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Venture capitalActively deployingPre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
Also known as Darkmode
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Investment thesis
Darkmode Ventures invests at pre-seed and seed stages in early-stage AI and enterprise software companies, with a focus on developer platforms, AI/ML, and the modern data stack. Typical checks range from $150k to $250k, written at company inception or within the first few months, and the firm will lead or co-lead pre-seed rounds. The team prioritizes strong, first-principled founders with clear direction and excellent execution over traction metrics, using a proprietary competencies framework and a first-principles evaluation of business ideas. Decisions rely on single-partner conviction rather than consensus. The firm currently focuses on the US market but has historically invested in Israel, Latin America, and Europe.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 16 of 16 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×15Enterprise Software ×8SaaS ×8Developer Tools ×3Sales Tech ×3Cloud Computing ×2Cybersecurity ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2
HQs:United States×5Switzerland×1Israel×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×13 founders×44+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with education data
Harvard University ×2The University of Texas at Austin ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×9Computer Science ×8Business & Management ×3Life Sciences ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 23 founders with career history
Robotic Systems Lab ×4McKinsey & Company ×36sense ×2Codeanywhere ×2ETH Zürich ×2Google ×2NVIDIA ×2Stanford University ×2
8 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 23 with degree data)
Investments · 16 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 12023 · 14 dated
Lunar.dev provides an AI Gateway that offers granular controls, monitoring, and policy enforcement for production AI traffic, enabling developers to manage LLM API calls, token usage, costs, and security risks at scale.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAngular VenturesUncork CapitalFirsthandVC
Adopt AI provides no-code AI agents that operate a company's existing software—modern SaaS, legacy apps, and internal tools—to automate operational workflows such as data entry, cross-system reconciliation, and document extraction.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Deepak Anchala(Co-Founder & CEO)inRahul Bhattacharya(Co-Founder & CTO)inAnirudh Badam(Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer)in
Co-investorsElevation CapitalPowerhouse VenturesFoster Ventures
Artefact is a global consulting company that helps organizations adopt AI and data technologies to generate business value.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsNVIDIAElevation CapitalFoster Ventures
Billables AI provides automated timekeeping software that uses AI to track billable activity while professionals work, generating time entries with associated clients, matters, and narrative descriptions.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Arvind Sujeeth(Founder)inNancy Jeng(Founder)in
Co-investorsAvenue Growth Partnersf7 VenturesWingSignalFire
Bluesky is a social networking application built on the AT Protocol (atproto).
ConsumerSocial
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAvalanche VCBasecamp FundAnthos CapitalBain Capital CryptoBain Capital Ventures+4 more
Camber provides revenue cycle management infrastructure for specialty care practices, leveraging claims data and automation to reduce billing denials and accelerate reimbursement.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSNew York City, US
Christophe Rimann(Co-founder and CEO)inCelina Qi(Founder)inNathan Lee(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzY CombinatorACME CapitalAIFCraft VenturesMGV.VC+10 more
Cellular Intelligence develops cell therapy treatments, specifically acquiring STEM-PD, a Phase 2-ready therapy for Parkinson's disease.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechMedical Devices
Micha Breakstone(CEO & co-founder)inAllon Klein(Scientific Co-founder)inOlivier Pourquié(Scientific Co-founder)inCliff Tabin(Scientific Co-founder)inJay Shendure(Scientific Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAstellas Venture Management LLCFusionHarpoon VenturesLerer Hippeaumark vcSciFi VC+2 more
Connectly builds an AI platform that lets retailers deploy AI agents to handle the full customer lifecycle—support, marketing, loyalty, and post-sales—across messaging (including WhatsApp), voice, and utilities.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSales TechSan Francisco, US
Stefanos Loukakos(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsUnusual VenturesGlobal Founders CapitalMarathon Venture Capital
Daytona provides a secure, elastic runtime for executing AI-generated code and running agent workflows, offering isolated, programmatically controlled development infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsNew York, US
Ivan Burazin(Co-founder & CEO)inVedran Jukić(Co-founder & CTO)inGoran Draganić(Co-founder & Chief Architect)inVedran Jukic(Director)in
BoardKevin Zhang(Director)inMatt Turck(Director)
Co-investors500 Emerging Europee2vcFirestreak VenturesFirstMark CapitalSilicon GardensUpfront Ventures+2 more
Drata offers a compliance automation platform that centralizes controls and evidence, continuously monitors controls, and tracks remediation so teams can maintain audit readiness across multiple frameworks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Diego, US
Adam Markowitz(Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder)inDaniel Marashlian(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)inTroy Markowitz(Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder)in
BoardTim Jackson(Director)William Griffith(Director)Oren Yunger(Director)in
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Alkeon InnovationBallistic VenturesBasis Set VenturesComcast VenturesConverge+17 more
Dreambase is an AI-native analytics platform that enables companies to extract actionable insights directly from their Supabase database using AI agents, eliminating the need for traditional data teams or data warehouses.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS
Kyle Ledbetter(Founder)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundEarl Grey CapitalFelicis VenturesFirstMile VenturesMercury FundActive Capital
Enso is a research lab and agency that studies clients' marketing funnels and platforms to find attention "growth hacks," then builds and operates custom AI agents that exploit them.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSales TechTel Aviv, IL
Mickey Haslavsky(Principal Investigator)Omry HayDani Shvarts
Co-investorsfresh.fundNFXPolychain Capital
Flexion is building an autonomy software stack for humanoid robots, covering command, control, manipulation, and locomotion across different hardware and tasks.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsZurich, CH
Nikita Rudin(Co-founder & CEO)inDavid Höller(Co-founder & CTO)Julian Nubert(Co-founder)inFabian Tischhauser(Co-founder)inMarco Hutter(Co-founder)inDavid Hoeller(Founder)in
Co-investorsFrstMoonfire VenturesNVenturesNVIDIAGV (Google Ventures)Prosus Ventures+1 more
Prysmic offers AI agent "crews" that autonomously run supply chain operations for consumer brands, handling inbound logistics, inventory and demand planning, and outbound fulfillment.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsAngular Ventures
Revin builds AI agents that embed into the existing systems of home and residential service businesses to run revenue-driving operational workflows with humans in the loop.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Quinn Litherland(Founder + CEO)in
Co-investors1Sharpe VenturesDria VenturesLigature VCHyde Park Angels
Tessl builds an AI Native software development platform with tools for developers building with AI agents, centered on preserving intent and context rather than code.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon
Guy Podjarny(Founder & CEO)inKenneth MacAskill(Director)
BoardTom Hulme(Director)inEdward Sim(Director)Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas(Director)in
Co-investorsAccelGV (Google Ventures)Index Venturesboldstart venturesfirstminute capital
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesBillables AI · finsmes.com · Jun 10, 2026
Dreambase · finsmes.com · Apr 30, 2026
Daytona · daytona.io · Feb 6, 2026
Flexion Robotics · finsmes.com · Nov 22, 2025
Revin · intelligence360.news · Sep 12, 2025
Adopt AI · prnewswire.com · May 13, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Darkmode Ventures made?
- Darkmode Ventures has 16 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Darkmode Ventures invest at?
- Darkmode Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Darkmode Ventures's typical check size?
- Darkmode Ventures typically writes checks of $150K – $250K.
- What sectors does Darkmode Ventures focus on?
- Darkmode Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Does Darkmode Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Darkmode Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Darkmode Ventures co-invest with?
- Darkmode Ventures most often shares deals with Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, GV (Google Ventures), among 57 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 12
Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.
Blockchain Capital is a venture firm that has partnered with crypto builders since 2013, investing across the blockchain and digital asset ecosystem.
Avalanche is a private investment firm led by Katelyn Donnelly that invests early in technology companies at structural inflection points, pairing capital with operational experience in complex markets like government, energy, and critical infrastructure.
Benchmark is a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Woodside that invests in early-stage startups.
Initialized Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that partners with founders very early — often before product-market fit — providing hands-on support across product, recruiting, go-to-market, PR, and Series A fundraising.
Cyberstarts is a venture capital firm that partners with cybersecurity founders from day one, using a systematic process and an extensive CISO network to help build industry-defining cybersecurity companies.
Standard Capital is an AI-native venture firm that leads Series A rounds in post-product-market-fit startups through a fast application-and-interview process rather than traditional pitching, without taking board seats.
Zetta Venture Partners provides early-stage capital and hands-on support to founders building AI-native applications, infrastructure, and developer tools.
Recursive Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital fund backing US pre-seed and seed tech startups applying artificial intelligence to disrupt industries.
State of Mind Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in founders and entrepreneurs across various sectors.
Fusion is an early-stage venture firm backed by Insight Partners and a network of 50+ serial founders and investors, offering portfolio companies access to a broad mentor and investor network.
Redhawk Advisory is an investment and advisory firm founded by entrepreneurs who work closely with portfolio teams to grow the enterprise value of the companies they back.
Firms observed investing alongside Darkmode Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Darkmode Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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