Laude Ventures
Venture capitalAtherton · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Laude Ventures is an early-stage investor partnering with visionary, deeply technical founders — often computer scientists working at the frontier of research — to help turn their breakthroughs into paradigm-creating companies. The firm positions itself as a 'first follower' of technologists at core moments of discovery, providing early capital and a network of resources to bring innovations to market. Its investments span deeply technical infrastructure and applications, frequently rooted in academic and scientific research, with an emphasis on AI and software. The firm is backed by institutional investors, technical unicorn and decacorn founders, leading computer scientists, AI research leaders, and a Turing Award winner.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 3 people
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through Laude Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 14 of 15 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×14Enterprise Software ×7Data & Infrastructure ×5Developer Tools ×5Cloud Computing ×4Deep Tech ×3SaaS ×2Consumer ×1
HQs:United States×6
Investments · 15 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12023 · 12 dated
Narada provides agentic process automation software for enterprises, automating complex workflows across desktop applications, web interfaces, and Citrix environments.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBerkeley, US
Kurt KeutzerDavid Park(Executive Officer, Director)Amir Gholaminejad(Director)
Co-investorsBling CapitalMonta Vista CapitalSamsung NextUnanimous Capital
Arcade provides an MCP runtime layer that enables AI agents to securely connect to external tools and business systems through user authentication, authorization, and policy enforcement.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Sam Partee(Founder)in
Co-investorsFlybridge Capital PartnersGaruda VenturesHanabi CapitalNeotribe VenturesSyn Ventures Seed Management LlcSYN Ventures
Arena.ai is a platform for exploring and interacting with frontier AI models; user conversations may be shared with AI providers for research purposes.
AI & Machine Learning
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAtacama VenturesFelicis VenturesSancus VenturesVela PartnersKleiner Perkins+1 more
Clairvoyant Intelligence helps CISOs and CIOs manage software supply chain trust and integrate AI into secure development practices, serving enterprise security leaders.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Douglas Schultz(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investors1Flourish CapitalAviso Ventures
Eventual develops data infrastructure for teams building physical AI, particularly focused on handling video and sensor data at scale.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Dylan DiMarchi(Founder)inJay Chia(Founder)in
Co-investorsCRV (Charles River Ventures)Felicis VenturesAlleyCorpEssence Venture CapitalUpfront Ventures
Inferact develops inference infrastructure for large language models, building on the open-source vLLM engine to make model serving cheaper and faster.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Roger Wang(Founder)Woosuk Kwon(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzRedpoint VenturesSequoia CapitalStriker Venture Partners
Disarray is an AI research company focused on autonomous agents for long-running tasks and automating model development through agentic search and context graphs.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Doris Xin(Co-founder & CEO)Moustafa Abdelbaky(Co-founder & CTO)
Co-investors.406 VenturesEssence Venture Capital
Mithril provides cloud compute infrastructure for AI developers, aiming to make compute resources more accessible and efficient without requiring teams to handle capacity planning.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructurePalo Alto, US
Jared Quincy Davis(Founder)in
Co-investorsConvictionMulticoin CapitalRedpoint VenturesSequoia Capital
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Normal builds open, AI-powered building automation software for portfolio managers, replacing siloed legacy systems with unified dashboards and centralized control across multiple properties.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareIoTPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsZigg CapitalArcTern VenturesDrive CapitalFirst Spark Ventures, LlcMicron VenturesSamsung Catalyst Fund
An AI-powered answer engine providing accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to questions.
San Francisco, US
Andrew D. Konwinski(Executive Officer, Director)Dzianis Yarats(Director)Aravind Srinivas Lakshminarayanan(Director, Executive Officer)Aravind Srinivas(Co-founder & CEO)inDenis Yarats(Co-founder & CTO)
BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)
Co-investors359 Capital7BC Venture CapitalAccelAdvaita CapitalAIX VenturesArrington Capital+49 more
Prompt is an Ambient AI product and research company that develops human-centered AI products designed to sense the physical environment.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Tete Xiao(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAIX VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Neotribe VenturesBraidwellCDP Venture Capital+3 more
SigIQ builds AI-powered 1:1 tutors designed to deliver personalized private tutoring to students at the cost of computation rather than the price of human tutors.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechBerkeley, US
Karttikeya Mangalam(Founder)in
Co-investorsCalibrate VenturesPeak XV PartnersGSV VenturesHouse
Tabsdata provides a data platform architecture built around immutable versioned tables and execution-native lineage, designed to enable AI agents to operate safely by making data changes traceable, auditable, and rollback-capable.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSunnyvale, US
Alejandro AbdelnurArvind Prabhakar
Tensormesh provides model-level caching infrastructure for AI teams to reduce redundant processing and lower inference costs on context-heavy workloads.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Junchen Jiang(CEO and Co-Founder)
Voio develops AI tools for radiologists to enhance clinical care and patient outcomes in medical imaging.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical Devices
Adam Yala(Founder)inMaggie Chung, MD(Founder)in
Co-investorsTyche PartnersVine VenturesHouse
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPerplexity · cryptonews.com · Aug 20, 2026
Mithril · dwarfeatsmountain.wiki · Aug 1, 2026
Arena · wweek.com · Jul 16, 2026
Proxima · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 7, 2026
Arcade · citybiz.co · Jun 22, 2026
Voio · vctavern.com · Apr 19, 2026
Normal · techcompanynews.com · Mar 27, 2026
1271 · trysignalbase.com · Mar 6, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Laude Ventures made?
- Laude Ventures has 15 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Laude Ventures invest at?
- Laude Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Laude Ventures focus on?
- Laude Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is Laude Ventures located?
- Laude Ventures is headquartered in Atherton, US.
- Does Laude Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Laude Ventures leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamPete Sonsini, Laude Ventures | Databricks Data+AI Summit 2025
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