Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc
Venture capitalActively deployingPark City · Pre-Seed–Growth · 2 people tracked
Investment thesis
Valkyrie invests at the earliest stages of company building and partners with founders from inception through growth. The firm focuses on people building foundational software companies in artificial intelligence, infrastructure, and critical industries. It emphasizes authentic, long-term relationships grounded in trust and conviction, positioning itself as a well-connected node in the ecosystem known for clarity, connectivity, and speed. Valkyrie supports founders through pivotal moments such as fundraising and connecting them with industry leaders and strategic partners who accelerate progress.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from the firm's website & curatedWhat they invest in
from 22 of 29 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×18Enterprise Software ×12SaaS ×9Developer Tools ×8Cloud Computing ×5Data & Infrastructure ×5Deep Tech ×5Fintech ×3
HQs:United States×18France×1United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 21 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×22 founders×93 founders×44+ founders×6
Where their founders studiedfrom 37 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×5Stanford University ×4University of California, Berkeley ×3Caltech ×2Georgia Institute of Technology ×2Harvard University ×2Princeton University ×2University of Cambridge ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 42 founders with career history
OpenAI ×5Stanford University ×5Apple ×3Carnegie Mellon University ×3DeepMind ×3Facebook ×3Princeton University ×3Together AI ×3
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
15 founders hold a PhD (of 36 with degree data)
Investments · 29 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12020 · 12012 · 13 dated
Anthropic is an AI safety research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Dario Amodei(Co-founder & CEO)inDaniela Amodei(Co-founder & President)inTom Brown(Co-founder)inJack Clark(Co-founder & Head of Policy)inJared Kaplan(Co-founder & Chief Science Officer)Chris Olah(Co-founder & Interpretability Research Lead)
Co-investors3Comma Capital7BC Venture CapitalA.Capital VenturesAccelAlkeon InnovationAllen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator+85 more
AtoB provides fleet fuel cards that consolidate fuel, vehicle maintenance, repairs, tolls, and operational expenses for businesses operating private fleets, OTR carriers, or single-vehicle operations.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Vignan Velivela(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsCleo CapitalContraryDesigner FundGeneral CatalystJetstreamLeadout Capital+7 more
Cartesia provides a text-to-speech API for developers, offering low-latency multilingual voice generation, voice cloning from short audio clips, and fine control over pitch, speed, and emotion.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSan Francisco, US
Arjun Desai(Founder)inKaran Goel(Founder)
Co-investorsCoho DeeptechConvictionGeneral CatalystIndex VenturesKleiner PerkinsLeonis Capital+3 more
Cedar provides a unified patient financial platform for healthcare providers, combining billing, payments, coverage, and support powered by healthcare-specific AI.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechSaaS
Florian Otto(Founder)inArel Lidow(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationAndreessen HorowitzKinnevikOak HC/FTOptum VenturesSV Angel
Latin American fintech expanding from Mexico into Brazil and Colombia
Deel is a global HR platform that enables businesses to hire, onboard, and manage employees and contractors across borders.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Alex Bouaziz(Founder/CEO)inShuo Wang(Founder/CRO)inAlexandre Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ofer Simon(Former Co-Founder)Philippe Bouaziz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardAnish Acharya(Director)
Co-investorsAlpha Square GroupAltaIR CapitalAmplo VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCoatue ManagementElad Gil+34 more
Drata offers a compliance automation platform that centralizes controls and evidence, continuously monitors controls, and tracks remediation so teams can maintain audit readiness across multiple frameworks.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Diego, US
Adam Markowitz(Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder)inDaniel Marashlian(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)inTroy Markowitz(Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder)in
BoardTim Jackson(Director)William Griffith(Director)Oren Yunger(Director)
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Alkeon InnovationBallistic VenturesBasis Set VenturesComcast VenturesConverge+11 more
ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company that builds voice generation and audio processing platforms for creating human-like voice interactions with technology.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Mati Staniszewski(Founder & CEO)Piotr Dabkowski(Co-founder)inHannah C(Founder)Mateusz Jakub Staniszewski(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAir Street CapitalAlkeon InnovationAndreessen HorowitzAntiAspire11BroadLight Capital+23 more
Fal provides fast inference for generative AI models, particularly for image and video generation tasks like SDXL and Whisper.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Gorkem Yurtseven(Founder & CEO)inBurkay Gur(Founder)in
BoardSteve Jang(Director)inJennifer Li(Director)inGlenn Solomon(Director)in
Co-investors500 Emerging EuropeAlkeon InnovationAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersCortical Venturese2vc+14 more
Flatiron Health combines AI-powered technology and clinical expertise with real-world oncology data to help healthcare providers and life science organizations improve cancer care and research.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHealthtechMedical DevicesNew York, US
Nat Turner(Cofounder)Zachary Weinberg(Director, Executive Officer)Nathan Hubbard(Chief Executive Officer)Michael Bierl(Chief Business Officer)Cal Brouilette(Chief Financial Officer)Allison Candido(Chief Technology Officer)
Co-investorsCarnrite VenturesFirst Round CapitalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalGV (Google Ventures)StripesSV Angel+1 more
Flock Safety provides a platform that connects neighborhoods, businesses, and law enforcement to share verified incident information and enable coordinated emergency response based on shared evidence.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareGovTechHardwareSaaSAtlanta, US
Garrett Langley(Founder/CEO)inMatt Feury(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsA*Andreessen HorowitzAnorak VenturesBedrockCoatue ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)+14 more
A data infrastructure platform that unifies operational data from systems like WMS, TMS, OMS, YMS, and ERP.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jibran Hutchins(Co-founder & CEO)inQuan Huynh(Founder)inPreston Schmittou(Founder)inJoseph Tso(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorBoxGroupSusa VenturesSV AngelXPRESS Ventures
Harvey provides domain-specific AI products for legal and professional services firms, enabling contract analysis, due diligence, compliance, and litigation tasks.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTech
Winston Weinberg(Co-founder & CEO)inGabe Pereyra(Founder)inGabriel Pereyra(Co-founder & President)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzKleiner PerkinsOpenAI Startup FundArtisanal VenturesCaesar VenturesCoatue Management+15 more
LangChain provides an agent engineering platform and open source frameworks for developers to build, test, and deploy AI agents that can use data and take actions.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Harrison Chase(Co-founder & CEO)inAnkush Gola(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAmplify PartnersCapitalGCisco InvestmentsFelicis VenturesFrontline Ventures+8 more
LLMs and AI services tailored to diverse enterprise applications
Mistral builds and open-sources frontier AI models, developer tools, and applications for organizations in finance, manufacturing, defense, energy, and the public sector to solve complex problems.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareParis, FR
Arthur Mensch(Co-founder & CEO)inGuillaume Lample(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)Timothee Lacroix(Co-founder and CTO)inTimothée Lacroix(Co-founder & CTO)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzConvictionEuropean Investment FundFactorial Fundsfirstminute capitalIndex Ventures+21 more
Modular builds infrastructure for AI model inference and deployment, enabling developers to run AI models across different hardware and cloud environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Chris Lattner(Co-Founder & CEO (Modular); EVP, Advanced AI Software and Platforms at Qualcomm post-acquisition)inTim Davis(Co-Founder & President (Modular); SVP & GM of Modular at Qualcomm post-acquisition)inMostafa Hagog(VP of Engineering)Kalor Lewis(VP, Finance)Eric Johnson(VP of Product Management)inMike Edwards(Head of Special Projects / Business Operations)
Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesFirestreak VenturesGeneral CatalystGreylock PartnersGV (Google Ventures)SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)+5 more
Faction is a venture capital firm that invests in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects at the seed and series A stages, focusing on entrepreneurs building fundamental utility across the technology stack.
BiotechCrypto & Web3New York, US
Oren Harnevo(Executive Officer, Director)Ronald Bianchini, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)Roneil Rumburg(Cofounder)Ohad Finkelstein(Director)Christina Calvaneso(Executive Officer)Brian Pozesky(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAccelAdaverseAlephAxeleo CapitalBluebird VenturesBright Pixel Capital+36 more
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with emphasis on safety and beneficial outcomes for humanity.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sam Altman(Co-founder & CEO)Elon Musk(Co-founder & former Co-chair / board member)Greg Brockman(Co-founder & President)inIlya Sutskever(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)inWojciech Zaremba(Co-founder)inJohn Schulman(Co-founder (departed 2024))
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesA'Z AngelsAdvent InternationalAlpha Wave GlobalAndreessen HorowitzAnti+54 more
PostHog is a product analytics and data platform offering multiple integrated tools for product engineers, including analytics, experimentation, and customer data management.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
James Hawkins(Founder)inTim Glaser(Founder)in
Co-investors1984 Ventures Management, LlcFormus CapitalPeak XV PartnersStandard CapitalUnusual VenturesY Combinator+4 more
Rezo maps disease networks to find insights into disease biology for drug discovery.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Nevan Krogan(Co-Founder)Sourav Bandyopadhyay(Co-Founder)Norbert Bischofberger(Co-Founder)Natalia Jura(Co-Founder)George Scangos(Co-Founder)Kevan Shokat(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzNorwest Venture PartnersHAWKTAILSR One Capital ManagementARCH Venture Partners
Skild develops AI software and robotics systems that enable robots to operate autonomously in unstructured, real-world environments, performing tasks like navigation, grasping, and inspection without constant human intervention.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsPittsburgh, US
Deepak Pathak(Founder)inAbhinav Gupta(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpha Square GroupBerkeley FrontierCoatue ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)DG Daiwa VenturesFelicis Ventures+17 more
Open lakehouse storage platform by the creators of Apache Iceberg (Databricks)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzSV AngelUnusual VenturesAltimeter CapitalEssence Venture CapitalZetta Venture Partners
Together AI builds a full-stack platform for production AI systems, serving teams that need to deploy and scale machine learning models reliably.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US
Vipul Ved Prakash(Founder)inCe ZhanginChris RéTri DaoinPercy Liangin
Co-investors137 VenturesA.Capital VenturesBrave CapitalBrilliant Phoenix CapitalCambium CapitalChapter One+30 more
World Labs builds foundational world models that perceive, generate, reason and interact with the 3D world using spatial intelligence.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Fei-Fei Li(Co-founder & CEO)inJustin Johnson(Co-founder)inChristoph Lassner(Co-founder)inBen Mildenhall(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlpha Square GroupAndreessen HorowitzCisco InvestmentsFoundersXFoundersX VenturesGreycroft+12 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAnthropic · Reuters · Aug 15, 2026

OpenAI · techcrunch.com · Aug 12, 2026
Modular · Modular / mojolang.org · Aug 11, 2026
ElevenLabs · en.wikipedia.org · Aug 11, 2026
Deel · calcalistech.com · Aug 3, 2026
Tabular · digitaltoday.co.kr · Jul 20, 2026

LangChain · prnewswire.com · Jul 17, 2026
Flock · wvnews.com · Jul 17, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc made?
- Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc has 28 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc invest at?
- Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc focus on?
- Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
- Where is Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc located?
- Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc is headquartered in Park City, US.
- Does Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc lead rounds?
- Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc co-invest with?
- Valkyrie Ventures Management, Llc most often shares deals with SV Angel, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, among 189 tracked co-investors.
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