PRELUDE
Venture capitalSan Francisco · 2 people tracked
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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.
Team · 2 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 7 of 9 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×3Crypto & Web3 ×2Direct to Consumer ×2Fintech ×2SaaS ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1Consumer ×1Cybersecurity ×1
HQs:United States×6Brazil×1
Investments · 9 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 12021 · 22020 · 12019 · 17 dated
Tenor Finance provides onchain fixed-rate lending markets for asset managers, borrowers, and lending desks, offering OTC quote requests against collateral, renewal automations, and support for whitelisted markets and RWA-backed borrowing.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Ferdinand Dabitz(CEO)Greg Quarles(Bank President)Benjamin Alexander(CCO)Pierre-Yves GendronHugo Boisselle-Morin
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesAmbush CapitalAtelier6th Man VenturesParadigm
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
Perelel makes doctor-formulated vitamin and supplement packs tailored to specific stages of women's hormonal lives, including trying to conceive, pregnancy trimesters, postpartum, motherhood, and perimenopause.
Direct to ConsumerFemTechWellness & FitnessSanta Monica, US
Victoria Thain Gioia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inAlexandra Taylor(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Banafsheh Bayati(Co-Founder (board-certified OB/GYN))
BoardRachel Harris(Director)in
Board seatNeda Daneshzadeh· per SEC Form D · $4M raise · filed Nov 2025
Co-investorsSelva VenturesUnilever VenturesPrelude Growth PartnersWillow Growth Partners
Advanced ManufacturingMinneapolis, US
Eric Hall(COO and Director)inRita Katona(CEO and Director)in
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
FreightPOP is an AI supply chain platform that combines order management, warehouse execution, and multi-carrier transportation management, connecting ERP systems, carriers, and marketplaces through 1,500+ integrations.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Kurt Johnson(Founder)in
Co-investorsCove FundEagle VentureScOp Venture CapitalMercato Partners
ReversingLabs provides a cybersecurity platform for software supply chain and file security, analyzing and deconstructing software binaries to detect risks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCambridge, US
Tomislav Pericin(Director)inMario Vuksan(CEO)in
Co-investorsCrosspoint Capital PartnersForgePoint 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)inLucca Freire(Founder)inPedro Henrique Braz Campo(Founder)in
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.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesReversingLabs · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Apr 3, 2026
FreightPOP · trysignalbase.com · Mar 24, 2026
Perelel · latimes.com · Dec 17, 2025
Variant · phemex.com · Oct 27, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- Where is PRELUDE located?
- PRELUDE is headquartered in San Francisco, US.