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Vela Partners
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Vela Partners is an AI-native, quantitative venture capital firm that funds AI founders. It writes seed checks of $100K to $500K with soft commits in two to seven days, and has invested only in AI since 2017.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
In its own wordsartificial intelligencefoundation modelsagentic aiai infrastructurequantitative investingseed
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Or find every investor that fitsVela Partners lists 46 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (34%), Enterprise Software (18%) and Cybersecurity (9%). 70% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Growth Enjin Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Flying Fish Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Vela Partners, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Vela Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 46. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 1 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 82th | 48 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 61th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 63th | 34% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 34% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 18% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 9% | 4% |
| Education | 8% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 7% | 4% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 3% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 3% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Growth Enjin Partners | 18 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 3 |
| Flying Fish Ventures | 3 |
| Atlantic | 2 |
| Index Ventures | 2 |
| NetZero Capital | 2 |
| Ulu Ventures | 2 |
| 500 Emerging Europe | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4496%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company24%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Growth Enjin Partners
Compare Vela Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Vela Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 2 Aug 2023 | Series A |
Round details for Vela Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Vela Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
46 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akool provides a suite of AI-powered video and image creation tools. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Arena creates and provides AI-powered community tools for websites, including comments, live blogs, and group chats. | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Auxia provides a marketing platform that delivers personalized customer experiences across various marketing tools and stacks. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Axiom Cloud develops software for refrigeration and HVAC management | Industrial & ManufacturingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Base Operations provides street-level threat intelligence for corporate security | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bear Robotics develops and manufactures autonomous mobile robots for hospitality and logistics | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bito develops and provides an AI model router for coding agents | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| BlueQubit develops and provides quantum computing algorithms, simulators, and access to quantum hardware for solving complex problems in chemistry, materials, and optimization. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Brox creates digital twins of real people to predict human decisions and provide insights for businesses | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cartken develops and provides autonomous robots for outdoor and indoor movement of various materials and goods | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Cerby automates identity and access management for applications that are not connected to a company's existing identity systems. | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| CloudNatix provides efficient AI infrastructure as a service, including GPU infrastructure and multi-cloud Kubernetes management. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Copper develops and provides CRM software for service businesses | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Cambridge Visual Intelligence Labs builds foundational AI systems that allow machines to understand structured visual representations of data | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Firefly is a data-first ad network offering advanced tracking, measurement, and optimization in digital out-of-home advertising | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for businesses to source and purchase various products, including food, beverages, and household goods, from domestic and international brands. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| HiVerge orchestrates thousands of AI research agents to discover new computational approaches to solve high-value challenges | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Huckleberry pairs pediatric sleep experts with AI to create a custom sleep plan for families | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides anonymous coding and technical interview preparation services for software engineers | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Jobox provides financial infrastructure and tools for home service professionals to manage their businesses | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- vela.partners
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Aug 2023
- Companies checked
- 46
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