
Autodesk is a multinational software corporation whose corporate venture capital arm makes strategic investments in startups across architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and digital media. Its most recent explicitly-sized fund, the Forge Fund, was established at up to $100 million to partner with innovators using Autodesk cloud APIs and disrupting the future of design and making. Autodesk has also made large direct strategic investments, including a $200 million investment in AI startup World Labs.
Average disclosed round size is $24.9M (across 22 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
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Jean Shia
Director, Impact Strategy & Investment
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
32 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | $29M | Feb 2026 | |
| Seed | $8M | Jun 2025 | |
| Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 | |
| Seed | $4.3M | Jun 2024 | |
| Seed | — | Jan 2024 | |
| VVapar | Series A | $5M | Jan 2024 |
| Series B | $20M | Sep 2023 | |
| QQflow | Series A | $9.1M | May 2023 |
| Series A | $40M | Apr 2023 | |
| Seed | $3.6M | Mar 2022 | |
| AaPriori Technologies | Series D | $30M | Jan 2021 |
| Series B | — | Nov 2020 | |
| Unknown | $240M | Jan 2020 | |
| Series A | — | Jul 2019 | |
| Series B | — | Aug 2018 | |
| Series B | — | Jan 2018 | |
| MManufacton | Series A | $2.5M | Sep 2017 |
| Series B | $20M | Jan 2017 | |
| MManufacton | Series A | — | Jan 2017 |
| Seed | $2.4M | Jan 2016 | |
| Seed | $4M | Sep 2015 | |
| Series A | $12M | Jul 2015 | |
| CCarbon3D | Series B | $10M | Jan 2015 |
| RRobin Powered, Inc. | Seed | $2.9M | Jan 2014 |
| DdeviantART | Unknown | — | Sep 2013 |
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Top Co-Investors
Founders Fund4 shared
Grantham Foundation3 shared
Lowercarbon Capital3 shared
MCJ3 shared
Toyota Ventures3 shared
Congruent Ventures3 shared
Brick & Mortar Ventures3 shared
GV2 shared
Citi Ventures2 shared
Suffolk Technologies2 shared
Antler2 shared
Cemex Ventures2 shared
Realty Corporation2 shared
Spring Mountain Capital2 shared
Motley Fool Ventures2 shared
Fuel Ventures2 shared
Strike Capital1 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners1 shared
Collaborative Fund1 shared
Procore1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026