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    Fortitude Ventures

    San Mateo, California, United StatesFounded 2024

    Fortitude Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area, investing in the AI autonomy of knowledge work and the robotic autonomy of the physical world. The firm backs deeply technical, mission-driven founders across healthcare, defense, and industry.

    Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $17.8M (across 7 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    10

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    SC

    Sungjoon Cho

    Managing Partner

    JK

    Joan Kim

    Principal

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    11 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    SSmackSeries B$61MAug 2026
    SSmackSeedMar 2026
    Cashmere logoCashmereSeed$5MFeb 2026
    Syntracts logoSyntractsSeed$5.3MOct 2025
    First Resonance logoFirst ResonanceUnknownDec 2024
    Runna logoRunnaSeedJan 2021
    KKatalystSeries A$26M
    Katalyst Space logoKatalyst SpaceUnknown$12M
    MaxHome logoMaxHomePre-Seed$2M
    EElaisianUnknown
    VVatnSeed$13M

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    Last updated: 9 September 2026