Patron — 2023 Investments
6 investments dated 2023 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Cymbal built an AI-powered, human-readable blockchain explorer for Ethereum, Solana and Base; its team was acquired by Yahoo in 2025.
Menlo Park, US
Brandon Price(Founder)inEric Feng(Founder)inLarry Chen(Founder)Nick Chang(Founder)inShabih Rizvi(Founder)
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesEniac VenturesGold House VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Illuminati CapitalFirst Round Capital+1 more
San Francisco, US
Aman Jain(Founder)
Co-investorsGoat CapitalWing
Berkeley, US
Jonathan Lin(Founder)Rick Ling(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBenchmark
Sesame builds personal voice AI agents capable of natural conversation, along with hardware devices designed to make them more effective.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeep TechHardwareSan Francisco, US
Brendan Iribe(Founder)inAnkit Kumar(Founder)inRyan Brown(Founder)inNate MitchellinAngela Gaylesin
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzMatrixSequoia Capital7percent VenturesA*Abstract Ventures+23 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Sesame LabsTonic
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