Garuda Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
Also known as GARUDA VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
Garuda Ventures positions itself as a first-check fund, investing early when a company is little more than a deck and an idea. It provides initial checks of $500K to $1.5M and works closely alongside founding teams, focusing on operational support, sales acceleration, and fundraising. The firm emphasizes hands-on partnership through the difficult stages of company building rather than only celebrating successes, aiming to be an investor founders actively want to engage with.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 48 of 58 portfolio companiesSaaS ×32AI & Machine Learning ×29Enterprise Software ×16Developer Tools ×11Fintech ×8Cybersecurity ×6Cloud Computing ×5Future of Work ×5
HQs:United States×28Australia×1Canada×1United Kingdom×1Israel×1Singapore×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 29 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×142 founders×103 founders×34+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 38 founders with education data
Cornell ×4University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×2Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University ×2Stanford University ×2UCL ×2University of Pennsylvania ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 35 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×17Engineering ×8Business & Management ×7Economics ×5Finance & Accounting ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 37 founders with career history
Lehman Brothers ×3Uber ×3Oneflare ×2Osper ×2Remitly ×2SpaceX ×2
1 founders hold a PhD · 7 hold an MBA (of 36 with degree data)
Investments · 58 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 32024 · 32023 · 32022 · 32021 · 12020 · 116 dated
Archive Intel provides communications oversight and archiving software for SEC and FINRA regulated financial firms, using contextual AI to identify genuine compliance risk across email, messaging, social media, and other business communication channels.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Larry Shumbres(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsSocial LeverageGray Line Partners
OpsHelm provides real-time, event-driven cloud inventory and change monitoring across multi-cloud environments, condensing native cloud events into logical changes with contextual, pricing, and historical data.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsHouston, US
William Gambardella(Executive Officer, Director)Kyle McCullough(Director)in
Board seatArpan Punyani· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBling CapitalFika
A Parent Media Company (APMC) provides streaming and monetization solutions for brands and content creators.
AdTechCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Neil Gruninger(President & CEO)inDavid Emes(Executive Officer)inDan Riddell(Executive Officer)inIan Tweedie(Executive Officer)Michael Lowe(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDouglas Nyhoff(Director)in
Adora provides product teams with real-time visibility into user experience through a visual analytics platform.
Developer ToolsSaaSSurry Hills, AU
Omar(Co-founder)inNathan(Co-founder)inNathan Scully(Founder)inOmar Salem(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesDesigner FundSkip Capital
Airbase was a spend management platform that has been acquired by Paylocity.
Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Thejo Kote(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundBoxGroupFjor FoundersMenlo VenturesVillage GlobalWebb Investment Network+3 more
AllStripes was a health technology company that built a research platform for rare diseases, collecting and de-identifying patients' medical records to power rare disease research.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Nancy Yu(Founder)in
Co-investorsJAZZ Venture PartnersLux CapitalMaveronDimension CapitalShasta VenturesSpark Capital
Amperon provides AI-driven energy forecasting and real-time grid analytics to utilities, renewable generators, and energy market participants across North America, Europe, and Australia.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaSHouston, US
Sean Kelly(Founder & CEO)inAbe Stanway(Founder)in
BoardTyler Lancaster(Director)inTimothy Healy(Director)Catherine Flax(Director)inMichael D'Aurizio(Director)
Co-investorsAcario InnovationAmbush CapitalBlackhorn VenturesEnergize CapitalIntelis CapitalLorimer Ventures+6 more
Arcade provides an MCP runtime layer that enables AI agents to securely connect to external tools and business systems through user authentication, authorization, and policy enforcement.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Sam Partee(Founder)in
Co-investorsFlybridge Capital PartnersHanabi CapitalNeotribe VenturesSyn Ventures Seed Management LlcLaude VenturesSYN Ventures
AI-powered communications archiving and marketing-review compliance platform for wealth management and financial services firms.
Alpharetta, US
Shea Werner(Executive Officer)inLawrence Shumbres(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Ober(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsGray Line PartnersSocial Leverage
Arena Physica develops electromagnetic superintelligence, combining AI engineering and applied research in RF and electrical engineering for enterprise deployments.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware
Paulo Martins(Founder)in
Co-investors137 VenturesShield Capital
Arkero builds AI tools that automate repetitive operational work for professional sports clubs and sports businesses, aiming to let their staff focus on strategy and creative work.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSports Tech
Daniel Shi(Founder)inVamsi Narla(Founder)inShivaas Gulati(Founder)in
Co-investorsBoxGroupFounders' Co-opGame Changers Ventures
Attendly is a software platform for managing K-12 after school programs, handling registration, attendance tracking, compliance reporting, and parent communication.
EdTechGovTechSaaSBerkeley, US
Vikrant Duggal(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardVijay Nagappan(Director)Joel Yarmon(Director)
Co-investorsPIPELINE CAPITAL PARTNERS
CloudAdmin is self-hosted software that normalizes usage across a data center's hosts, hypervisors, GPUs, storage, VMs, Kubernetes, AI tokens, and IoT sensors into a single real-time event stream for metering, billing, observability, and capacity planning.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSaaS
Co-investorsBeresford VenturesGeekdomGreen Cow Venture Capital
ConductorOne provides an AI-native identity security platform designed to manage and secure modern identities—including human, non-human, and AI identities—for enterprise security and IT teams.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Paul Querna(Executive Officer, Director)inAlexander Bovee(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMarcie Vu(Director)Ping Li(Director)in
Co-investorsAccelAlumni VenturesFelicis VenturesGlynn Capital ManagementGreycroftOregon Venture Fund+1 more
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)inChase Lochmiller(Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSAdvaita CapitalAir Street CapitalAlkeon InnovationAvenir Growth Capital+34 more
Dashworks builds an AI system designed to answer questions across an organization's internal knowledge and work context.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Prasad Kawthekar(Founder)inPraty Sharma(Founder)inPratyaksh Sharma(Director)in
BoardAshish Toshniwal(Director)in
Co-investorsPoint72 VenturesRosecliff VenturesY CombinatorGoat CapitalSouth Park Commons
dataroomHQ is a virtual dataroom platform that lets startups upload documents and automatically generate investor-ready assets such as data decks, financial analysis, investment memos, and ARR schedules, with secure role-based sharing and watermarks.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSOld Bridge, US
Jeff Schwartz(Founder)in
Co-investorsBling CapitalCortical VenturesOceans Ventures
Naro connects sales conversations and content libraries using AI to automatically surface relevant sales materials to reps based on real buyer objections and questions.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsNext Frontier CapitalFirstMile VenturesHeroic VenturesRTP SeedSlack Fund
Donobu is a local-first testing platform that explores a website, detects issues, and automatically writes and maintains Playwright browser tests.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSRedwood City, US
Vasusen Patil(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJustin Fraize(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsSwift Ventures
Evergrow Marketing is a digital marketing agency focused on the lawn care and landscaping industry, building websites and running SEO and Google Ads/PPC campaigns to generate leads for its clients.
AdTechMarketing Tech
Co-investorsCongruent VenturesSkyview VenturesXYZ Venture CapitalEarl Grey CapitalFirst Round Capital
First Resonance develops ION, a manufacturing execution system (MES) for hardware engineering teams that manages processes from prototype to production, including inventory, assembly, inspection, and analytics.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareSaaSLos Angeles, US
Karan Talati(Executive Officer, Director)inNeal Sarraf(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardVaughn Blake(Director)inMichael Kim(Director)inBlake Vaughn(Director)Eric Manlunas(Director)
Co-investorsBlue Bear Capital PartnersCraft VenturesE12 Venture Capital, LlcFikaFrontier Venture CapitalIndustrious Ventures+3 more
FlexPoint is a cloud platform that provides enterprise-grade infrastructure with multi-layer security protections including encryption, passwordless authentication, and compliance certifications for managed service providers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSMinnetonka, US
Sam Kushner(Founder)in
Co-investorsFoundryHaymaker VenturesLong Way VenturesLorimer VenturesTechstarsCascade Seed Fund
Glidian offers an all-payor prior authorization platform that lets healthcare providers submit and track insurance authorizations through direct payor integrations, supported by a team of prior authorization specialists.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsBantam GroupCounterpart VenturesFikaSterling RoadTau Ventures
Honey Homes pairs households with dedicated, vetted handymen to manage home maintenance and upgrades through a technology platform.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerPropTechSaaSOakland, US
Vishwas PrabhakarainAvantika PrabhakarainVanti Prabhakara
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundEra VenturesFlybridge Capital PartnersKhosla VenturesRecall CapitalChingona Ventures+2 more
Iconic Air offers a carbon accounting platform that helps companies in energy-intensive industries calculate, visualize, and report emissions data at high frequency.
CleantechClimate TechSaaSAustin, US
James Carnes(Director)Kyle Gillis(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardChauncey Hamilton(Director)in
Co-investorsDorm RoomXYZ Venture CapitalGTMfund
Leap builds a platform that enables virtual power plant management by connecting storage, electric vehicle, and smart building systems to grid-support energy programs, helping reduce fossil fuel dependence and integrate renewable energy.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergySaaSSan Francisco, US
Remco van den Elzen(Co-founder, Leap)inTHOMAS FOLKER(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inThomas Folker(Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer)inNICK GROSSMAN(Director)inJason Michaels(CEO)in
Co-investorsCongruent VenturesPresidio VenturesNational Grid PartnersLightbankUnion Square Ventures (USV)Apis Partners+6 more
Mesta builds payment infrastructure that combines fiat currencies and stablecoins into one system for moving money across currencies, blockchains, and borders.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechRedwood City, US
Kiran Polavarapu(Founder)inSandeep Pyapali(Founder)in
Co-investorsTomahawk.VCWestern Technology InvestmentCircle VenturesPaxosVillage GlobalWTI
Metaview is an AI-powered recruiting platform that uses agents to help source, engage, and hire candidates end to end.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSLondon, GB
Shahriar Tajbakhsh(Founder)inSiadhal Magos(Founder)in
Co-investorsFly VenturesVertex VenturesVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.
Monark builds infrastructure for private markets, providing brokerages, advisory platforms, and clearing firms with the technology to offer alternative investments such as pre-IPO equity, private credit, and real estate.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Ben Haber(Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder/Board Member)inPaul Davis(Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder/Board Member)inDan Bulka(General Counsel)inAlona Kornberg(Chief Compliance Officer)in
Co-investorsCommerce VenturesF-Prime CapitalGrit Capital PartnersNight CapitalForum Ventures
Medallia is a platform that aggregates customer and employee feedback from multiple touchpoints—surveys, social media, chat, and behavioral data—to generate actionable insights at enterprise scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Ernesto RodriguezMartín Alcalá RubíRaul Garreta
Co-investors500 GlobalBling CapitalUncork Capital
Moonshot is a platform that automates optimization of eCommerce websites through continuous testing and improvement, reducing the need for large teams of designers, developers, and analysts.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceSaaSTel Aviv, IL
Evyatar Segal(Founder)inSebastian Gebhart(Chief Revenue Officer)
Co-investorsMighty CapitalOceans VenturesAlmaz Capital
Mytra builds robotics and AI systems that automate the movement and storage of material for industrial and supply chain operations.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsBrisbane, US
Chris Walti(Chief Executive Officer)inAhmad Baitalmal(Chief Technology Officer)Gabi Gantus(Chief Financial Officer)Ingrid Cotoros(Chief Development Officer)Michael Duignan(General Counsel)
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesEclipse VenturesHumba VenturesPromus VenturesGreenoaksAvenir Growth Capital+3 more
NGT Academy provides hands-on IT training and certifications for career changers with no technical background, focusing on network engineering, cybersecurity, and emerging AI infrastructure roles.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEdTechFuture of Work
Terry
Co-investorsLattice Ventures
Noyo provides APIs and data connectivity infrastructure for benefits technology, enabling seamless integration of benefits platforms into consumer software and modern workplace systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Shannon Goggin(CEO and Cofounder)in
Co-investorsCore Venture CapitalCore Innovation CapitalCostanoa VenturesGustoHomebrewNorwest Venture Partners+3 more
Noyo builds APIs and infrastructure that connect and standardize benefits data, enabling modern benefits experiences to be embedded into software.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechInsurTechSaaS
Shannon Goggin(CEO and Cofounder)in
Co-investorsFikaHomebrewNeythri Futures FundNorwest Venture PartnersOperator CollectiveWebb Investment Network+1 more
Offsight provides software for managing production, quality control, materials tracking, and project management in prefabrication and offsite construction.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersAUTHENTIC VENTURESOyster VenturesThe MBA Fund
Paragon provides integration infrastructure that enables B2B and AI product companies to quickly ship customer-facing integrations, including data ingestion, API connectors, and agent actions.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLos Angeles, US
Brandon Foo(Founder)inIshmael Samuel(Founder)in
Co-investorsFjor FoundersFundersClubInspired CapitalJovonoVillage GlobalY Combinator+1 more
Rebel Space Tech develops spectrum intelligence software that monitors, detects, and classifies RF interference and electronic warfare threats targeting satellite and teleport operators.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSpace Tech
Carrie Marshall(Founder)in
Co-investorsTFX CapitalMana Ventures
Rocksalt is a LinkedIn engagement tool for B2B CEOs, founders, and subject matter experts that emails a daily digest of the most relevant industry conversations and drafts personalized comments so users can build visibility in about 10 minutes a day.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSRedwood City, US
Ajoy Sojan(Founder)
Co-investorsOperator CollectiveSilversmith Capital Partners
Starboard offers an AI agent that automates the freight quoting workflow for freight forwarders, reading RFQs, sourcing carrier rates, applying margins, and generating quotes.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSToronto, CA
Sumeet T(Founder)
Co-investorsFlair VenturesAltered CapitalEclipseIcehouse VenturesKing River CapitalOIF Ventures
Starboard provides company formation and compliance services for startups and businesses, simplifying legal registration and regulatory requirements.
Enterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS
Co-investorsITERATIVEAltered CapitalEclipseEverywhere VenturesIcehouse VenturesKing River Capital+1 more
Starlight provides an AI assistant that helps credit unions connect members to unclaimed government benefits and financial assistance programs—covering housing, food, healthcare, utilities, childcare, unemployment, and tax credits—then routes members back into credit union products.
AI & Machine LearningFintechGovTechNew York City, US
Shreenath R(Founder)
Co-investorsSymphonic Capital
StitchFlow provides visibility and automation tools for cloud-native IT teams managing complex business and application sprawl in modern organizations.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Subcity operates a platform that helps businesses discover and claim tax credits, grants, and economic incentives, drawing on a database of over 1,000 federal, state, and local programs.
FintechGovTechImpact & Social GoodSaaSLarchmont, US
Gilbert Gonzales(Executive Officer)Alex White(Co-founder)Chris Clark(Co-founder)Gil Gonzales(Co-founder)
Sudowrite is an AI-powered writing tool for novelists and fiction writers, offering features to draft, expand, rewrite, and get feedback on prose, plus story planning tools like Story Bible and a plot canvas.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyFuture of WorkSaaS
Amit Gupta(Co-founder)inJames Yu(Co-founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalHuman VenturesHyphen Capital
Vesal provides tools to help organizations distinguish bot-generated data from genuine human interactions and protect against automated, AI-powered threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
Scott Schwan(Founder)in
Co-investorsAviso Ventures
Woflow provides a platform for enterprises to turn operational workflows into AI agents that can execute real work while maintaining control, testing, and production safeguards.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsConstruct CapitalRiverPark VenturesBase10 PartnersCraft Ventures
YRIKKA develops processes for aligning AI with human values and provides AI red teaming, focused on high-stakes environments such as healthcare and space.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep Tech
Co-investorsFocal VenturesFocal
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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Exits · 4
4 acquisitionsAirbaseacq. by PaylocityAllStripesacq. by PicnicHealthDashworksacq. by HubSpotMonkeyLearnacq. by Medallia
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Starlight · spacenews.com · Aug 20, 2026

Starboard · 1851franchise.com · Aug 20, 2026

Starboard · 1851franchise.com · Aug 20, 2026

Arena · theaiinsider.tech · Aug 13, 2026
Monark Markets · tipranks.com · Aug 11, 2026

Paragon · thequantuminsider.com · Jul 17, 2026
First Resonance · norfolkdailynews.com · Jul 15, 2026

Crusoe Energy · arti-trends.com · Jul 6, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Garuda Ventures made?
- Garuda Ventures has 58 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited, including 7 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Garuda Ventures invest at?
- Garuda Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Garuda Ventures's typical check size?
- Garuda Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $1.5M.
- What sectors does Garuda Ventures focus on?
- Garuda Ventures focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Garuda Ventures located?
- Garuda Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Does Garuda Ventures lead rounds?
- Garuda Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Garuda Ventures co-invest with?
- Garuda Ventures most often shares deals with Fika, Bling Capital, Village Global, among 131 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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