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    Seligman Ventures

    Menlo Park, California, United StatesFounded 2025

    Seligman Ventures is the venture capital arm of Seligman Investments (part of Columbia Threadneedle Investments), targeting technology companies from early-stage through pre-IPO. It focuses on AI infrastructure, cloud computing, next-generation data centers, and cybersecurity.

    They made 1 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-a (57% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $187.7M (across 6 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    7

    Fund Size

    $500M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    6

    Team

    Ashish Kakran

    Ashish Kakran

    Managing Partner

    Umesh Padval

    Umesh Padval

    Managing Partner

    Eddie Ackerman

    Eddie Ackerman

    CFO & Operating Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Portfolio

    7 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Modiqo logoModiqoPre-Seed$3MMay 2026
    Velaura logoVelauraSeries A$110MJan 2026
    Smallest logoSmallestSeries A$13MJan 2026
    Lumilens logoLumilensSeries C$700MJan 2026
    Upscale.ai logoUpscale.aiSeries A$190MJan 2026
    SambaNova Systems logoSambaNova SystemsSeries FJan 2026
    VVelaura AISeries A$110M

    Top Co-Investors

    Last updated: 8 September 2026