United States · Investor

Craft Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 283 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $28M, Sept 2026VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries ANo SectorIndustry-agnosticAnti-thematic

Deploying now
95%of best year57cheques in 12 months, 283 on record
Since the last cheque2days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$14MCheque size, as they say$50K – $50MRounds led14 of 283Sole investor22 roundsMostly inUnited States, 89%
Pitch Craft Ventures

Craft Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    57 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Seed: 53% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 22 rounds, median $4.7M

What they do

We built Craft from the ground up to be the type of venture firm we wish we had when we were foundersFrom their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$50K – $50M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
No SectorIndustry-agnosticAnti-thematic
Based in
San Francisco, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first283 appearances

  1. 2026

    45 rounds

  2. Oct
    UpwindSeries C · US · Google News search$400MWith 12 others
  3. Oct
    ASISeries C · US · Google News search$325MWith 6 others
  4. Sept
    GenHealth.aiSeries A · US$17MWith 4 others
  5. Sept
    ParlayXPre-seed · US$1.3MSole investor
  6. Sept
    OpenEvidenceSeries E · US$250MWith 4 others
  7. Sept
    NoetiveSeed · US$41MWith 2 others
  8. Sept
    Upwind SecuritySeries C · US$300MWith 3 others
  9. Aug
    NeoUS · Ventureburn$100MWith 3 others
  10. Aug
    Horizon3Series E · US · TechCrunch$250MWith 11 others
  11. Aug
    Dragonfly Technology LimitedGrant · GB$955KWith 3 others
  12. Jul
    AtomsSeries C · US · Crunchbase News$1.7BWith 9 others
  13. Jul
    Norm AiSeries C · US · TechCrunch$120MWith 11 others
  14. Jul
    AristVenture · US$14MWith 3 others
  15. Jul
    EntSeed · US · Ventureburn$100MWith 7 others
  16. Jul
    Neo SecuritySeries A · US$75MWith 3 others
  17. Jun
    8090 LabsSeries A · US · TechCrunch$135MWith 6 others
  18. Jun
    Allen Control SystemsSeries B · US · Ventureburn$200MWith 5 others
  19. Jun
    SupabaseSeries F · US · TechCrunch$500MWith 9 others
  20. Jun
    Peregrine TechnologiesSeries D · US$250MWith 5 others
  21. Jun
    TraysarSeed · US$25MWith 2 others
  22. Jun
    SamepageSeed · US$4.8MWith 2 others
  23. May
    UnframeSeries B · GB · Highland Europe$50MWith 3 others
  24. May
    ComfyUISeries B · US · TechCrunch$30MLed
  25. May
    FoldDebt · US$150MWith 4 others
  26. Apr
    Firestorm LabsSeries B · US · TechCrunch$82MWith 10 others
  27. Apr
    HYFIX Spatial IntelligenceSeed · US$15MWith 1 other
  28. Apr
    LuminaiSeed · US$313KWith 4 others
  29. Apr
    ZellifySeed · SE$3.6MWith 4 others
  30. Apr
    PipeVenture · US$16MWith 4 others
  31. Mar
    Oasis SecuritySeries B · TechStartups$120MLed
  32. Mar
    ReplitGrowth · US · TechCrunch$400MWith 15 others
  33. Mar
    Eight SleepSeries C · US · Crunchbase News$50MWith 8 others
  34. Mar
    CandexSeries C · US$7.0MWith 5 others
  35. Mar
    XonaSeries C · US$170MWith 5 others
  36. Mar
    The Boring CompanySecondary · US$8.5MWith 4 others
  37. Mar
    Voyager AIPre-seed · US$500KSole investor
  38. Mar
    WorkOSSeries C · US$100MWith 4 others
  39. Feb
    Kresus LabsVentureburn$13MWith 3 others
  40. Feb
    SolaceSeries C · US$130MWith 4 others
  41. Jan
    UpwindSeries B · IL · TechCrunch$250MWith 4 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration24 named

AAAlex AneseNon-Managing Member of Craft Ventures GP I, LLCiForm ADV
AJAndrew James ZiperskiLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
AMArra MalekzadehLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
BMBrian MurrayLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
BKBrianne KimmelLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP III, LPiForm ADV
BRBryan RosenblattLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
CBCaroline BraysonLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
CCCassandra ChaoLimited Partner of Craft Ventures Growth GP II, LPiForm ADV
CMChris MasseyLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
DBDaniel BruntLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
DLDaniel LiemNon-Managing Member of Daniel Liem Fund III, LLCiForm ADV
DODavid O. SacksLimited Partner of Craft Ventures Management LPiForm ADV
EDElena Dauterich PainterLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
EDElyse DavisLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
EREthan RubyLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
HSHillary SmithLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
JFJeff FluhrLimited Partner of Craft Ventures Management, LPiForm ADV
JLJennifer Liang SuiLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
JHJessica HoffmanLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
JCJoe Cheung-SeekitNon-Managing Member of Craft Ventures GP I, LLCiForm ADV
JWJoseph William LeeLimited Partner of Craft Ventures Management, LPiForm ADV
JTJustin TurnerLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP III, LPiForm ADV
MDMargaret Del CotoLimited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LPiForm ADV
MDMark David WoolwayLimited Partner of Craft Ventures Growth GP II, LPiForm ADV

We also hold 62 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$7.2Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Craft Ventures Management LP
SEC number
CRD 292571

What they claim to have backed

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Craft Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Craft Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Craft Ventures

What does Craft Ventures invest in?

Craft Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (53% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as No Sector, Industry-agnostic and Anti-thematic.

How active is Craft Ventures?

283 investments on record, 57 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 14. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Craft Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Upwind (Series C, Oct 2026), ASI (Series C, Oct 2026) and GenHealth.ai (Series A, Sept 2026).

How big are Craft Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $14M. It says it writes cheques of $50K to $50M.

Does Craft Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 14 of its 283 investments on record (5%).

Where does Craft Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (89%) and the United Kingdom (5%).

Is Craft Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 57 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Craft Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Y Combinator (40 rounds together), Andreessen Horowitz (24 rounds together) and Abstract Ventures (20 rounds together).

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