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    Garuda Ventures

    Orinda, United StatesFounded 2018

    Garuda Ventures is a B2B-focused, pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Orinda, California. The firm leads a founder's initial round of financing, investing $500K to $1.5M in areas including intelligent applications, commerce infrastructure, the new perimeter, and climate.

    Deal activity increased 33% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $24.5M (across 30 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    28

    Fund Size

    $31M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    AP

    Arpan Punyani

    Co-founder and General Partner

    JR

    James Richards

    Co-founder and venture partner

    RT

    Rishi Taparia

    Co-founder and General Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    31 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Mind Robotics logoMind RoboticsSeries A$400MMay 2026
    Arkero logoArkeroPre-Seed$6MJan 2026
    Adora logoAdoraSeed$7MJan 2026
    Adora logoAdoraSeed$9.9MJan 2026
    Arkero logoArkeroPre-Seed$6MJan 2026
    Moonshot AI logoMoonshot AISeed$10MOct 2025
    Archive Intel logoArchive IntelSeries A$6.3MOct 2025
    Arena logoArenaSeries B$30MApr 2025
    Dashworks logoDashworksSeed$9.5MJan 2025
    Mesta logoMestaSeed$5.5MJan 2025
    Arena Ai logoArena AiSeries B$30MJan 2025
    Arena AI logoArena AISeries B$30MJan 2025
    AArena TechnologiesSeries A$32MJan 2025
    Starboard logoStarboardUnknown$5.5MDec 2024
    SStarboardSeed—Dec 2024
    MMonarkSeed$2.2MJan 2024
    Evergrow logoEvergrowSeries B$7MApr 2023
    Iconic Air logoIconic AirSeed$5MOct 2022
    Paragon logoParagonSeries A$13MJul 2022
    UUseparagonSeries A$13MJul 2022
    C1 logoC1Series A$15MJun 2022
    Paragon logoParagonSeries A$13MJan 2022
    Noyo logoNoyoSeries A$12.5MSep 2020
    RRDMDSeries A$14MApr 2020
    Noyo logoNoyoSeries A$12.5MJan 2020
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026