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 3, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 8 of 26 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×5Cybersecurity ×5Enterprise Software ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×1AgTech ×1Consumer ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1Deep Tech ×1
HQs:United States×4India×1
Investments · 26 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathSentinelOne provides an AI-powered cybersecurity platform for enterprises that integrates endpoint protection, threat detection, and incident response capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Tomer Weingarten(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)
Defense startup building drones to counter dangerous drones and protect critical infrastructure.
Boulder, US
Bradley Sheftel(Director)Matt Lipscomb(Executive Officer, Director)Nathan Ratledge(Executive Officer, Director)Leo Banchick(Director)Tom Baruch(Director)
BoardStephen Rodriguez(Director)
Housing finance company backed by WestBridge and Caspian.
Craxel builds Black Forest, a patented data indexing software that uses O(1) technology to index multi-dimensional data in constant time for large-scale data, analytics, and AI workloads.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDefense TechFairfax, 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)
Imubit builds a Closed-Loop Physical AI platform that lets process engineers model causality behind plant operating decisions and automate their control without coding or ML expertise.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnergyPalo Alto, US
Nadav Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Neril(Director)Meir Tseitlin(Director)Gilad Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)
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)
Proofpoint provides AI and cybersecurity solutions that protect organizations by securing email, cloud services, and collaboration tools, with runtime enforcement of AI usage policies and threat detection capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Ashan Willy(CEO)
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)
AI-powered data analytics company.
Frequently asked questions
- 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.
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