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.
33% of their portfolio is in E-Commerce & Marketplace. Their most common stage is series-a (54% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $18.4M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
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Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
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Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
24 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Palla | Series A | — | May 2025 |
 Swivel | Series A | $5.8M | Apr 2025 |
| PPilotDesk | Series A | $5.8M | Apr 2025 |
 Crux | Series B | $50M | Apr 2025 |
 Pickleheads | Seed | $2.5M | Jan 2025 |
 Rainforest | Series A | $20M | Jun 2024 |
 Verituity | Series A | — | Jun 2024 |
| PPilotDesk | Seed | $3M | Apr 2024 |
 Givebutter | Growth | $50M | Apr 2024 |
| Rainforest | Seed | $8.5M | Oct 2023 |
 Incentivio | Series A | $10M | May 2023 |
| Givebutter | Seed | $7M | Jun 2022 |
 Reserve Trust | Series A | $30.5M | Aug 2021 |
| Reserve Trust | Series A | $30.5M | Jan 2021 |
 Acommerce | Series B | — | Jul 2019 |
 Deliveree | Series A | $14.5M | Oct 2017 |
| OOrami | Series A | $15M | Apr 2016 |
 HappyFresh | Series A | $12M | Sep 2015 |
| HappyFresh | Series A | $12M | Jan 2015 |
| Acommerce | Series B | $2.5M | Jan 2015 |
| Acommerce | Series A | $10.7M | Jun 2014 |
 Method | Series B | $42M | — |
| MMethod | Series B | $42M | — |
| Rainforest | Unknown | $11.8M | — |
Top Co-Investors
INSPiRE4 shared
Tech Square Ventures3 shared
The Fintech Fund3 shared
Accel3 shared
BoxGroup3 shared
Infinity Ventures3 shared
CyberAgent Capital3 shared
Y Combinator3 shared
Andreessen Horowitz3 shared
Norwest Venture Partners2 shared
Tribeca Venture Partners2 shared
Scale Venture Partners2 shared
Motley Fool Ventures2 shared
Cherry Ventures2 shared
BEENEXT2 shared
FinTech Collective2 shared
QED Investors2 shared
Emergence Capital2 shared
Samsung Next2 shared
Avra2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026