PRELUDE
Venture capitalSan Francisco
Fund manager profile
PRELUDE is a venture fund manager based in San Francisco. SEC filings show 2 venture funds on record, most recently PRELUDE GROWTH PARTNERS I, L.P. ($80.7M offering) filed March 2018.
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings. Firm website data not yet available.
What they invest in
from 3 of 6 portfolio companiesAdvanced Manufacturing ×1Consumer ×1Crypto & Web3 ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1Direct to Consumer ×1E-commerce ×1Fintech ×1
HQs:United States×5Brazil×1
Investments · 6 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 12021 · 12020 · 12019 · 16 dated
New York, US
Sarah Paiji(Executive Officer, Director)John Mascari(Executive Officer, Director)Alicia Sontag(Director)
BoardDonald Stalter(Director)
Board seatAlicia Sontag· per SEC Form D · $20M raise · filed Mar 2022
Santa Monica, US
Victoria Thain Gioia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Alexandra Taylor(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardRachel Harris(Director)in
Board seatNeda Daneshzadeh· per SEC Form D · $4M raise · filed Nov 2025
Co-investorsSelva VenturesUnilever Ventures
Advanced ManufacturingMinneapolis, US
Eric Hall(COO and Director)Rita Katona(CEO and Director)
BoardRonald Otten(Director)
Board seatAlicia SontagNeda Daneshzadeh· per SEC Form D · $10.5M raise · filed Nov 2020
New York, US
Heela Yang Tsuzuki(Executive Officer, Director)Marc Capra(Director)Camila Pierotti Wojtusiak(Director)Jessica Lin(Executive Officer)
BoardNeda Daneszadeh(Director)
Board seatAlicia Sontag· per SEC Form D · $14.6M raise · filed Jun 2019
Westman Atelier is a clean luxury beauty and cosmetics brand offering makeup and skincare products such as its Clean Glow Trio and Pore Refining Complex serum, sold directly to consumers online.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceNew York, US
David Neville(Executive Officer, Director)Gucci Westman(Founder)
BoardAndrew Rosen(Director)
Board seatAlicia Sontag· per SEC Form D · filed Feb 2026
Co-investorsImaginary Venture Capital
Unblock provides banking and payments infrastructure for moving money globally, offering on/off-ramps, virtual accounts, and multi-chain stablecoin wallets.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSão Paulo, BR
Fabio Thiele(Founder)Lucca Freire(Founder)Pedro Henrique Braz Campo(Founder)
Co-investorsWintermuteReverieSignature VenturesTriaxis Capital
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.
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- Where is PRELUDE located?
- PRELUDE is headquartered in San Francisco, US.