Carya Venture Partners is a Palo Alto-based micro venture capital firm founded in 2022, investing in early-stage deep tech, AI, B2B SaaS, and fintech startups. The firm provides hands-on operational support and active capital to help seed-stage founders achieve product-market fit and prepare for Series A.
Deal activity increased 500% year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (48% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $32.4M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
19
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
6
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
25 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 General Compute | Debt | $400M | Jul 2026 |
| General Compute | Seed | $15M | May 2026 |
 Stuut | Series A | $29.5M | Nov 2025 |
 Stuut Technologies | Series A | $29.5M | Nov 2025 |
 Matters AI | Seed | $4.8M | Oct 2025 |
| Matters AI | Pre-Seed | $1.5M | Oct 2025 |
 HiOctave | Series A | $15M | Oct 2025 |
 Ethosphere | Pre-Seed | $2.5M | Sep 2025 |
| MMatters | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
| MMatters | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
| Stuut | Series A | $29.5M | Jan 2025 |
 Shinkei | Seed | $6M | Apr 2024 |
| CCorrecto. | Seed | $7M | Sep 2023 |
 AptEdge | Seed | $11M | Jun 2023 |
 Martian | Seed | $9M | Jan 2023 |
 Oloid | Unknown | $6M | — |
 NuMind | Seed | $3M | — |
| HHanabi AI | Seed | $52M | — |
| Stuut Technologies | Seed | $5.9M | — |
| Stuut | Seed | $5.9M | — |
 OLOID | Series A | $12M | — |
 Shinkei Systems | Seed | $6M | — |
 Artificial Societies | Pre-Seed | — | — |
 Artificial Societies | Pre-Seed | — | — |
 Vida | Series A | $29.5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Khosla Ventures7 shared
1984 Ventures6 shared
Activant Capital6 shared
Andreessen Horowitz4 shared
Better Capital4 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center3 shared
Pioneer Fund3 shared
Y Combinator3 shared
India Quotient3 shared
Endiya Partners3 shared
Primary Venture Partners2 shared
8VC2 shared
Impatient Ventures2 shared
Ravelin2 shared
Cantos2 shared
Yaletown Partners2 shared
Village Global2 shared
General Catalyst2 shared
Kalaari Capital2 shared
Transpose2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026