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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 29, 2026.
Team · 3 people
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Founder mafia
3 people who came through Laude Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 15 of 16 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×15Enterprise Software ×7Data & Infrastructure ×5Developer Tools ×5Cloud Computing ×4Deep Tech ×4SaaS ×2Consumer ×1
HQs:United States×6
Investments · 16 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 32023 · 15 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)inAlex Salazar(Founder)
Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsFlybridge Capital PartnersGaruda VenturesHanabi CapitalNeotribe VenturesSyn Ventures Seed Management Llc+1 more
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-investors515 VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAtacama VenturesFelicis VenturesSancus VenturesVela Partners+3 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 VenturesCota Capital
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 VCEssence Venture CapitalUpfront Ventures+1 more
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)inSimon Mo(Founder)inKaichao You(Founder)inJoseph Gonzalez(Founding member)Ion Stoica(Founding member)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzLightspeed Venture PartnersRedpoint VenturesSequoia CapitalStriker Venture PartnersAltimeter Capital+1 more
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
LMArena is a platform for testing and comparing frontier AI models through user conversations, with data shared to AI providers to support AI research.
AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Co-investorsVela PartnersAndreessen HorowitzFelicis VenturesHouseKleiner PerkinsLightspeed Venture Partners
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-investorsavraConvictionMulticoin CapitalRedpoint VenturesSequoia CapitalLightspeed Venture Partners
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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-investorsArcTern VenturesZigg CapitalDrive 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(Founder)inDenis Yarats(Founder)Andrew Konwinski(Founder)
Co-investors1435 Capital359 Capital7BC Venture CapitalAccelAdvaita CapitalAIX Ventures+61 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 VenturesAlexandriaBraidwell+4 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)inKurt Keutzer(Founder)
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
Co-investorsMaterialized View Capital
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(Founder)inKuntai Du(Founder)inYihua Cheng(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesNVIDIAAMD VenturesCoreWeaveValley Capital Partners
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-investorsThe E14 FundTyche PartnersVine VenturesHouse
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPerplexity · perplexity.ai · Aug 6, 2026
Arena · techcrunch.com · Jun 29, 2026
Arcade · thenextweb.com · Jun 17, 2026
Tensormesh · techstartups.com · May 27, 2026
Inferact · finsmes.com · Jan 26, 2026
Voio · pymnts.com · Nov 20, 2025
SigIQ · indianstartupnews.com · Apr 8, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Laude Ventures made?
- Laude Ventures has 16 tracked investments, including 4 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
SiliconANGLE theCUBE · Pete Sonsini
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