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Moment Ventures, Llc

Venture capital

Palo Alto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 7 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Moment Ventures invests at the early stage in companies building technology solutions that reimagine the future of industries. The firm backs founders reinventing business models across major industries such as logistics, food, education, e-commerce, and software development. It invests early and works closely with founders to help navigate the many aspects of building a company, drawing on insights gained across its portfolio to better support each team. Its own investor base includes leading institutions and accomplished technology entrepreneurs with substantial Silicon Valley operating and investing experience.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
HQ
Palo Alto, California, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2015
Last 12 months
2 investments
Private fund assets
$76.1M
VC funds
3
Tracked investments
55
Unicorns
1
IPOs
1
Acquisitions
10

Team · 7 people

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Ammar Hanifi· General Partner
Rajiv Khemani· General Partner

What they invest in

from 34 of 55 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×18Enterprise Software ×17SaaS ×17Data & Infrastructure ×8Developer Tools ×5Fintech ×5Cloud Computing ×4Marketing Tech ×4

HQs:United States×21

Who they back

founder profiles across 18 portfolio companies
39%
solo founders
7 of 18 mapped founding teams
38%
repeat founders
of 24 founders with career history
~3 yrs
old at investment
median across 12 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×72 founders×83 founders×3

Where their founders studiedfrom 25 founders with education data

University of California, Berkeley ×4Harvard University ×2UCLA ×2University of Washington ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×8Business & Management ×4Economics ×4Engineering ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 24 founders with career history

NVIDIA ×2YPO ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×8

3 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 25 with degree data)

Investments · 55 tracked

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By year:2026 · 22025 · 12024 · 22023 · 22022 · 52021 · 72020 · 22016 · 12015 · 123 dated

Nutanixnutanix.comin𝕏NASDAQ: NTNX

Nutanix provides a cloud infrastructure platform that enables organizations to run applications, data, and AI across hybrid environments including public clouds, private clouds, datacenters, on-premises, and edge locations.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US

Dheeraj Pandey(Executive Officer, Director)inRajiv Mirani(Executive Officer)inHoward Ting(Executive Officer)inDuston M. Williams(Executive Officer)inSunil Potti(Executive Officer)inDavid Sangster(Executive Officer)in

Co-investors137 VenturesAccelerator VenturesBattery VenturesBlumberg CapitalCervinEMERGENT VENTURES+10 more

Agariagari.comDec 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

Cybersecurity company acquired by Help Systems.

San Mateo, US

Patrick Peterson(Founder)inJesper Stroe(Executive Officer)

BoardAriel Tseitlin(Director)inScott Johnston(Director)Martin Brauns(Director)

Board seatAmmar Hanafi· per SEC Form D · $4M raise · filed Jan 2016

Co-investorsDell Technologies CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersScale Venture Partners

Pod Foodspodfoods.coinSeed · Aug 2021 · $3M

Pod Foods operates a technology-enabled grocery supply chain platform designed to connect consumer food brands with retail accounts, replacing traditional wholesale distribution models.

B2B MarketplacesFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSan Francisco, US

Fiona Lee(Executive Officer, Director)inLarissa Russell(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardAinhoa Maiz(Director)in

Board seatClint Chao· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBarrel VenturesConsumer VenturesFunction VenturesK2 GlobalLotus Venture PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)+8 more

Turing Labs Inc.turingsaas.comin𝕏Seed · Aug 2020 · $16.5M

Turing Labs provides an AI platform for consumer packaged goods (CPG) R&D teams to accelerate product development and innovation.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Manmit Shrimali(Founder and CEO)inAjith Govind Sateesh(Director)

Board seatAmmar Hanafi· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsY CombinatorInsight PartnersNew York Venture Partners

Advekitadvekit.comSeed · Jun 2020 · $3M

Online healthcare platform making mental health therapy accessible and affordable.

Co-investorsAmplify.LAChaos VenturesSierra Ventures

Alto IRAaltoira.comin𝕏Jan 2022

Alto operates a platform for self-directed IRAs, letting individuals fund retirement accounts via IRA transfers, employer-plan rollovers, or cash contributions and invest those funds in private markets.

FintechMarketplacesSaaS

Eric Satz(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAdvance Venture PartnersAlpha Edisonalphabet angelsAlumni VenturesAmplify.LA+19 more

Ambientambient.usin𝕏

Ambient provides a "shared brain" that pools organizational knowledge across people and systems by mapping meetings, chats, and emails to accounts and initiatives.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsDash VCEvolution VenturesMaven VenturesAndreessen HorowitzWestern Technology Investment

Aviz Networksaviznetworks.comin𝕏Seed · Nov 2024 · $17M

Aviz Networks develops networking software for open, disaggregated network infrastructure, with a focus on AI-driven operations and data center networking.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US

Vishal Shukla(CEO, Co-Founder)inChid Perumal(CTO, Co-Founder)Thomas Scheibe(Chief Product Officer)in

Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsQualcomm VenturesComcast Ventures

Barndoor AIbarndoor.aiin𝕏

Barndoor provides a control plane for agentic AI that enables enterprises to manage how AI is used, shared, and scaled across their organization while maintaining security and governance.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Co-investors8-Bit CapitalCrosslink CapitalRaineBlumberg CapitalFirst Round CapitalFoundersX Ventures+4 more

Bemerribemerri.comin𝕏

Bemerri offers a 3D visualization and planning platform for designing, booking, and renting event spaces such as venues, tents, and custom setups.

ConsumerSaaS

Co-investorsImagination Capital

Blazelblazel.comPre-Seed · Jul 2025 · $10M

Blazel is a LinkedIn content and social selling tool that helps a company's executives, sales, and marketing teams generate, schedule, and publish posts in their own voice, using a fine-tuned LLM and a data layer of enriched LinkedIn profiles.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSales Tech

Co-investorsRecursive VenturesSierra VenturesAfore CapitalFirsthandVC

Call9callnine.comDefunct

Call9 provides emergency and palliative care to patients in skilled nursing facilities by combining onsite clinical care specialists with remote emergency medicine physicians who evaluate and treat patients via a proprietary platform, reducing response times from an average of 64 minutes to immediate care.

HealthtechNew York City, US

Celina Tenev(Founder)

Co-investorsFundersClubY CombinatorIndex Ventures

CharacterQuiltcharacterquilt.comin𝕏

CharacterQuilt provides AI-powered campaign management that automates audience data collection, creative asset generation, and deployment across existing marketing tools like HubSpot, Marketo, and LinkedIn Ads.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSan Francisco, US

Clint Burgess(Founder)inBhairav Mehta(Founder)in

Co-investorsNOMO VenturesY Combinator

CharityStackcharitystack.comin𝕏

CharityStack provides software for nonprofits and charities to manage donor relationships, payments, subscriptions, and recurring gifts through an admin dashboard and self-service donor portal.

AI & Machine LearningFintechImpact & Social GoodSaaS

Clariogetclario.aiin𝕏Jun 2026 · $6M

Clario identifies and removes redundant, obsolete, and trivial unstructured data across enterprise content systems so organizations reduce storage, lower risk, and create cleaner data foundations for AI.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Co-investorsGolden Sparrow Ventures, LlcRain CapitalAV8 VenturesFoster VenturesPage One VenturesPreface Ventures+2 more

Copiagocopia.comin𝕏Seed · Mar 2016 · $3M

Copia is a surplus redistribution platform that connects food waste from businesses and organizations to people facing food insecurity.

Circular EconomyEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechImpact & Social GoodSaaSSan Francisco, US

Komal Ahmad(Founder/CEO)in

Co-investorsBranded Strategic HospitalitySorenson Impact FoundationThird NatureY CombinatorStructure Capital

DailyPaydailypay.comin𝕏

DailyPay provides on-demand pay solutions that allow employees to access their earned wages before traditional paycheck cycles, serving employers and workers seeking greater financial flexibility.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSNew York, US

Nelson Chai(Chief Executive Officer)inDeepa Subramanian(Chief Financial Officer)inAndrew Brandman(Chief Operating Officer)inPoulomi Damany(Chief Product Officer)inDavid Dyar(Chief Technology Officer)Jared DeMatteis(Chief Legal & Strategy Officer)in

Co-investors1/1 CapitalAccess Technology VenturesAnthem Venture Management, LlcCarrick Capital PartnersCollective LiquidityEQUIAM+11 more

Deliverimmtunetherapies.comin𝕏Aug 2021 · $25M

Deliver Biosciences develops a nanoparticle-based delivery platform to genetically engineer cells in patients for cell and gene therapies, targeting cancer immunotherapies as the first indication with applications in autoimmune, neurodegenerative, and cardiovascular diseases.

BiotechDeep TechMedical Devices

Co-investorsDeep Science VenturesCIVCostanoa VenturesForgePoint CapitalRidge VenturesZero Infinity Partners+1 more

DerbySoftderbysoft.comin

DerbySoft provides technology that connects travel partners, including hotels and global hospitality brands, to streamline commerce and operations.

Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Feng Ou(Founder)in

Co-investorsDCM VenturesGaocheng CapitalDCMKeytone Ventures

Entytleentytle.comin𝕏

Entytle offers an Installed Base Intelligence Platform for industrial equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that unifies fragmented data from ERP, PLM, service systems, and spreadsheets into a single AI-powered view to grow aftermarket revenue.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaSMountain View, US

Vivek Madhav Joshi(Mr. Joshi is the co-founder, CEO and director of the company)

BoardRobert Clarkson(Director)

Co-investorsAccelAccel India

Farmdarfarmdar.aiin𝕏Seed · Oct 2024

Farmdar builds geospatial and machine-learning tools for agriculture, using data and field operations to monitor crops and farmland.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechSpace Tech

Ibrahim Akbar(Co-founder)inMuzaffar Manghi(Co-founder & Global Business Lead)inMuhammed Bukhari(Co-founder)inDavid Pridmore(CTO)in

Co-investorsADB VenturesIndus Valley Capital

Flowspaceflow.spacein𝕏

Flowspace provides end-to-end fulfillment and logistics services for e-commerce brands, offering warehousing, order management, and logistics support across the United States.

E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSLos Angeles, US

Ben Eachus(Founder/CEO)inJason Harbert(Founder/CTO)in

Co-investorsBuildGroupCanvas VentureseGateway CapitalIndustrious VenturesPLG VenturesY Combinator+1 more

GenMDgenmd.aiin

GenMD creates digital twins of healthcare datasets, allowing health systems to support research, AI development, and external partnerships while preserving patient privacy.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital Health

Co-investorsMS&AD Ventures

Katanemokatanemo.comacquired by DigitalOcean

Katanemo provides AI infrastructure and engineering services to help companies develop and deploy AI agents to production.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Co-investorsFloodgate

Laylolaylo.comin𝕏Seed · Jun 2021 · $3M

Laylo is a platform that consolidates email, SMS, and social messaging tools for musicians, artists, and creators to manage fan engagement and sell tickets, merchandise, and content.

Creator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSLos Angeles, US

Alec Ellin(Founder)inSajan Sanghvi(Founder)inSaj Sanghvi(Founder)in

BoardMark DeAngelis(Director)

Co-investorsThird PrimeY CombinatorEldridge

Pantasticpantastic.comSeed · Dec 2021

Co-investorsCommerce Ventures

Rafay Systemsrafay.coin𝕏Aug 2021 · $25M

Rafay builds infrastructure orchestration and workflow automation software for self-service compute consumption across GPU and CPU environments.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Co-investorsFloodgateForgePoint CapitalNTT DOCOMO VenturesRidge VenturesSixty Degree CapitalCostanoa Ventures+1 more

Reveelr3vl.xyz𝕏Sep 2022 · $1.3M

Reveel provides a payments infrastructure layer that enables P2P and cross-border stablecoin payments inside messaging platforms, handling cross-stablecoin routing, payment identity (Pay(ID)), and agentic UX.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Co-investorsZEMU Venture CapitalBinance Labs

Reveelreveel.guideinSep 2022 · $1.3M

Reveel provides a platform for on-site exploration and storytelling, handling the technology so destinations can improve their visitor experience.

Media & EntertainmentSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Sebastian Mellblom(CEO & Co-Founder)inRobin Kanerva(COO & Co-Founder)inWilliam Helmenius(CTO & Co-Founder)inFredrik Fazer(Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsGorilla CapitalInventureBinance Labs

Rune Labsrunelabs.ioin𝕏Sep 2021 · $22.8M

Rune Labs develops software for processing clinical brain data to improve patient care and support clinicians and researchers in treating brain disease.

Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Brian Pepin(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardJordi Parramon(Director)Florian Haupt(Director)inDavid Kim(Director)inJustin Butler(Director)in

Co-investorsCarnrite VenturesCity LightDaybreak PartnersDigiTx Partners LLCLoup VenturesSamsung Next+3 more

Stripestripe.comin𝕏

Stripe provides financial infrastructure for businesses to accept payments, offer financial services, and implement custom revenue models across international markets in 135+ currencies.

Developer ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

John Collison(Co-founder & President)inPatrick Collison(Co-founder & CEO)inWilliam Gaybrick(Executive Officer)inGreg Brockman(Founding Engineer, then first CTO)inSarah Heckin

BoardMichael Moritz(Director)in

Co-investors1435 Capital500 GlobalAdvaita CapitalAglae VenturesAir Street CapitalAlkeon Innovation+77 more

Stylarstylar.comin

Stylar is a virtual try-on app and browser extension that lets users mix and match real clothing items from over 500 brands to create and preview outfits.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerE-commerce

Steph Ng(Founder)in

Co-investorsJapan Angels

swing educationswingeducation.cominMay 2023

Swing operates a technology platform that connects qualified substitute teachers with schools and districts facing educator shortages.

Developer ToolsEdTechHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Mike Teng(Executive Officer, Director)inOsbert FenginMatt CooperinAsha Visweswaran(Executive Officer, Director)Laura Melahn(Director)inDavid Su(Director)in

Co-investors500 GlobalGV (Google Ventures)Imagine K12Owl VenturesRunway Growth CapitalUlu Ventures+2 more

Tara AItara.aiin𝕏

Tara AI provides analytics software for engineering teams that analyzes source control and project data to measure and improve development cycle times, deployment velocity, and resource allocation.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Iba Masood(Founder/CEO)inSyed Ahmed(Founder/CTO)in

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.GSV VenturesOwl CapitalY CombinatorAspect VenturesLattice Ventures+1 more

Tendreltendrel.ioOct 2023

Tendrel is a manufacturing operations platform that connects existing plant systems (MES, CMMS, historians, quality systems) and uses AI to answer operational questions and flag production issues before they cost the business.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSammamish, US

Esteban Reyes(Director)Karsten Kell(Executive Officer)Mark Keller(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAkash Nandi(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsBread And Butter Ventures, LlcSUPPLY CHANGE CAPITALChingona Ventures

Uplift AIupliftai.orginJan 2026 · $3.5M

Uplift AI develops voice synthesis models for regional and underrepresented languages, enabling digital service access through voice interfaces in local languages.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Hammad Malik(Founder)inZaid Qureshi(Founder)in

Co-investorsIndus Valley CapitalY Combinator

Validerevalidere.comin𝕏

Validere provides data clarity and analytics into physical and environmental commodities in the energy supply chain.

Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSHouston, US

Nouman Ahmad(Founder/CEO)inIan Burgess(Co-Founder, President and CTO)inIan Burgess, Ph.D.(Co-Founder, President & Chief Technology Officer)Caelum Kamps(Chief Operating Officer (also reported as VP, Product & Services))inMatthew Goldsilver(VP, Finance)inJana Shelford(VP, Talent and Culture)in

Co-investorsBlackRockCathexis VenturesGreylock PartnersNGIF CapitalWingY Combinator+1 more

Other

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

Alto SolutionsArise TechnologyAriseBruviti Website –>GladeMerriNetsilNext ForceNodePrimeOptimalPayableSkywardSoha SystemsTripleseatTwin PrimeVerizonViptelaWorld View

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 11

1 IPOs · 10 acquisitions · showing 10

NutanixNASDAQ: NTNXAriseacq. by DerbySoftKatanemoacq. by DigitalOceanNetsilacq. by NutanixNodePrimeacq. by EricssonPayableacq. by StripeSkywardacq. by VerizonTwin Primeacq. by SalesforceViptelaacq. by CiscoWorld Viewacq. by Ondas Inc.

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Moment Ventures, Llc made?
Moment Ventures, Llc has 55 tracked investments, 11 of which have exited, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Moment Ventures, Llc invest at?
Moment Ventures, Llc invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does Moment Ventures, Llc focus on?
Moment Ventures, Llc focuses on Developer Tools, E-commerce, EdTech, Enterprise Software, FoodTech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Moment Ventures, Llc located?
Moment Ventures, Llc is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
Who does Moment Ventures, Llc co-invest with?
Moment Ventures, Llc most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Amplify.LA, Chaos Ventures, among 113 tracked co-investors.
What size deals does Moment Ventures, Llc back?
Across 12 deals with disclosed amounts, Moment Ventures, Llc has joined rounds of $1.3M – $25M (median $4.8M).

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Both backed · 1
$100K – $10M
Long Journey Ventures

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Both backed · 1
$100K – $1M
Insight Partners

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Both backed · 1
$120M – $350M
Norwest Venture Partners

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Both backed · 1
$10M – $30M
Scale Venture Partners

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Both backed · 1
$5M – $25M
Comcast Ventures

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Both backed · 1
$2M – $15M
Qualcomm Ventures

Qualcomm Ventures is the corporate venture investment arm associated with Qualcomm, backing technology companies from early to growth stage across multiple sectors.

Both backed · 1
$5M
Structure Capital

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Both backed · 1
$100K – $200K
Kraken

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True Ventures

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$500K – $3M
Emergence Capital Partners

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$500K – $10M
▶12 more co-investors

Kapor Capital8VCRevolutionAugust CapitalJackson Square VenturesSmash CapitalAdams Street PartnersRembrandt Venture PartnersTet VenturesLiveOak VenturesCalibrate VenturesMorgenthaler

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