Firebolt Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2014 by Cherian Mathew. The firm partners with founders early, backing them through every stage with an operator network, market intelligence, and pattern recognition across software, AI, fintech, and infrastructure.
Average disclosed round size is $23.7M (across 46 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
44
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
CM
Cherian Mathew
Founder and Partner
DL
Digvijay Lamba
Partner
VB
Vineet Buch
Partner
KW
Kathy Wang
Principal
AJ
Anito Joshy
VC
NM
Nandini Mishra
VC
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
50 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Modveon | Series A | — | Feb 2026 |
 Skan AI | Series A | $14M | Jan 2026 |
| Modveon | Seed | $10M | Jan 2026 |
 SEON | Series C | $94M | Sep 2025 |
| AAuditoria.AI | Series B | $38M | Jan 2025 |
 Wealth.com | Series A | — | Sep 2024 |
 StackGen | Seed | $12.3M | Sep 2024 |
 Planera | Series A | $13.5M | Aug 2024 |
 Ema | Seed | $25M | Mar 2024 |
 Zingly | Seed | $10M | Jan 2024 |
| Planera | Seed | $5.4M | May 2023 |
 Caribou | Series C | $115M | May 2022 |
| Skan AI | Series B | $40M | Mar 2022 |
 Boost Security | Seed | $12M | Jan 2022 |
| BBoostsecurity Io | Seed | $12M | Jan 2022 |
 Hakimo | Seed | $4M | Nov 2021 |
 Pronto | Seed | $4M | Sep 2021 |
 Aircover | Seed | $3M | Sep 2021 |
 ThirdAI | Seed | $6M | Aug 2021 |
 Spreadsheet.com | Seed | $5.5M | Jun 2021 |
 Spinwheel | Series A | $11M | May 2021 |
 Opsera | Series A | $15M | Apr 2021 |
 Groq | Series C | $300M | Apr 2021 |
 Shelf Engine | Series B | $41M | Mar 2021 |
 The Shelf | Series B | — | Mar 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
Neotribe Ventures7 shared
Correlation Ventures4 shared
Sorenson Capital4 shared
Dell Technologies Capital4 shared
B Capital4 shared
Cota Capital3 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center3 shared
Citi Ventures3 shared
Bloomberg Beta3 shared
Future Perfect Ventures3 shared
Unusual Ventures3 shared
Burst Capital3 shared
Venrock3 shared
Engineering Capital3 shared
Defy2 shared
Foundation Capital2 shared
1984 Ventures2 shared
GGV Capital2 shared
General Catalyst2 shared
Soma Capital2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026