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    Valiant Peregrine Fund

    Santa Monica, California, United StatesFounded 2019
    www.valiantperegrine.comLinkedIn
    Enterprise SoftwareConsumerE-Commerce & MarketplaceHR & TalentEducationFood & Agriculture

    Valiant Peregrine is a growth equity fund founded by Danny Karubian in 2019 under the umbrella of Valiant Capital Management. The firm invests in high-quality private growth businesses across the technology and consumer sectors at reasonable valuations.

    40% of their portfolio is in HR & Talent. Their most common stage is series-c (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $217.0M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    4

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series C

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    Danny Karubian

    Danny Karubian

    Founding Partner

    Paul Achkar

    Paul Achkar

    Partner

    Akash Kirpalani

    Akash Kirpalani

    Investor

    Ben Nusenow

    Ben Nusenow

    Investor

    Julia Higgins

    Julia Higgins

    Marketing & Investor Relations

    Lena Peng

    Lena Peng

    Investor

    Alisha Flora

    Alisha Flora

    Research Assistant

    April Axelrod

    April Axelrod

    Accounting Manager

    Brian Miller

    Brian Miller

    Chief Financial Officer

    Mandy Tang

    Mandy Tang

    Chief Accounting Officer

    Michaela Beckman

    Michaela Beckman

    Chief Compliance Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    5 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Beacon logoBeaconSeries C$225MJun 2026
    Handshake logoHandshakeSeries F$200MJan 2022
    Course Hero logoCourse HeroSeries C$380MDec 2021
    Handshake logoHandshakeSeries E$80MMay 2021
    Instacart logoInstacartGrowth$200MOct 2020

    Top Co-Investors

    Lightspeed Venture Partners3 shared
    D1 Capital Partners2 shared
    Coatue Management LLC2 shared
    Spark Capital2 shared
    Wellington Management1 shared
    GSV Ventures1 shared
    TPG Biotech1 shared
    OMERS Ventures1 shared
    Sugar Capital1 shared
    NewView Capital1 shared
    Sequoia Capital1 shared
    Kleiner Perkins1 shared
    EQT Ventures1 shared
    GGV Capital1 shared
    Chan Zuckerberg Initiative1 shared
    True Ventures1 shared
    Emerson Collective1 shared
    Reach Capital1 shared
    Sator Grove1 shared
    India Quotient1 shared

    Last updated: 7 September 2026