sectors.
ACME Capital is a venture firm that backs deep-tech founders combining technical ambition with decisive execution, supporting companies through every phase of growth.
Active Capital is a venture firm that makes pre-seed investments in technical founders building AI-native software, infrastructure, and products for business use cases.
Bow Capital is an early-stage venture fund founded in partnership with the University of California, backing founders building AI for the physical, industrial, and biological world.
Uber is a technology company operating multisided platforms that connect consumers with ride services, transit, delivery of food and groceries, and freight shipping across more than 70 countries and 15,000+ cities.
Innovation Endeavors is an early-stage venture fund that invests in founders and supports venture creation through pre-team and pre-idea programs. The firm provides portfolio companies with access to mentors, advisors, and an entrepreneur ecosystem.
Social Leverage is a venture capital firm that has invested in over 150 startups since 2009, backing founders across finance, commerce, and other sectors.
Firms observed investing alongside Baroda Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Baroda Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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