How many investments has Inflection Ventures made?

Inflection Ventures has 24 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited.

What stage does Inflection Ventures invest at?

Inflection Ventures invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.

Where is Inflection Ventures located?

Inflection Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.

Who does Inflection Ventures co-invest with?

Inflection Ventures most often shares deals with Coatue Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Beyond Capital, among 155 tracked co-investors.

Inflection Ventures

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New York · Series A–Late Stage · 14 people tracked

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Inflection Ventures invests in frontier technology companies across defense, artificial intelligence, nuclear power, and space sectors.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Cybersecurity Data & Infrastructure Deep Tech Defense Tech Energy Fintech SaaS Space Tech Brooklyn Global Middle East & North Africa New York United States

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Series A–Late Stage

New York, NY, US

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Team · 14 people

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Kabe Roashan· Founder and General Partner· Brooklyn, New Yorkin 𝕏

Founder and GP of Inflection Ventures; formerly Global VP Sales at Proofpoint (which grew from $20M to $1.4B ARR through its 2012 IPO and 2021 Thoma Bravo acquisition), with prior roles at Microsoft, ArcSight/HP, DoubleClick/Google, and Accenture. Over 15 years he has invested in or advised 100+ technology companies focused on cybersecurity, defense, infrastructure, and B2B SaaS.

Ali Elsehety· Carta Fund Administration Team; Account Director· New York, New York, United Statesin

Professional with a background in investment banking, private equity, and venture capital serving as a partner at Inflection Ventures focused on high-potential MENA startups. Previously an Investment Banking Associate at J.P. Morgan and an Associate at Gulf Capital; holds an economics degree from the Wharton School.

Ally Jones· Carta Strategic Growth Executive; New Fund Investments and SPVsin

Kevin Arsenault· Operating Partner· United Statesin

Operating partner with two decades in cybersecurity and sales leadership. He was on the early sales team at CrowdStrike (ultimately VP of Sales, North America) ahead of its 2019 IPO, held a VP sales role at Proofpoint, and became CRO of Push Security in 2024.

Karl Feng· Venture Partner· New York, New York, United Statesin

Financial services professional with two decades in private markets and fintech, currently Head of Product at Forge. Previously held roles at Carta (helping build Carta Liquidity/CartaX), Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and the NYSE.

Shiven Ramji· Venture Partner· New York, New York, United Statesin

Product executive with two decades in security and developer tools, currently President of the Customer Identity Cloud at Okta and formerly CPO at Auth0 and SVP Product at DigitalOcean. He is an angel investor and board contributor in 50+ private companies, including a board seat at Aiven.

Ashley Bates· CPA – Retained Tax and Fund Advisor· Dallasin

Director at Leap District and licensed CPA with over 15 years of experience in fund administration, tax compliance, and financial reporting, supporting Inflection Ventures with fund advisory, oversight, and LP onboarding.

Christiane De Carvalho· Investor Relations· New York, New York, United Statesin

Executive with a background in marketing, martech, adtech, and data analytics who leads investor relations for Inflection Ventures, focusing on relationship-building with investors.

Dov Yoran· Strategic Advisor· New York, New York, United Statesin

Information security founder, investor, and advisor who co-founded and led ThreatGRID (acquired by Cisco in 2014), then led strategy and business development for Cisco's Security Business Group. A partner at MetroSITE Group and co-founder of Command Zero (2024).

John Paul Schnapper-Casteras· JP Schnapper-Casteras – Legal

Founder and managing partner of Schnapper-Casteras PLLC, a boutique law firm advising on frontier technology issues and appellate litigation. Serves as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Collective Global and holds a Non-Resident Senior Fellow position at the Atlantic Council's GeoEconomics Center. Holds J.D. from Stanford Law School and M.P.P. from Harvard Kennedy School.

JP Schnapper-Casteras· Legal· United Statesin

Founder and managing partner of law firm Schnapper-Casteras PLLC advising technology companies on frontier-tech and appellate matters. Also General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Collective Global and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's GeoEconomics Center.

Kristen L. Suszek· Brand & Digital Experience Lead· Los Angeles, California, United Statesin

Creative strategist specializing in brand development, digital experiences, and communications who shapes Inflection Ventures' brand identity, digital platforms, and communications.

Raj Peswani· Analyst· United Statesin

Data-driven investor and analyst specializing in predictive analytics and startup success modeling, using machine learning for deal sourcing and investment analytics with a focus on AI, fintech, and SaaS. Currently pursuing a Master of Analytics at UC Berkeley.

Scott Barnes· CFO – Retained Accounting, Operations and Compliance Advisor· Washington, DC metro areain

Founder and Managing Member of Leap District Advisors, an outsourced CFO advisory firm supporting Inflection Ventures' funds and SPVs. Previously CFO/CCO at Washington Harbour Partners and CFO of the FORT hedge fund, with earlier roles at Monsoon Capital and Declaration Management & Research.

What they invest in

from 15 of 24 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×10Cloud Computing ×5Enterprise Software ×4Hardware ×4Deep Tech ×3Defense Tech ×3Developer Tools ×3Energy ×3

HQs:United States×14Bangladesh×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 16 portfolio companies

31%

solo founders

5 of 16 mapped founding teams

55%

repeat founders

of 31 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×52 founders×33 founders×54+ founders×3

Where their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with education data

University of California, Berkeley ×5Stanford University ×4University of Toronto ×3Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani ×2Harvard University ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×13Engineering ×8Business & Management ×4Mathematics & Statistics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 31 founders with career history

Google ×7Twitter ×3Adentro ×2Adobe ×2BITS360 ×2Founders ×2Founders Fund ×2OpenAI ×2

7 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 30 with degree data)

Investments · 24 tracked

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By year:2021 · 1 2018 · 12 dated

Palantir Technologies Inc.palantir.com inNASDAQ: PLTR

Palantir 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(Founder)in Stephen Cohen(Founder)Nathan Gettings(Founder)Joe Lonsdale(Founder)inAlexander C. Karp(Founder)Alex Karp(Founder)

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investors137 Ventures 8VC A*AiSprouts VC Akkadian Ventures Allied Venture Partners +71 more

SpaceXspacex.comNASDAQ: SPCX

Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary

Hawthorne, US

Elon Musk(Founder)inBret Johnsen(Executive Officer)inGwynne Shotwell(Executive Officer, Director)Tom Mueller(Founder)

Board Antonio Gracias(Director)in Steve Jurvetson(Director)in

Co-investors1/1 Capital 137 Ventures 1802 Ventures 2080 Ventures 3Spoke Capital 4DX Ventures +206 more

Abnormal Aiabnormal.ai in 𝕏Apr 2018

Abnormal is an AI-native cybersecurity company that uses behavioral AI to detect and prevent email-based attacks and anomalous threats.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Evan Reiser(Founder)inSanjay Jeyakumar(Founder)in Rami Habal(Chief Product Officer (former))in Smita Sanadhya(Chief Financial Officer (former))in Jeff True(Chief Legal Officer (former))inAbhi Bagri(Chief Technology Officer)in

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investorsAlkeon Innovation Artisanal Ventures Ballistic Ventures EQUIAM Greylock Partners Insight Partners +4 more

Andurilanduril.com in

Anduril builds autonomous systems and software for defense and military applications, including attack aviation, unmanned aircraft, and underwater vehicles, unified by an autonomy platform.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRobotics

Palmer Luckey(Founder)inBrian Schimpf(Founder)in Trae Stephens(Founder)inJoe Chen(Founder)Joseph Chen(Founder)inMatt Grimm(Founder)

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investors137 Ventures 1435 Capital 1Flourish Capital 8VC Aliya Capital Partners Altra Venture +103 more

Bob Urbergercontrary.com

Contrary is a venture capital firm that publishes research and analysis on emerging technologies and market trends.

Sector Agnostic

Eric Tarczynski(Founder, Managing Partner)

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investorsHumba Ventures Align Ventures Andreessen Horowitz Boost VC Chevron Technology Ventures Crossbeam Venture Partners +6 more

Chaldalchaldal.com 𝕏Seed

Chaldal.com is an online grocery and necessities delivery service available in Dhaka, Jashore, and Chattogram.

B2B MarketplacesConsumerE-commerceFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainDhaka, BD

Waseem Alim(Founder)inZia Ashraf(Founder)in Tejas Viswanath(Founder)in

Co-investors500 Global Beresford Ventures Metaplanet Razor Capital Startup Bangladesh Xploration Capital +18 more

CHAOSchaosinc.com in 𝕏

Chaos Inc. develops portable radar systems and unmanned aerial system (UAS) detection technology for defense applications, offering efficient multi-target tracking and rapid deployment capabilities.

Defense TechHardware

John Tenet(Founder)Gavin Hood(Founder)inJohn T.(Founder)inBo Marr(Founder)Brett Cummings(Founder)

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investors8VC Accel Alpha Wave Global Cubit Capital HOF Capital Litquidity Ventures +10 more

CoreWeavecoreweave.com in 𝕏

CoreWeave operates an AI-native cloud platform built to run large-scale AI workloads, combining GPU infrastructure, tooling, and support.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure

Michael Intrator(Founder)inBrannin McBee(Founder)Brian Venturo(Founder)Peter Salanki(Founder)

Co-investorsCisco Investments Coatue Management Dragon Capital FOG Ventures G Squared Hustle Fund +16 more

Databricksdatabricks.com in 𝕏

Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ali Ghodsi(Founder)inIon Stoica(Founder)in Matei Zaharia(Founder)inReynold Xin(Founder)in Patrick Wendell(Founder)in Andy Konwinski(Founder)in

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investors137 Ventures A.Capital Ventures Aglae Ventures Alkeon Innovation Alpha Square Group Altra Venture +115 more

Exowattexowatt.com in 𝕏

Exowatt builds modular clean energy infrastructure systems designed for 24/7 solar power generation, targeting global AI infrastructure and critical industries that require reliable, ultra-low-cost sustainable power.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyHardwareMiami, US

Hannan Happi(Founder)Jack Abraham(Founder)inHannan H.(Founder)inHannan Parvizian(Founder)in

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz Atomic Bay Bridge Ventures Climate Black Flag Bleu Capital Climate Capital +15 more

Groq Incgroq.com in 𝕏

Groq designs and manufactures the LPU (Language Processing Unit), a chip purpose-built for AI inference, and operates GroqCloud, a platform for running inference workloads with low latency and cost efficiency across global data centers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingSemiconductorsPalo Alto, US

Jonathan Ross(Founder)inDouglas Wightman(Founder)

Board Chamath Palihapitiya(Director)in

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)Acequia Capital (AceCap)Alumni Ventures Axiom Partners B Capital Banca Investis — Family Office +73 more

Myftpuploadmyftpupload.com

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investorsHoughton Street Ventures OUTPOST VENTURES Stratim Capital

Parkergetparker.comSeedDefunct

Parker provides banking services through a digital platform.

FintechNew York City, US

Milan Ray(Founder)in Yacine Sibous(Founder)in

Co-investorsEthos VC Y Combinator A*Color Capital Day One Ventures Jefferies +6 more

Postmanpostman.com in 𝕏

Postman is an API platform that helps developers build, test, and manage APIs throughout their lifecycle.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Abhinav Asthana(Founder)inAnkit Sobti(Founder)inAbhijit Kane(Founder)in

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investorsBattery Ventures Insight Partners Nexus Venture Partners 83North Altra Venture Bond Capital Management +16 more

Radiantradiantnuclear.com in 𝕏

Radiant Nuclear develops Kaleidos, a portable nuclear microreactor designed to replace diesel generators for remote locations and provide resilient backup power to hospitals, datacenters, and military installations.

Deep TechEnergyHardwareEl Segundo, US

Doug Bernauer(Founder)in Bob Urberger(Founder)in

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Align Ventures Andreessen Horowitz Beyond Capital Cantos Ventures Carbon +25 more

Redwood Materialsredwoodmaterials.com in 𝕏

Redwood Materials deploys large-scale energy storage systems for data centers and grid power while recycling batteries to recover critical minerals like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper as a domestic source of these materials.

Circular EconomyEnergyNew MaterialsCarson City, US

JB Straubel(Founder)inKevin Kassekert(Executive Officer)Jason Thompson(Executive Officer)inJ. B. Straubel(Founder)

Board David Danielson(Director)in

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy Ventures Coatue Management Collaborative Fund Collective Liquidity Congruent Ventures Deepwater Asset Management +22 more

Shield AIshield.ai

Shield AI develops AI pilot systems for military applications including aircraft, drones, ships, satellites, and submarines.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSan Diego, US

Brandon Tseng(Founder)in Ryan Tseng(Founder)in Andrew Reiter(Founder)in Kingsley Afemikhe(Executive Officer)inGary Steele(Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardKeith Dunleavy(Director)

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investors515 Ventures 645 Ventures Advaita Capital AF WPartners Alpha Partners Altra Venture +47 more

Vercelvercel.com in 𝕏Oct 2021

Vercel is an infrastructure platform for building and deploying applications, with emerging support for agentic capabilities that allow AI agents and humans to collaborate in software development.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Guillermo Rauch(Founder)inNaoyuki Kanezawa(Founder)Tony Kovanen(Founder)

Board Geoff Lewis(Director)in Daniel Levine(Director)in Reid Christian(Director)in

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investors8VC Accel Bedrock Beyond Capital Coatue Management Cold Start Ventures +35 more

xAIx.ai 𝕏acquired by SpaceX · Feb 2026 · $250B

x.ai builds frontier AI reasoning models, real-time voice AI, and generative media systems.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US

Yuhuai (Tony) Wu(Founder)inDennis Mortensen(Executive Officer, Director)Alex Poon(Director)Greg Yang(Founder)inGuodong Zhang(Founder)inIgor Babuschkin(Founder)in

Partner Kabe Roashan· solo GP

Co-investors7percent Ventures Abstract Ventures Access Ventures (New York)Aglae Ventures Amity Ventures Andreessen Horowitz +71 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Abnormal SecurityEpirusProofpointRadiant NuclearSpace X

Exits · 4

3 IPOs · 1 acquisitions · showing 3

Palantir Technologies Inc.NASDAQ: PLTRSpaceXNASDAQ: SPCXxAIacq. by SpaceX

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Databricks Acquires Row Zero, Bringing Live, Governed Spreadsheets to Genie

Databricks · databricks.com · Sep 24, 2026

Verda raises $189M for the GPU cloud investors once called too capital intensive

CoreWeave · runtimewire.com · Sep 22, 2026

Abnormal AI and OpenAI Partner to Accelerate Secure Enterprise AI Adoption and Strengthen Cyber Defense

Abnormal Ai · Abnormal AI Newsroom · Aug 19, 2026

Defense tech giant Anduril eyes new funding at $100B valuation as Seattle expansion draws protests – GeekWire

Anduril · geekwire.com · Jul 24, 2026

Groq Raises Another $650M

Groq Inc · groq.com · Jun 22, 2026

Fintech startup Parker files for bankruptcy | TechCrunch

Parker · techcrunch.com · May 9, 2026

Shield AI Raises $2B in Series G Funding; Acquires Aechelon

Shield AI · finsmes.com · Apr 2, 2026

Redwood Materials Raises $425M in Series E Funding

Redwood Materials · finsmes.com · Jan 30, 2026

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Inflection Ventures made?: Inflection Ventures has 24 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited.
What stage does Inflection Ventures invest at?: Inflection Ventures invests at the Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does Inflection Ventures focus on?: Inflection Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Energy, Fintech, SaaS, Space Tech.
Where is Inflection Ventures located?: Inflection Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.
Who does Inflection Ventures co-invest with?: Inflection Ventures most often shares deals with Coatue Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Beyond Capital, among 155 tracked co-investors.

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