# Garuda Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Garuda Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 6 investments on record, 3 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/garuda-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Garuda Ventures Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 6 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $30M, Dec 2025 VC firm Pre-seed Seed Technology Follow Garuda Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fgaruda-ventures) Deploying now **75%** of best year **3** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **32** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$12M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $1.5M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Mostly in **United States, 50%** Pitch Garuda Ventures Another investor of this name exists, and we could not establish from the rounds which of them the press meant. Treat the record below as possibly belonging to either. [Tell us which](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=garuda-ventures) if you know. ## Garuda Ventures highlights - 01 3 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 80% of its rounds ## What they do > We are a first check fund We invest $500K to $1.5M behind founders as they go from a deck and a dream to a category defining company. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm - **Cheque size:** $500K – $1.5M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed - **Sectors:** Technology - **Based in:** San Francisco, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2026** 3 rounds - **Sept** **[Metaview](https://millionrounds.com/company/metaview)** Series C · GB · Seedcamp **$60M** With 6 others - **May** **[Mind Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/mind-robotics)** US · TechCrunch **$400M** With 15 others - **Feb** **[Adora](https://millionrounds.com/company/adora)** Seed · AU · Startup Daily **$7.0M** With 4 others - **2025** 3 rounds - **Oct** **[Moonshot AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/moonshot-ai)** Seed · CN · TechNode **$10M** With 4 others - **Jul** **[FlexPoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/flexpoint)** Series A · US · Foundry Group **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **May** **[FlexPoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/flexpoint)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$12M** With 5 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 registration **2 named** AK **Arpan K Punyani** Managing Director i Filing they signed RK **Rishi Krishna Taparia** Managing Director i Filing they signed We also hold **5** 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 **$58M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Garuda Ventures Management, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 329977 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **24** of 46 we have independently watched raise [Adora](https://millionrounds.com/company/adora)[Airbase](https://millionrounds.com/company/airbase)[Allstripes](https://millionrounds.com/company/allstripes)[Amperon](https://millionrounds.com/company/amperon)[Archiveintel](https://millionrounds.com/company/archive-intel)[Arkero](https://millionrounds.com/company/arkero)[Cloudadmin](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloudadmin)[Conductorone](https://millionrounds.com/company/conductorone)[Crusoe](https://millionrounds.com/company/crusoe)[Dataroomhq](https://millionrounds.com/company/dataroomhq)[Evergrow](https://millionrounds.com/company/evergrow)[Firstresonance](https://millionrounds.com/company/first-resonance)[Honeyhomes](https://millionrounds.com/company/honey-homes)[Iconicair](https://millionrounds.com/company/iconic-air)[Mesta](https://millionrounds.com/company/mesta)[Metaview](https://millionrounds.com/company/metaview)[Monark-markets](https://millionrounds.com/company/monark-markets)[Monkeylearn](https://millionrounds.com/company/monkeylearn)[Mytra](https://millionrounds.com/company/mytra)[Noyo](https://millionrounds.com/company/noyo)[Offsight](https://millionrounds.com/company/offsight)[Rocksalt](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocksalt)[Subcity](https://millionrounds.com/company/subcity)[Woflow](https://millionrounds.com/company/woflow) Aparentmedia Arcade Arena-ai Attendly Compliancecow Donobu Get-starlight Getflexpoint Glidian Joinacrew Leap Moonshot-ai Narohq Nexgent Opshelm Rebelspacetech Starboard Stitchflow Sudowrite Useparagon Vesal Yrikka 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. New fund on file **$30M** raised in Dec 2025 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Median round joined **$12M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $500K – $1.5M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Sept 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *2* - Series A *2* - Series C *1* - Pre-seed said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [Foundry Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry) 2 - [Haymaker Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haymaker-ventures) 2 - [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 2 **Pitching Garuda Ventures?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Garuda Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Foundry Group** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry)[**Haymaker Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haymaker-ventures)[**Techstars** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) ## Recently backed The latest companies Garuda Ventures put money into. [**Mind Robotics** $400M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mind-robotics)[**Adora** $7.0M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/adora)[**Moonshot AI** $10M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/moonshot-ai) ## On podcasts 1 episode naming Garuda Ventures in the title. - [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) 16 Sept 2025 · 49 min VC10X - How To Win In The AI Era? - Rishi Taparia, Co-founder & GP, Garuda Ventures With [Rishi Taparia](https://millionrounds.com/person/rishi-taparia) Mentions [Garuda Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garuda-ventures)[Arpan Punyani](https://millionrounds.com/person/arpan-punyani) Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Garuda Ventures ### What does Garuda Ventures invest in? Garuda Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology. ### How active is Garuda Ventures? 6 investments on record, 3 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026. ### What has Garuda Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Metaview (Series C, Sept 2026), Mind Robotics (Undisclosed round, May 2026) and Adora (Seed, Feb 2026). ### How big are Garuda Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $12M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $1.5M. ### Does Garuda Ventures lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Garuda Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (50%), the United Kingdom (17%) and Australia (17%). ### Is Garuda Ventures investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 3 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Garuda Ventures invest alongside? Most often Foundry Group (2 rounds together), Haymaker Ventures (2 rounds together) and Techstars (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? 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