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    Ardent Venture Partners

    Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesFounded 2020

    Ardent Venture Partners is a thesis-driven early-stage venture capital firm based in Washington, D.C. that invests in AI-native applications, vertical SaaS, and B2B fintech at the pre-seed and seed stages.

    Their most common stage is series-a (64% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $14.7M (across 13 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    11

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Phil Bronner

    Phil Bronner

    Co-founder and Managing Partner

    Phil Herget

    Phil Herget

    Co-founder & General Partner

    Alfred Johnson

    Alfred Johnson

    CEO Partner

    Chris Young

    Chris Young

    CEO Partner

    Dan Preiss

    Dan Preiss

    Partner

    Dave Wright

    Dave Wright

    CEO Partner

    Haroon Mokhtarzada

    Haroon Mokhtarzada

    CEO Partner

    Jon Hallett

    Jon Hallett

    CEO Partner

    Mike Shehan

    Mike Shehan

    CEO Partner

    Felipe Mejia

    Felipe Mejia

    Principal

    Zach Oschin

    Zach Oschin

    Principal

    Sara Lawrence

    Sara Lawrence

    VP of Operations & Data

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    14 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Swivel logoSwivelSeries A$5.8MApr 2025
    PPilotDeskSeries A$5.8MApr 2025
    Pickleheads logoPickleheadsSeed$2.5MJan 2025
    Verituity logoVerituitySeries AJun 2024
    PPilotDeskSeed$3MApr 2024
    Givebutter logoGivebutterGrowth$50MApr 2024
    Rainforest logoRainforestSeed$8.5MOct 2023
    Incentivio logoIncentivioSeries A$10MMay 2023
    Givebutter logoGivebutterSeed$7MJun 2022
    Reserve Trust logoReserve TrustSeries A$30.5MAug 2021
    Reserve Trust logoReserve TrustSeries A$30.5MJan 2021
    Deliveree logoDelivereeSeries A$14.5MOct 2017
    Icart Group Pte. Ltd. logoIcart Group Pte. Ltd.Series A$12MSep 2015
    Acommerce logoAcommerceSeries A$10.7MJun 2014

    Top Co-Investors

    Last updated: 8 September 2026