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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 (11 deals in the last 12 months vs 20 prior). Their most common stage is seed (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $20.2M (across 169 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
137
Fund Size
$220M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
9
Team
Kyle Duffy
Operating Partner
Braden Harrison
Associate
Devon Buford
Operations Manager
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
175 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Enzo Health | Series A | $20M | May 2026 |
 Sona | Series B | $45M | Apr 2026 |
 Sapiom | Seed | $15M | Feb 2026 |
 Ditto | Seed | $9.2M | Feb 2026 |
| LLinkup | Seed | $10M | Feb 2026 |
 Helical | Seed | $10M | Jan 2026 |
| DDitto Ai | Seed | $9.2M | Jan 2026 |
 Quilt | Series B | $20M | Dec 2025 |
 Digitail | Series B | $23M | Nov 2025 |
 Jitty | Seed | $3.8M | Aug 2025 |
 Cerebrium AI | Seed | $8.5M | Jul 2025 |
 BackOps.ai | Seed | $6M | Jun 2025 |
 Flank | Series A | $10M | Jun 2025 |
 Stack AI | Series A | $16M | May 2025 |
 Toku | Series A | $48M | Apr 2025 |
 Patlytics | Series A | $14M | Feb 2025 |
 CTGT | Seed | $7.2M | Feb 2025 |
 Backline | Seed | $9M | Jan 2025 |
| KKerna Laboratories Inc | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Fazeshift | Seed | $4M | Jan 2025 |
 Freckle | Seed | $4M | Jan 2025 |
 Infisical | Series A | $16M | Jan 2025 |
 Firstwork | Seed | $5M | Jan 2025 |
 Venta | Pre-Seed | $2M | Jan 2025 |
 Venta AI | Unknown | $2M | Jan 2025 |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator39 shared
Alphabet Inc.17 shared
Soma Capital11 shared
Alumni Ventures6 shared
Kleiner Perkins6 shared
Techstars6 shared
Accel5 shared
General Catalyst5 shared
Clocktower Technology Ventures5 shared
Speedinvest4 shared
Liquid 2 Ventures4 shared
Khosla Ventures4 shared
Base10 Partners4 shared
True Ventures4 shared
Afore Capital4 shared
Expa4 shared
First Round Capital4 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC4 shared
Bloomberg Beta4 shared
F-Prime Capital4 shared
Last updated: 7 September 2026