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Gradient Ventures is an AI-focused venture capital firm founded in 2017, originally as Google's AI venture arm and now operating as an independent firm. The firm invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups building applications, agentic platforms, developer tools, and real-world AI systems across a range of industries.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (12 deals in the last 12 months vs 23 prior). Their most common stage is seed (43% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $30.9M (across 281 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
193
Fund Size
$220M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
12
Team
Kyle Duffy
Operating Partner
Braden Harrison
Associate
Devon Buford
Operations Manager
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
302 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 BackOps AI | Series B | $42M | Sep 2026 |
 Arga Labs | Seed | $10M | Aug 2026 |
 Malachyte | Seed | $10M | Aug 2026 |
 Fazeshift | Series A | $22M | May 2026 |
 Enzo Health | Series A | $20M | May 2026 |
 Sona | Series B | $45M | Apr 2026 |
 Sapiom | Seed | $15M | Feb 2026 |
 Ditto | Seed | $9.2M | Feb 2026 |
 Linkup | Seed | $10M | Feb 2026 |
 Helical | Seed | $10M | Jan 2026 |
| DDitto AI | Seed | $9.2M | Jan 2026 |
| Arga Labs | Seed | $10M | Jan 2026 |
| Malachyte | Seed | $10M | Jan 2026 |
 Monogram AI | Seed | $40M | Jan 2026 |
 Mage | Series A | $12M | Jan 2026 |
| Enzo Health | Series A | $20M | Jan 2026 |
 Stack AI | Series A | — | Jan 2026 |
 Helical | Seed | $10M | Jan 2026 |
| LLambda, Inc. | Series C | $3B | Jan 2026 |
 Quilt | Series B | $20M | Dec 2025 |
 Range | Series C | — | Dec 2025 |
 Digitail | Series B | $23M | Nov 2025 |
 Testkube | Series A | $8M | Sep 2025 |
 FormlyAI | Seed | $2M | Sep 2025 |
 Freckle | Unknown | $6.1M | Sep 2025 |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator65 shared
Alphabet Inc.43 shared
Soma Capital20 shared
Techstars14 shared
Google's Gradient12 shared
Andreessen Horowitz10 shared
Alumni Ventures9 shared
Gaingels9 shared
Accel9 shared
General Catalyst9 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC9 shared
Bloomberg Beta8 shared
Clocktower Technology Ventures8 shared
Liquid 2 Ventures7 shared
Kleiner Perkins7 shared
True Ventures7 shared
Global Founders Capital7 shared
Threshold Ventures7 shared
F-Prime Capital7 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026