Factorial Capital is a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm backing technical founders who code, building technology at the frontier of AI. The firm uses a distributed sourcing model, partnering with technical founders to identify and invest in startups across AI infrastructure, B2B productivity, and consumer AI.
46% of their portfolio is in AI. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 4 prior). Their most common stage is seed (46% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $21.4M (across 27 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
20
Fund Size
$25M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Matt Hartman
Founder & Managing Partner
Anand Kannappan
Cofounder & CEO, Patronus AI
Brandon Duderstadt
Founder, Calcifer Computing, Founding CEO, Nomic
Rebecca Qian
Cofounder & CTO, Patronus AI
Becca Lewy
Chief of Staff
Clem Delangue
CEO, Huggingface
Hilary Mason
CEO, Fast Forward Labs (acq Cloudera)
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Fractile | Series B | $220M | Sep 2026 |
 Patronus AI | Series B | $50M | Jun 2026 |
| NNanoCo | Seed | $12M | Jan 2026 |
 Causal Labs | Seed | $6M | Jan 2025 |
 Graze.social | Pre-Seed | $1M | Jan 2025 |
 Sakana | Series A | — | Jan 2025 |
 Symbiotic Security | Seed | $3M | Nov 2024 |
 Oboe | Seed | $4M | Oct 2024 |
| VVsim | Seed | $21.5M | Sep 2024 |
 Mbue | Pre-Seed | $1.8M | Sep 2024 |
| Patronus AI | Series A | $17M | May 2024 |
 Twin Labs | Pre-Seed | $3M | Feb 2024 |
| FFlower Labs | Series A | $20M | Jan 2024 |
| Patronus AI | Seed | $3M | Sep 2023 |
 Flower | Pre-Seed | $3.6M | Aug 2023 |
 Nomic AI | Series A | $17M | Jul 2023 |
| Nomic AI | Series A | $17M | Jul 2023 |
| Nomic AI | Seed | $17M | Jan 2023 |
 InsurAce | Seed | $3M | — |
 Resolvd | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | — |
 Zo Computer | Seed | $7.8M | — |
 Flower | Series A | $20M | — |
| Flower | Pre-Seed | $3.6M | — |
 Fundamental Research Labs | Seed | $33M | — |
| VVsim | Seed | $21.5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 7 October 2026