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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.

    33% of their portfolio is in Hardware & Semiconductors. They made 5 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $253.1M (across 17 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    14

    Fund Size

    $500M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    5

    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

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    18 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    CClockwork.ioUnknown$31MOct 2026
    Lumilens logoLumilensSeed$700MAug 2026
    Eliyan logoEliyanSeries C$145MJul 2026
    SSambaNovaSeries F$1BJul 2026
    Modiqo logoModiqoPre-Seed$3MMay 2026
    Eliyan logoEliyanSeries C$50MJan 2026
    Velaura logoVelauraSeries A$110MJan 2026
    Smallest logoSmallestSeries A$13MJan 2026
    CogniChip logoCogniChipSeries A$60MJan 2026
    Lumilens logoLumilensSeries C$700MJan 2026
    Upscale Ai logoUpscale AiSeries A$190MJan 2026
    Sambanova Systems logoSambanova SystemsSeries F—Jan 2026
    SSmallest.aiSeries A$13MJan 2026
    SSambaNovaSeries F$1BJan 2026
    CClockwork.ioUnknown$21MJan 2022
    VVelaura AISeries A$110M—
    Exaforce logoExaforceSeries B$125M—
    Clockwork logoClockworkUnknown$31M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026