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Karman Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingAustin · Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
Also known as Moving Capital
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Karman Ventures focuses on pre-seed and seed investments, typically writing $100K-$500K checks and often being the first investor. The firm is optimistic about AI's positive societal impact and backs founders building across the AI application layer, AI infrastructure and developer tools, AI modernizing core industries, embodied AI, and founders advancing the American national interest. Karman favors technical teams obsessed with building products that customers love.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from curatedWhat they invest in
from 34 of 39 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×26Enterprise Software ×14SaaS ×9Developer Tools ×7Advanced Manufacturing ×5Hardware ×5Deep Tech ×4Defense Tech ×4
HQs:United States×29Australia×1Mexico×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 5 portfolio companiesAccelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 39 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 52025 · 92024 · 418 dated
Cape is a privacy-focused cellular service provider that offers secure mobile connectivity designed to protect subscriber data and privacy.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareArlington, US
John Doyle(Founder)inGavin Uhma(Founder)Nicholas Espinoza(Founder)Nick Espinoza(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzDefinitionFDVC01 AdvisorsA*Angel Collective Opportunity Fund+11 more
a0.dev provides a platform that generates React Native projects to accelerate mobile app development for developers.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Seth Setse(Founder)inAyomide Omolewa(Founder)in
Co-investorsLobster CapitalPioneerVentures TogetherY CombinatorCollab CapitalPeter Gao Capital LP+3 more
Aerodome, part of Flock Safety, provides a Drone as First Responder (DFR) system that remotely deploys docked drones to 911 calls, license-plate hits, and gunshot alerts, streaming live HD, thermal, and night-vision video to first responders and dispatch.
Defense TechGovTechHardwareRobotics
Kenaniah Cerny(Founder)Rahul Sidhu(Founder)
Co-investors2048 VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAntiCRV (Charles River Ventures)Everywhere VenturesPreston-Werner Ventures+2 more
This is the personal website of Rohan Mehta, a software engineer at OpenAI who previously founded a YC-backed startup and worked at Meta; it is not a company website.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerNew York City, US
Rohan Mehta(Founder)inLucas Switzer(Founder)in
Co-investorsRebel FundY CombinatorAccelAccel-KKRAmino CapitalCamford Capital+7 more
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Baukunst is an independent venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies developing technology and design solutions across sectors including manufacturing, AI, healthcare, and consumer products.
Sector Agnostic
Axel Bichara(Founder)in
Co-investorsWesterly WindsCorrelation VenturesFounders NetworkNextView Ventures
Cascade Space develops software tools and infrastructure for designing, building, testing, and operating spacecraft communication systems.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDeveloper ToolsHardwareSaaSSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Jacob Portukalian(Founder)inArlen Abraham(Founder)in
Co-investorsAurelia FoundryHAWKTAILMGV.VCPioneerRolling Fun GPTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)+10 more
Causal Labs builds a Large Physics foundation Model to learn causality through physics and weather observations.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Dar Mehta(Founder)inYue (Kelsie) Zhao(Founder)
Co-investorsBoxGroupKindred VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementUnion Square Ventures (USV)OtherwiseRefactor Capital
CommodityAI builds an operating system for physical commodity trading, enabling traders to replace phone calls, PDFs, and legacy systems with modern software.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Philip Koenig(Founder)inDaniel Cervoni(Founder)inKyle Franz(Founder)in
Co-investorsGurtin VenturesY CombinatorAgrolimen VenturesAmerican Estate And Trust IncPeterson Venture PartnersRebel Fund
EdgeTrace provides AI-powered video search software that allows law enforcement and public safety agencies to query video footage in plain language, finding answers in seconds instead of hours of manual review.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareGovTechSan Francisco, US
Kyle Orciuch(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorZAKA VCAmino CapitalAndreessen HorowitzGeneral CatalystMyAsiaVC+5 more
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Elodin provides a cloud-based simulation platform for building autonomous systems, targeting developers and engineers creating satellites, drones, and robots.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Daniel Driscoll(Founder)inTom Gurka(Founder)inAkhil Velagapudi(Founder)inSascha Wise(Founder)in
Co-investorsJude GomilaSoma CapitalY CombinatorBraewick HoldingsLeonis InvestissementUnpopular Ventures
Fambot connects to a parent's Gmail and Google Calendar to automatically extract school-related tasks, dates, and details from family communications, delivering a daily text digest of what to do, what to bring, and what's coming up.
AI & Machine LearningConsumer
David Reich(Founder)in
Co-investorsBaukunstFounders NetworkNextView VenturesCorrelation Ventures
Fetchr operates a mobile shopping application that curates and purchases clothing selections tailored to individual users' preferences with minimal user effort.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceSan Francisco, US
Calvin Chen(Founder)inCalix Huang(Founder)inIdriss Al Rifai(Founder)Joy Ajlouny(Founder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzBECO CapitalIliad PartnersMIKE HELLERNGP Capital
Fillip provides a fuel savings and rebate network for vehicle fleets, offering fuel discounts and rebates without minimum spend requirements.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainMedia & EntertainmentMobility & TransportationSports TechMexico City, MX
Alberto Fasja(Founder)inHector Sepulveda(Founder)inHugo López-Velarde(Founder)in
Co-investorsDila CapitalInterGen CapitalNazcaStaircase VenturesThin Air LabsActivant Capital+4 more
Adam Kirk(Founder)Ajay Kulkarni(Founder)Alberto Taiuti(Founder)Alex Yu(Founder)Alexandra Mysoor(Founder)Alexis Rivas(Founder)
Co-investorsOpen Field Capital01 Advisors1984 Ventures Management, Llc359 Capital8VCAcrew Capital+59 more
Flash is a platform that trains custom machine learning models for AI agents using user-provided data.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Eric Mao(Founder)inTom Zheng(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzBasis Set VenturesCory LevyGoodwater CapitalScript Capital+1 more
Henry provides AI-powered software for commercial real estate teams to automate property database management, underwriting models, and institutional pitch deck creation.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaSNew York City, US
Sammy Greenwall(Founder)inAdam Pratt(Founder)inLeonardo Maglia(Founder)inLuz Borchardt(Founder)inManuel Barna Ferrés(Founder)inMartin Borchardt(Founder)in
Co-investors1Sharpe VenturesCoalition OperatorsFirstMark CapitalPioneerThomson Reuters VenturesY Combinator+11 more
Julius is an AI platform that enables users to build models, create websites, and generate content across multiple formats including Excel, videos, and images.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Rahul Sonwalkar(Founder)in
Co-investorsHawk Hill VenturesHorizonMoth FundPioneerSnowflake VenturesY Combinator+14 more
Kaaj provides an AI platform for small business credit underwriting that automates deal intake, business verification, cash flow analysis, risk detection, and credit memo generation.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Utsav Shah(Founder)inShivi Sharma(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetter Tomorrow VenturesKindred VenturesCoughdrop Capital
LeapingAI builds AI voice and text agents that automate inbound and outbound calls for enterprises, handling customer support, appointment setting, and lead qualification.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Kevin Wu(Founder)inArkadiy Telegin(Founder)inShraey Bhatia(Founder)
Co-investorsBasis Set VenturesOrange CollectivePioneerRitual CapitalY CombinatorEight Capital+6 more
Luel develops proprietary technology for machine perception and AI system training across multiple modalities.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
William Namgyal(Founder)inInigo Lenderking(Founder)in
Co-investorsGeneral CatalystLightspeed Venture PartnersOrange CollectiveSpot VCY CombinatorAdapt Ventures+10 more
Mecha Health develops foundation models for radiology that generate complete diagnostic reports from medical images using vision-language AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Ahmed Abdulaal(Founder)inHugo Fry(Founder)inAyodeji Ijishakin(Founder)inNina Montaña Brown(Founder)in
Co-investorsMyAsiaVCValia VenturesY Combinator468 CapitalAliaksandr HudzilinDecacorn Capital+5 more
Mineflow maintains a public mineral exploration dataset and sends alerts when new exploration filings, surveys, and tenement changes match user-defined projects.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechData & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US
Ryan Goggins(Founder)in
Co-investorsPreston-Werner VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorBezier CapitalCapitalize VCDecacorn Capital+1 more
Momentic builds an AI-powered end-to-end testing platform that automatically writes, runs, and maintains tests for web and mobile applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Wei-Wei Wu(Founder)inJeff An(Founder)in
Co-investorsFundersClubStandard CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzCapitalize VC+8 more
Neuron Mobility designs and operates shared e-scooter and e-bike networks, building commercial-grade vehicles and in-house fleet management and safety technology for its micromobility services.
CleantechHardwareIoTMobility & Transportation
Zachary Wang(Co-founder & CEO)inHarry Yu(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAlumni VenturesAngelCentralCapria VenturesSquare Peg CapitalActivant Capital+2 more
Neuron provides an SDK and network that turn physical devices—from GPU clusters to a Raspberry Pi—into edge nodes that AI agents and software platforms can discover, access, and control via encrypted peer-to-peer communication.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3IoT
Co-investorsDecasonicSMAPE CapitalActivant CapitalChona Family OfficePunch CapitalSuffolk Technologies+1 more
Not Diamond provides an intelligent model router for coding agents that predicts which language model to use for each input, aiming to reduce inference costs while maintaining accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Jeffrey Akiki(Founder)in
Co-investors640 OxfordAmbush CapitalCapital B Private HoldingsDeepwater Asset ManagementDefy PartnersInovia Capital+5 more
Olive is an AI tool that connects to a company's database or data warehouse, understands the schema, and builds and deploys production-ready business intelligence dashboards and tools from natural-language descriptions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Bardia Safari(Founder)inShrey Gupta(Founder)inShailesh Gupta(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator1984 Ventures Management, LlcAscension VenturesDrive CapitalGeneral CatalystGlobal Brain+5 more
OneGrep provides an AI agent that integrates with DevOps tools to automate manual operational tasks, including search, correlation, and incident response workflows, enabling engineering teams to reduce tool training overhead and accelerate development cycles.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Achintya Ashok(Founder)inBrian Cripe(Founder)in
Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorPeterson Venture Partners
Orbital Ops develops propulsion systems and related aerospace hardware for airborne vehicles.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSpace TechLos Angeles, US
Ben Schleuniger(Founder)inRoss Doherty(Founder)inHunter
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBlack FlagGoAhead VenturesInitialized CapitalOlive Tree CapitalTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)+16 more
Outsmart builds an AI-powered learning platform that reimagines higher education.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechNew York, US
Regina Ring Gotthilf(Executive Officer, Director)Jorge Mazal(Founder)inDaniel Falabella(Founder)
BoardGina Gotthilf(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesForerunner VenturesKhosla VenturesLatitud VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersTactile Ventures+2 more
Perseus Defense builds autonomous defense systems.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRoboticsAustin, US
Jason Cornelius(Founder)inSteve Messinger(Founder)inJason Cornelius Steve Messinger(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBow CapitalLobster CapitalOlive Tree CapitalY CombinatorBatch Ventures+14 more
AI-powered integration agents for enterprise software
Jugal Anchalia(Founder)inAbhishek Kumar(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetter CapitalEniac VenturesTidal VenturesZ21 Ventures8i VenturesAhead VC
SuperMe is a network where founders and executives create AI profiles trained on their real work (writing, talks, meeting notes) so others can ask questions and receive advice grounded in those experts' actual words.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Casey Winters(Founder)inLudo Antonov(Founder)in
BoardMike Duboe(Venture Partner, Greylock (deal lead / investor))in
Co-investors20VCForerunner VenturesGreylock PartnersTranspose Platform Management
Toothio operates an AI-powered staffing marketplace that connects dental practices and DSOs with vetted dental hygienists, assistants, and office staff to fill temporary and permanent shifts on demand.
Future of WorkHealthtechHR TechMarketplacesScottsdale, US
Troy Amelotte(Founder)inIan Prendergast(Founder)inDevon Cox(Founder)in
Co-investorsAZ Crown InvestmentsConnexa CapitalMarketplaceNVP CapitalRho VenturesRoosh Ventures+6 more
Toothy AI develops AI agents for dental practices that automate insurance-related tasks including policy verification, billing, and claims processing.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Johnny Chen(Founder)inMatt Kerrigan(Founder)inTejas Konduru(Founder)in
Co-investorsPioneerTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator468 CapitalAliaksandr HudzilinBatch Ventures+10 more
Valerie Health provides AI-powered practice management software for independent medical practices to automate administrative workflows and reduce operational burden.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Nitin Joshi(Founder)inPeter Shalek(Founder)in
Co-investors.406 VenturesAlumni VenturesBoxGroupGeneral CatalystPrimary Venture PartnersRedpoint Ventures+2 more
Veria AI is an autonomous pentesting platform that identifies and exploits security vulnerabilities across code repositories, then generates fix recommendations.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Cayden Liao(Founder)inJayden Sarveshkumar(Founder)inStephen Xu(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAntigravity CapitalSeaplane VenturesAmino CapitalBBQ CapitalBlast.Club+11 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
KoobzParadigm
Exits · 2
2 acquisitions · showing 1Aerodomeacq. by Flock Safety
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Baukunst · techcompanynews.com · Sep 8, 2026
Fambot · finance.yahoo.com · Sep 1, 2026
Freesolo · ycombinator.com · Jul 13, 2026
Luel · thesaasnews.com · May 29, 2026
Mecha Health · ycombinator.com · Feb 19, 2026
Valerie Health · globenewswire.com · Dec 16, 2025
Cascade Space · ycombinator.com · Dec 16, 2025
Momentic · thesaasnews.com · Nov 25, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Karman Ventures made?
- Karman Ventures has 39 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 16 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Karman Ventures invest at?
- Karman Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Karman Ventures's typical check size?
- Karman Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $500K.
- What sectors does Karman Ventures focus on?
- Karman Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Developer Tools, Robotics, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Karman Ventures located?
- Karman Ventures is headquartered in Austin, US.
- Does Karman Ventures lead rounds?
- Karman Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Karman Ventures co-invest with?
- Karman Ventures most often shares deals with Transpose Platform Management, Y Combinator, FundersClub, among 25 tracked co-investors.
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