Garuda Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingOrinda · Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Garuda Ventures partners actively with founding teams during the critical early stage, providing operational guidance, sales acceleration support, and capital-raising assistance. The firm emphasizes collaborative partnership and accessibility, positioning itself as investors founders want to work with through both challenges and successes.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 21, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's websiteExperienced technology executive and investor who joined from Okta as Director of Corporate Development, where he was instrumental in building M&A, venture, and strategic partnership functions. Previously practiced corporate law and conducted technology sector equity research at Bloomberg LP and Credit Suisse.
Seasoned tech executive and investor with over 15 years of experience in strategy, operations, and finance. Most recently served as SVP of Strategy and Operations at Legion, an AI/ML-powered HR tech company, and previously held key operational roles at Poynt (acquired by GoDaddy for $365M) and Matrix Partners, where he sourced Canva's seed investment.
Serial entrepreneur and startup advisor in Silicon Valley. Co-founder and CEO of Evergrow, a carbon project finance company, and previously founded Teleborder, an HR SaaS platform for international workers, which he raised $3.5M for and subsequently sold to TriNet. Started his career as a corporate lawyer at Davis Polk.
What they invest in
from 18 of 64 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×10SaaS ×10Enterprise Software ×8Developer Tools ×3Energy ×3Cloud Computing ×2Fintech ×2AdTech ×1
HQs:United States×6Australia×1
Investments · showing 60 of 64
founders shown can be your intro pathAdora provides product teams with real-time visibility into user experience through a visual analytics platform. The company helps teams at scale—including Canva, Notion, and Linktree—understand and improve their product journeys.
Developer ToolsSaaSSurry Hills, AU
PicnicHealth aggregates medical records from multiple healthcare providers into a unified digital platform and connects patients with a clinical team to develop personalized care plans. The company serves patients seeking better organization of their health information and clearer guidance on their care journey.
Digital HealthHealthtech
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. The company combines meteorology, power market expertise, and machine learning to help customers optimize resource allocation and grid reliability.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaS
Sean Kelly(Founder & CEO)Abe Stanway(Founder)
A Parent Media Company (APMC) provides streaming and monetization solutions for brands and content creators. The company operates Kidoodle.TV, a safe streaming service designed for children and families.
AdTechCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Neil Gruninger(President & CEO)
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. The platform handles agent authorization, tool execution, and governance across Google, Slack, Salesforce, and other enterprise systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
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. The platform automates identity security tasks at scale to address identity management challenges in the modern workforce.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
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Crusoe builds energy-first AI infrastructure, using innovative and renewable energy sources to power hyperscale AI factories and a cloud platform for AI workloads. The company serves customers building and deploying AI applications at scale.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnergy
Cully Cavness(Co-Founder)
Dashworks builds an AI system designed to answer questions across an organization's internal knowledge and work context. The platform serves enterprise teams seeking to access and understand information across their documents and systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Naro connects sales conversations and content libraries using AI to automatically surface relevant sales materials to reps based on real buyer objections and questions. The platform integrates with conversation intelligence, CRM, and content management tools to help enterprise sales teams improve deal closure rates and content utilization.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
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
Honey Homes pairs households with dedicated, vetted handymen to manage home maintenance and upgrades through a technology platform. The service targets homeowners seeking simplified, stress-free home care coordination.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerPropTechSaaSOakland, US
Vishwas PrabhakaraAvantika PrabhakaraVanti Prabhakara
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.
CleantechClimate TechEnergySaaS
Remco van den Elzen(Co-founder)
Cross-border stablecoin-based payment platform for bill pay, payroll, and supply chain.
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-commerceSaaS
Sebastian Gebhart(Chief Revenue Officer)<UNKNOWN>
Noyo provides a benefits operating system that connects HR platforms, benefits administrators, and insurance carriers through APIs and enrollment management software. The platform enables real-time benefits data management and enrollment processing for the employee benefits industry.
Enterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaS
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. The platform offers pre-built connectors, custom connector building, and orchestration tools for third-party app interactions.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLos Angeles, US
Rebel Space Tech develops spectrum intelligence software that monitors, detects, and classifies RF interference and electronic warfare threats targeting satellite and teleport operators. The platform serves space operators, government/defense agencies, and research institutions operating in contested electromagnetic environments.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSpace Tech
First Resonance builds ION, a manufacturing execution system (MES) platform that helps hard-tech companies manage digital manufacturing, inventory, production scheduling, and analytics across their factory operations. The platform serves hardware engineers and manufacturers building products in sectors like electric vehicles, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechEnterprise Software
Board seats · per SEC filings
what is this? ⓘ$3.8M raise · filed Aug 2023 · via Arpan Punyani
Inferred from directors named on each company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- 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 Orinda, US.
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