Granite Hill
Venture capitalActively deployingSilicon Valley · Pre-Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked
Also known as GRANITE HILL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
Investment thesis
Granite Hill Capital Partners is a Silicon Valley venture firm focused on accessing and advancing early-stage deep technology opportunities, including cybersecurity, big data, enterprise software, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and fintech. It seeks startups with the potential to reshape entire industries and invests in both US and India-based opportunities. The firm prioritizes leading, differentiated technology with large markets and defensible IP, paired with experienced, technically talented founders who have a clear vision. Investing selectively, Granite Hill aims to build meaningful relationships with founders and support them with strategic and operational guidance to grow beyond the startup phase.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 17 of 26 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×8Cybersecurity ×8Enterprise Software ×8Fintech ×5Data & Infrastructure ×3SaaS ×3Consumer ×2Defense Tech ×2
HQs:United States×8India×6
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×1
Investments · 26 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathPalantir builds data integration and analysis platforms — Gotham for defence and government, Foundry for commercial operations — and deploys forward engineers inside customer organisations.
Palo Alto, US
Peter Thiel(Director)inJoe Lonsdale(Co-founder)inAlexander Karp(Executive Officer, Director)Stephen Cohen(Director)Nathan Gettings(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardColin Anderson(Executive Officer)
Co-investors137 Ventures8VCA*Akkadian VenturesAllied Venture PartnersArtis Ventures+35 more
SentinelOne provides an AI-powered cybersecurity platform for enterprises that integrates endpoint protection, threat detection, and incident response capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US
Tomer Weingarten(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Everest GroupFoothill VenturesInsight PartnersKhosla VenturesLobby Capital+13 more
Airspace builds Airspace Spatial, a patented drone-detection platform that combines Remote ID, electronic sensing, RADAR, and AI analytics to detect, identify, and mitigate unauthorized drone activity at city scale.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDefense Tech
Jaz Banga(Founder)in
Co-investorsDBL PartnersDefy PartnersHarbourVest Partners (Canada)Scale VenturesShasta VenturesTelstra Ventures
Defense startup building drones to counter dangerous drones and protect critical infrastructure.
Boulder, US
Matt Lipscomb(Executive Officer, Director)Nathan Ratledge(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardBradley Sheftel(Director)Stephen Rodriguez(Director)inLeo Banchick(Director)Tom Baruch(Director)in
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersBuilders FundDCVC (Data Collective)General Mediterranean HoldingsJuniperKinetic Ventures, L.L.C.+5 more
Aptus Value Housing Finance India Ltd is a home loan company serving self-employed low- and middle-income families in semi-urban and rural areas of India.
Fintech
Housing finance company backed by WestBridge and Caspian.
Co-investorsKalaari Capital
Aura provides AI-powered digital security and protection services for families and individuals across all ages.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCybersecurityDigital HealthWellness & Fitness
Hari Ravichandran(Founder and CEO)
Co-investorsAccelFJ LabsGeneral CatalystPartech VenturesSignalFireTen Eleven+2 more
CL Educate operates the Career Launcher brand offering test-preparation and aptitude products for competitive exams, the Kestone integrated marketing business, and the DEXIT Global digital assessment platform for recruitment, certifications, and university exams.
AdTechEdTech
Craxel builds Black Forest, a data infrastructure platform that consolidates an organization's fragmented data into a unified, AI-ready knowledge asset and enables real-time contextualized queries and knowledge graphs at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareFairfax, US
David Enga(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Greg Webb(Executive Officer, Promoter)Janelle Kellman(Executive Officer, Promoter)Tom Foladare(Executive Officer, Promoter)
BoardAndrew Gilbert(Director)Ernest Stern(Director)
Efflux provides asset intelligence by scanning and mapping the assets, networks, and services of organizations, offering raw data alongside formatted insights with full transparency into how findings were discovered.
CybersecurityData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsThree Tree Ventures
Imubit builds an Industrial AI platform for Coordinated Operating Strategies (COS) that makes plant operational decisions visible, testable, and supervised through automation.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnergyEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
Nadav Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)Gilad Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMichael Neril(Director)Meir Tseitlin(Director)in
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalLumir VenturesSummit Peak InvestmentsSummit Peak VenturesUpWest
Manappuram Finance is a non-banking financial company (NBFC) in India that provides gold loans against pledged gold jewellery, along with other financial services.
Fintech
V.P. Nandakumar(CMD)
Co-investorsSequoia CapitalPeak XV Partners
NAFA (Netafim Agricultural Financing Agency) is a Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) promoted by Netafim Group that provides loans and financial solutions to stakeholders in the micro-irrigation value chain, primarily smallholder farmers and small and medium rural agri enterprises.
AgTechFintechImpact & Social GoodSector AgnosticIndia, IN
Prabhat Chaturvedi(Chief Executive Officer)Charu Kapur(Chief Financial Officer)Vijay Singh(Chief Financial Officer)Vishal Nagadiya(Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsCogito CapitalPhoenix Group
Proofpoint provides cybersecurity and compliance software that protects organizations' people, data, cloud environments, and email from advanced cyber threats.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ashan Willy(CEO)Sumit Dhawan(Chief Executive Officer)Rémi Thomas(Chief Financial Officer)Kim Sullivan(Chief People Officer)Mayank Choudhary(EVP and GM, Information Protection, Cloud Security & Compliance Products Group)Tom Corn(EVP and GM, Threat Protection Group)
Co-investorsCrane Venture PartnersDag VenturesElevate VenturesFrazier Healthcare PartnersGamutGlynn Capital Management+12 more
Orange Retail Finance (ORFIL) is a non-banking lender offering loans to SMEs and MSMEs, including mortgage-backed small-ticket business loans, home loans, two-wheeler loans, and gold loans.
Fintech
A cyber risk management platform that combines security expertise, software, and insurance products to help organizations make better decisions about cyber risk.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareInsurTech
Vishaal Hariprasad(Co-Founder & CEO)Mario P Vitalein
Co-investors137 VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)
Tamr provides an AI-native master data management (MDM) platform that unifies, cleans, and enriches enterprise data in real time.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsDcode CapitalFoothill VenturesGV (Google Ventures)In-Q-TelMassMutual VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+7 more
Aeravti Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that has fully deployed its first fund and is preparing to launch a new fund.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechFoodTechMedia & Entertainment
Ashish Gumashta(Founder)Roshi Jain(Founder)Vivek Sinhain
Co-investorsNorwest Venture PartnersAlkemi Growth CapitalColossa VenturesCourtside VenturesEndiya PartnersSeason Two Ventures+1 more
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioPalantirNASDAQ: PLTRSentinel OneNYSE: S
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAirspace · boards.greenhouse.io · Aug 17, 2026
CL Educate · moneycontrol.com · Aug 10, 2026
Aura · kalkinemedia.com · Jul 17, 2026
NetCitadel · traded.co · Jul 9, 2026
Alta Resource Technologies · trysignalbase.com · Jan 8, 2026
Imubit · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Dec 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Granite Hill made?
- Granite Hill has 26 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Granite Hill invest at?
- Granite Hill invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Granite Hill focus on?
- Granite Hill focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech.
- Where is Granite Hill located?
- Granite Hill is headquartered in Silicon Valley, US.
- Who does Granite Hill co-invest with?
- Granite Hill most often shares deals with 8VC, DCVC (Data Collective), Glynn Capital Management, among 106 tracked co-investors.
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