The world's first product-led and AI-native VC
Quant fund investing in AI startups for top decile returns. Tier-1 VCs are limited partners.
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LoginVela Partners is a San Francisco-based, product-led and AI-native VC firm, building an AI-only portfolio since 2017.
Vela is essentially an AI startup investing in other AI startups. We are building an artificial general intelligence for venture capital. Our investor-focused products maximize our own fund’s returns, while the entrepreneur-focused self-service tools build our brand and distribution channels.
Our main investment focus is AI startups, from inception to Series A.
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We carry out and publish our research in collaboration with the University of Oxford.
We are a global team of 20+ entrepreneurs, engineers and researchers.
General Partner
We invest in AI-native early-stage startups.
Cartken
Autonomous vehicles
Phaidra
Autonomous plants
Limitless
Unlimited human memory
Mirelo
Sound Foundational Model
Bito
AI agents for engineers
Cerby
Automated user access
Brox
AI-powered market research
lightup
Data monitoring
Dan Siroker
Built a $100M ARR business
Amar Goel
Built a public company
Sandeep Menon
Ex-VP of Google
Hrant Gharibyan
Research at Stanford
Rooly Eliezerov
Built a $100M ARR business
Travis Kimmel
Acquired for $170M
Guy Leibovitz
Repeat builder (NetApp acq)
Praveen Seshadri
Repeat builder (Google acq)
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