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Cosmic Venture Partners

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Austin · Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked

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Early-stage venture capital firm based in the United States that invests in next-generation startups across platforms, products, and services.

Invests inSector AgnosticAustin

Source: firm website, verified Jul 20, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
HQ
Austin, US
Tracked investments
51

Team · 3 people

from the firm's website
Alex Tynion· Producer @ Tricky Knotin

Producer at Tricky Knot with prior experience in early-stage finance at SeedInvest and Circle Financial.

Brian McNamara· MBA Columbia Biz Schoolin

Columbia Business School MBA graduate with prior investment banking experience at Jefferies.

Matthew Rutler· EVP @ MasterClassin

Executive Vice President at MasterClass and angel investor with backing in over 100 early-stage companies.

What they invest in

from 10 of 51 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×5Gaming ×3Cloud Computing ×2Creator Economy ×2Crypto & Web3 ×2Enterprise Software ×2FoodTech ×2Healthtech ×2

HQs:United States×4

Investments · 51 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path
12 Tides12tides.com
Anduril
Andurilanduril.com
Arrivethearriveplatform.com
Autographautograph.io

Autograph is a platform that facilitates branded digital collectibles and experiences, typically NFTs, featuring collaborations with celebrities, athletes, and influencers from sports, music, and entertainment sectors.

Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3

Bespokebespokefinancial.com
Breakrmusicbreakr.comin𝕏
Candytrailcandytrail.ai
Chat with Frontier Ventures GPTopenai.comin𝕏

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with emphasis on safety and beneficial outcomes for humanity.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Sam AltmanElon MuskGreg BrockmanIlya Sutskever

Chptrchptr.comin
Conjureconjuregames.com
Cuddle
Cuddlesleephealthcuddlesleephealth.com
D'Amelio Brandsthedamelios.com
Discorddiscord.com𝕏

Discord runs a gaming founders program in partnership with Techleap to connect ambitious gaming companies in the Netherlands with investors and industry networks for scaling their businesses.

GamingSocialSan Francisco, US

Jason Citron(Founder)Stanislav Vishnevskiy(CTO)

Edit withlovable.devin𝕏

Lovable is an AI-powered platform that enables users to build web applications and websites through conversational chat interactions with artificial intelligence.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools

Ethos Spaceethos-space.com
Ethos Space
Festival Pass
Festivalpassfestivalpass.com
Garagegaragexyz.com𝕏
Gigfinessegigfinesse.com

GigFinesse operates a booking platform that connects live entertainment performers with venues such as restaurants, bars, and clubs. The platform handles talent curation, event logistics, payment processing, and back-office administration for venue operators seeking to book musicians and live performers.

B2B MarketplacesCreator EconomySaaS

Goodlesgoodles.com

Goodles produces snacks and gives away at least 1% of products sold to organizations addressing food insecurity, focusing on supporting children's nutrition and well-being.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechImpact & Social GoodSocial

Helainamyhelaina.com

Helaina uses precision fermentation to produce human proteins, including lactoferrin and other bioactive nutrients found in human milk, for consumer nutrition products serving athletes, new parents, and health-conscious consumers.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechFoodTechHealthtech

<UNKNOWN>Laura Katz(Founder & CEO)

Invisible Universeinvisibleuniverse.comin
Juliejuliecare.co
Lovable
Mantelonmantel.com
Metaphysicmetaphysic.ai
Micro1micro1.aiin𝕏
Mythical Gamesmythicalgames.com

Mythical Games develops blockchain-enabled games and a platform that allows game developers and publishers to integrate secondary economies (player-to-player trading) into their games. The company operates games like FIFA Rivals and provides APIs and SDKs for other developers to build marketplace functionality directly into games.

Crypto & Web3Gaming

Nitrodenitrode.comin𝕏

Nitrode builds AI evaluation, data generation, and post-training infrastructure for game development. The company specializes in measuring where AI models fail in game creation tasks, generating training data for improvement, and creating environments where models can learn through real interaction.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareGamingSan Francisco, US

Ben Kim(Co-Founder)inSejoon Chang(Co-Founder)inBrian La(Co-Founder)in

Nitrode
Outerliveouter.com
Packsmith
Perplexity
Popchewpopchew.com
Popchew
Smash Kitchen
Smashkitchensmashkitchen.com
Stand+standshoes.com
Stiller's Soda
Stillerssodastillerssoda.com
The High Confectionary
Thehighconfectionarythehighconfectionary.com
Therabodytherabody.com
Verbaltryverbal.comin

Verbal is an AI platform that audits healthcare interactions—including calls, video telemedicine, clinical notes, and chat—to ensure compliance with internal protocols and external standards like TJC and URAC. It serves healthcare organizations seeking real-time and retrospective quality monitoring across patient-facing teams.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaSCovina, US

Verbal
Viewspacex.com
Windmillwindmillair.com

Frequently asked questions

What stage does Cosmic Venture Partners invest at?
Cosmic Venture Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does Cosmic Venture Partners focus on?
Cosmic Venture Partners focuses on Sector Agnostic.
Where is Cosmic Venture Partners located?
Cosmic Venture Partners is headquartered in Austin, US.

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