
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.
32% of their portfolio is in AI. Average disclosed round size is $21.9M (across 24 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
23
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | $17M | Jan 2026 | |
| Seed | $6M | Jan 2025 | |
| Pre-Seed | $1M | Jan 2025 | |
| SSakana AI Co., Ltd. | Series A | — | Jan 2025 |
| Seed | $3M | Nov 2024 | |
| Seed | $4M | Oct 2024 | |
| VVsim Technology | Seed | $21.5M | Sep 2024 |
| Pre-Seed | $1.8M | Sep 2024 | |
| Series A | $17M | May 2024 | |
| Pre-Seed | $3M | Feb 2024 | |
| FFlower Labs | Series A | $20M | Jan 2024 |
| Seed | $3M | Sep 2023 | |
| Pre-Seed | $3.6M | Aug 2023 | |
| Series A | $17M | Jul 2023 | |
| NNomic AI | Series A | $17M | Jul 2023 |
| Seed | $3M | — | |
| Pre-Seed | $1.6M | — | |
| Series A | $40M | — | |
| Series A | $40M | — | |
| Seed | $7.8M | — | |
| Series B | $220M | — | |
| Series A | $20M | — | |
| Pre-Seed | $3.6M | — | |
| FFundamental Research Labs | Seed | $33M | — |
| VVsim | Seed | $21.5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 9 September 2026