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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 10 of 14 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×4Crypto & Web3 ×4Fintech ×4Direct to Consumer ×2Enterprise Software ×2SaaS ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1Consumer ×1
HQs:United States×7Brazil×1
Investments · 14 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 32021 · 22020 · 22019 · 112 dated
Exponent is a multidisciplinary engineering and scientific consulting firm that investigates accidents, failures, and technical disputes across industries including aviation, energy, infrastructure, and consumer products.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise Software
Catherine Ford Corrigan(President and Chief Executive Officer)Brian Kundert(Chief Human Resources Officer)inRichard L. Schlenker, Jr.(Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsBullish3one4 CapitalEight Roads VenturesGGV CapitalL1 DigitalLightspeed Venture Partners+3 more
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
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 VenturesWillow Growth PartnersPrelude Growth Partners
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
Aumni is an investment analytics platform for venture capital investors, acquired by J.P.
Kelsey C.(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlackhorn VenturesFirst Trust Capital PartnersKickstartLegalTechManhattan Venture PartnersMoneta Ventures+8 more
Dexari is a decentralized cryptocurrency platform that combines blockchain innovations to enable self-custodied crypto trading without intermediaries.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Chuck Bradford(Founder)inSamuel Sramko(Founder)in
Co-investorsLemniscap
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-investorsAmbassadors Impact NetworkCove FundEagle VentureNavigate VenturesScOp Venture CapitalMercato Partners
Morpho is a blockchain-based open lending and borrowing network used by crypto exchanges and institutional financial firms.
Co-investorsCoinbase Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBpifranceCircle VenturesHashkey Capital+5 more
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
Tenor is a platform providing onchain fixed-rate borrowing and lending infrastructure through an interface to the Morpho protocol.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsLattice CapitalCherry VenturesCoinbase Venturesvery early Ventures
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-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Crescera CapitalWintermuteReverieSignature VenturesTriaxis Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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 · 2
1 IPOs · 1 acquisitions · showing 1ExponentNASDAQ: EXPO
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesTenor · betakit.com · Jul 27, 2026
UnblockPay · fintech.global · Apr 30, 2026
Perelel · finsmes.com · Nov 20, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has PRELUDE made?
- PRELUDE has 14 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 7 dated in the last 24 months.
- Where is PRELUDE located?
- PRELUDE is headquartered in San Francisco, US.