What does Gokul Rajaram invest in?
Gokul Rajaram invests most often at Seed and Series A (79% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology.

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Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 99 cheques on record.
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22 cheques in the last 12 months
Mostly Seed and Series A: 79% of its rounds
Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $4.3M
Every round we can evidence, newest first99 appearances
20 rounds
18 rounds
14 rounds
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The investors most often in the same rounds as Gokul Rajaram. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.
The latest companies Gokul Rajaram put money into.
5 episodes naming Gokul Rajaram in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

20VC: The 8 Moats of Enduring Software Companies: How to Analyse for Durability and Defensibility in a World of AI | Why Dropouts are "AI Maxing" the World & Remote Early-Stage Companies are Dying with Gokul Rajaram

Ellison's Media Empire, Ken Burns Joins, Cursor Mic Drop | Matthew Belloni, Gokul Rajaram, Nik Seetharaman, Raj Rajamani, James Everingham, Dr. Felix Ejeckam
WithFelix EjeckamJames EveringhamKen Burns
MentionsGokul RajaramRevolution

Gokul Rajaram - Lessons from Investing in 700 Companies - [Invest Like the Best, EP.456]
MentionsGokul RajaramGoogleJack Dorsey+2

He dropped out of PhD to build Google, Facebook, Square, DoorDash - Masterclass with Gokul Rajaram
MentionsGokul RajaramGoogle

Gokul Rajaram | Lessons from Zuck, Jack Dorsey, Sergey Brin + Defining your ICP, Evolution of Seed Investing
MentionsGokul RajaramJack DorseySergey Brin+1

Founder10x - From Data Sovereignty to Battlefield Defence - Max Buchan, Co-founder & CEO, Valarian

Timeless lessons on running software companies that endure | Alyssa Henry (Square, Amazon, Microsoft)

Lessons from Gusto & Square on finding your product wedge | Michael Cieri

a16z Podcast: How Founders Hire a VP of Product
Gokul Rajaram invests most often at Seed and Series A (79% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology.
99 investments on record, 22 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2026.
Its most recent investments on record: Hermetiq (Pre-seed, Aug 2026), Naïve (Series A, Aug 2026) and Naive (Series A, Aug 2026).
The median round it joins is $8.0M.
Rarely, if at all: none of its 99 investments on record names it as the lead.
Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (84%), the United Kingdom (5%) and Switzerland (5%).
Yes: it is actively investing, with 22 investments in the last 12 months.
Most often Y Combinator (8 rounds together), Andreessen Horowitz (6 rounds together) and General Catalyst (4 rounds together).
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