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Common Metal is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Burlingame, California, founded in 2021. It invests in unconventional founders across AI, deep tech, consumer, and biotech, with partners who previously built engineering teams at Apple, Google, Meta, and OpenAI.
60% of their portfolio is in AI. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 2 prior). Their most common stage is seed (80% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $67.9M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
4
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
5 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| KKeplar | Seed | $3.4M | Sep 2025 |
 Together AI | Series B | $305M | Feb 2025 |
 Cove | Seed | $6M | Oct 2024 |
| TTeachMe | Seed | $5M | Jan 2023 |
| Together AI | Seed | $20M | — |
Top Co-Investors
SV Angel3 shared
Kleiner Perkins2 shared
Definition Capital2 shared
Long Journey Ventures2 shared
Rough Draft2 shared
Cadenza2 shared
First Round Capital2 shared
Lux Capital2 shared
SCB 10X2 shared
A Capital2 shared
Factory2 shared
Susa Ventures2 shared
South Park Commons1 shared
Adverb Ventures1 shared
Homebrew1 shared
Sequoia Capital1 shared
1984 Ventures1 shared
Alumni Ventures1 shared
Bling Capital1 shared
Interplay Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 19 September 2026