Juniper Ventures Management, Llc
Venture capitalActively deployingSan Francisco · Pre-Seed–Growth · 2 people tracked
Investment thesis
Juniper focuses on founders making advanced AI secure and beneficial for humanity, investing across what it calls AI assurance infrastructure: energy, hardware, physical networking, compute, security, audits, data, evaluations, interpretability, inference, guardrails, observability, authentication, agents, integrations, compliance, insurance, and policy/governance. Run by exited founders, the firm helps portfolio companies resolve bottlenecks in fundraising, hiring, growth, product, governance, culture, and well-being. It operates multiple vehicles: Juniper Ventures for pre-seed/seed, Juniper Growth for Series A/B/C, and a Juniper Foundation. The firm also publishes the AI Assurance Technology Report.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 15 of 19 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14Enterprise Software ×5Deep Tech ×4Cybersecurity ×3Developer Tools ×3Cloud Computing ×2SaaS ×2Crypto & Web3 ×1
HQs:United States×8
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×13 founders×24+ founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data
Yale University ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 11 founders with career history
OpenAI ×5Goldman Sachs ×2
Investments · 19 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAlien provides a decentralized identity and blockchain platform that establishes proof of humanity and enables verification of AI agents.
Crypto & Web3Cybersecurity
Co-investorsLvna CapitalManta Ray Ventures
Andon Labs develops safety systems and protocols for autonomous AI-driven organizations, focusing on AI alignment and control mechanisms for agents that operate without human oversight.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Lukas Petersson(Founder)in
Co-investorsWave VenturesY Combinator
Apollo Research develops AI safety technology focused on understanding and mitigating risks from advanced AI systems that may pursue misaligned objectives.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechGovTech
AI Underwriting Consortium certifies and insures AI agents against failure, helping enterprises confidently adopt AI systems through standardized security audits and insurance coverage.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsEmergence Capital PartnersNFDGTerrain
Axiom Math is a platform that enables users to test proof verification, extract theorems, and experiment with proof transformations quickly.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEdTech
Carina Hong(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalDnx VenturesFlying Fish VenturesFrontline VenturesGreycroft+5 more
FUTURESEARCH builds forecasting and prediction tools.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSSector AgnosticSan Bruno, US
Dan Schwarz(Founder)Peter Mühlbacher(Founder)Daniel Hnyk(Founder)Nikos Bosse(Founder)Jack Wildman(Founder)McKenna Meyer(Founder)
Co-investorsMetaplanetTwin Path Ventures
Goodfire is a research company developing interpretability tools to understand and design AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Tom McGrath(Director)Daniel Balsam(Director)inEric Ho(Executive Officer, Director)inDaniel Kang(Director)
BoardDeedy Das(Director)Nnamdi Iregbulem(Director)in
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalCompoundLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo VenturesMythos Ventures Management, Llc+5 more
Gray Swan provides automated adversarial testing and runtime AI security solutions for enterprises and AI labs deploying large language models.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwarePittsburgh, US
Jeremy Kolter(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matthew Fredrikson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jiaming Zou(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsMadrona Venture GroupWingMagarac Venture PartnersObvious VenturesSamsung NextSnowflake Ventures
Co-investorsBeyond CapitalFirestreak VenturesStage 2 CapitalVisible Ventures
Hugging Face is a collaboration platform that hosts and provides access to machine learning models, datasets, and applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsBrooklyn, US
Julien Chaumond(Executive Officer, Director)Clement Delange(Executive Officer, Director)Clément Delangue(Co-founder & CEO)inThomas Wolf(Co-founder & CSO)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAIX VenturesBetaworksCoatue ManagementConnetic VenturesFelicis Ventures+16 more
Kradle builds an evaluation platform for AI models using interactive simulations rather than static tests, starting with Minecraft environments.
AI & Machine LearningMinneapolis, US
William Partyka(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAir Street Capital
Lucid Computing builds hardware-encrypted compute clusters with verifiable AI audit trails for enterprises and institutions requiring confidentiality and regulatory compliance.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity
Kristian Rönn(Founder)in
Co-investorsLIONHEART VENTURES
Musubilabs provides AI-powered content moderation and Trust & Safety systems for online communities that prioritize human oversight, transparency, and real-time learning.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Tom(CEO & Co-founder)Fil(Chief AI Officer & Co-founder)
Co-investorsJ2 VenturesMozilla Ventures
Softmax builds AI systems based on organic alignment principles—the concept that agents remaining aligned with human values also maintain alignment with each other.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSector Agnostic
Emmett Shear(CEO & Founder)inDavid Bloomin(Founder)inYatharth Agarwal(Cofounder)inAdam Goldstein(Board Member and Founder Emeritus)in
Co-investorsLifelike CapitalLIONHEART VENTURESMythos Ventures Management, LlcNight CapitalSancus VenturesSummit Peak Investments+2 more
Thinking Machines Lab is an AI research and product company building systems for human-AI collaboration with emphasis on customization, safety, and accessibility.
AI & Machine LearningSan Francisco, US
Mira Murati(Co-founder)inBarret Zoph(Co-founder)inLilian Weng(Co-founder)inAndrew Tulloch(Co-founder)inLuke Metz(Co-founder)inPhuong Nga Nguyen(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelAndreessen HorowitzBison VenturesFactorial FundsGV (Google Ventures)Owl Ventures+4 more
Workshop Labs is a research lab and public benefit corporation building user-aligned AI models intended to augment individuals rather than automate them.
AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesHugging Face · venturedailydigest.com · Aug 27, 2026
Axiom · aiweekly.co · Jul 17, 2026
Thinking Machines Lab · cryptobriefing.com · Jul 16, 2026
Goodfire · techcrunch.com · Jul 5, 2026
Gray Swan · slator.com · Jun 25, 2026
FutureSearch · openpr.com · Jun 23, 2026
Andon Labs · sherwood.news · Jun 4, 2026
Workshop Labs · x.com · Apr 14, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Juniper Ventures Management, Llc made?
- Juniper Ventures Management, Llc has 19 tracked investments.
- What stage does Juniper Ventures Management, Llc invest at?
- Juniper Ventures Management, Llc invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Juniper Ventures Management, Llc focus on?
- Juniper Ventures Management, Llc focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, GovTech, InsurTech.
- Where is Juniper Ventures Management, Llc located?
- Juniper Ventures Management, Llc is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does Juniper Ventures Management, Llc co-invest with?
- Juniper Ventures Management, Llc most often shares deals with B Capital Group, Madrona Venture Group, Menlo Ventures, among 60 tracked co-investors.
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