# Gradient: portfolio, investments and team > Gradient is a vc firm based in United States. 165 investments on record, 33 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Gradient Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 165 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $2.2M, Sept 2026 VC firm Pre-seed Seed Series A Agents Llm Neural Network Follow Gradient and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fgradient-ventures) Deploying now **100%** of best year **33** **cheques in 12 months**, 165 on record Since the last cheque **2** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$8.5M** Cheque size, as they say **$750K – $8.0M** Rounds led **8 of 165** Sole investor **11 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 87%** Pitch Gradient ## Gradient highlights - 01 33 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 70% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 11 rounds, median $4.2M ## What they do > Gradient has been investing at the forefront of artificial intelligence since 2017. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $750K – $8.0M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Agents Llm Neural Network - **Based in:** San Francisco, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **165 appearances** - **2026** 29 rounds - **Oct** **[Collective](https://millionrounds.com/company/collective)** Series B · US · Fintech Global **$100M** *Led* - **Oct** **[Collective](https://millionrounds.com/company/collective)** Series B · US · AI Insider **$40M** With 5 others - **Oct** **[Plato](https://millionrounds.com/company/plato)** Series A · US · Google News search **$16M** With 3 others - **Oct** **[Sava](https://millionrounds.com/company/sava)** Seed · US · Pulse 2.0 **$10M** *Led* - **Oct** **[Infisical](https://millionrounds.com/company/infisical)** Series B · US · Wowtale **$40M** With 5 others - **Oct** **[Vera Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/vera-health)** Series A · ES · Tech.eu **$29M** With 5 others - **Oct** **[Firstwork](https://millionrounds.com/company/firstwork)** Series A · US · Bharat Fast **$15M** With 7 others - **Sept** **[Feather Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/feather-robotics)** Pre-seed · US **$7.6M** Sole investor - **Sept** **[Polyphron](https://millionrounds.com/company/polyphron)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$20M** With 4 others - **Sept** **[AQUA](https://millionrounds.com/company/aqua)** Series A · US **$15M** With 4 others - **Aug** **[Malachyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/malachyte)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$10M** *Led* - **Aug** **[Axle Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/axle-labs)** Series A · US **$18M** With 4 others - **Jul** **[Finto](https://millionrounds.com/company/finto)** Seed · DE **$3.4M** With 2 others - **Jul** **[Hostie](https://millionrounds.com/company/hostie)** Series A · US **$12M** With 2 others - **May** **[Fazeshift](https://millionrounds.com/company/fazeshift)** Series A · US · Crunchbase News **$17M** With 5 others - **May** **[Enzo Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/enzo-health)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$20M** With 5 others - **May** **[Fazeshift](https://millionrounds.com/company/fazeshift)** Series A · US **$4.0M** With 4 others - **May** **[StackAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/stackai)** Series A · US **$16M** With 2 others - **Apr** **[Helical](https://millionrounds.com/company/helical)** Seed · Happiness Capital **$10M** With 3 others - **Apr** **[Spade](https://millionrounds.com/company/spade)** Series B · US · AlleyWatch **$40M** With 7 others - **Apr** **[Sona](https://millionrounds.com/company/sona)** Series B · GB · Ventureburn **$45M** With 7 others - **Apr** **[Openly](https://millionrounds.com/company/openly)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **Mar** **[BackOps](https://millionrounds.com/company/backops)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$26M** With 3 others - **Mar** **[Quantro Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantro-security)** Seed · US **$5.5M** Sole investor - **Mar** **[Nango](https://millionrounds.com/company/nango)** Seed · US **$4.5M** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Respan](https://millionrounds.com/company/respan)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Quantro Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantro-security)** Seed · US **$2.5M** Sole investor - **Feb** **[Sapiom](https://millionrounds.com/company/sapiom)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$15M** With 7 others - **Feb** **[Ditto AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/ditto-ai)** Seed · US **$9.2M** With 3 others - **2025** 30 rounds - **Dec** **[Quilt](https://millionrounds.com/company/quilt)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$20M** With 7 others - **Nov** **[Digitail](https://millionrounds.com/company/digitail)** Series B · RO · Ventureburn **$23M** With 4 others - **Nov** **[MainStreet](https://millionrounds.com/company/mainstreet)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **Nov** **[vijil](https://millionrounds.com/company/vijil)** Series A · US **$17M** With 1 other - **Oct** **[R2](https://millionrounds.com/company/r2)** Venture · MX **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **Oct** **[Truthsystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/truthsystems)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 4 others - **Oct** **[Anchor](https://millionrounds.com/company/anchor)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 1 other - **Sept** **[FormlyAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/formlyai)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 2 others - **Sept** **[Freckle](https://millionrounds.com/company/freckle)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 4 others - **Sept** **[Paladin Drones](https://millionrounds.com/company/paladin-drones)** Venture · US **$17M** With 4 others - **Aug** **[Helium](https://millionrounds.com/company/helium)** Seed · US **$5.4M** With 1 other 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 **7 named** AS **Andrew Schwartz** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed CM **Charles Murphy** Director i Filing they signed CL **Chris LaSusa** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed DS **Darian Shirazi** Managing Principal i Filing they signed GP **Georgia Prinsloo** Director i Filing they signed MA **Matt Auriemma** Director i Filing they signed ZB **Zachary Bratun-Glennon** Managing Principal i Filing they signed We also hold **28** 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 **$162M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **5+** funds on file numbered funds in its name **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Grdnt LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 337857 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **60** of 60 we have independently watched raise [Airspace Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/air-space-intelligence)[Algorithmia](https://millionrounds.com/company/algorithmia)[AllyO](https://millionrounds.com/company/allyo)[Arga Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/arga-labs)[Arrows](https://millionrounds.com/company/arrows)[Benepass](https://millionrounds.com/company/benepass)[Boxo](https://millionrounds.com/company/boxo)[CTGT](https://millionrounds.com/company/ctgt)[Cambrium](https://millionrounds.com/company/cambrium)[Cerebrium AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/cerebrium)[Charm](https://millionrounds.com/company/charm)[Chili Piper](https://millionrounds.com/company/chili-piper)[Credible Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/credible)[Ditto](https://millionrounds.com/company/ditto)[Elsa](https://millionrounds.com/company/elsa)[Enzo Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/enzo-health)[Fazeshift](https://millionrounds.com/company/fazeshift)[Fileread](https://millionrounds.com/company/fileread)[Firstwork](https://millionrounds.com/company/firstwork)[Flank](https://millionrounds.com/company/flank)[Flatfile](https://millionrounds.com/company/flatfile)[FlutterFlow](https://millionrounds.com/company/flutterflow)[Flyreel](https://millionrounds.com/company/flyreel)[Foundational](https://millionrounds.com/company/foundational)[Fragment](https://millionrounds.com/company/fragment)[Fylamynt](https://millionrounds.com/company/fylamynt)[Gigs](https://millionrounds.com/company/gigs)[Gynger](https://millionrounds.com/company/gynger)[Helical](https://millionrounds.com/company/helical)[Heru](https://millionrounds.com/company/heru)[Hostie](https://millionrounds.com/company/hostie)[Infisical](https://millionrounds.com/company/infisical)[Jitty](https://millionrounds.com/company/jitty)[Klara](https://millionrounds.com/company/klara)[Krea](https://millionrounds.com/company/krea)[Lambda](https://millionrounds.com/company/lambda)[LastMile AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/lastmile-ai)[Linkup](https://millionrounds.com/company/linkup)[Mage](https://millionrounds.com/company/mage)[Malachyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/malachyte)[Mastra](https://millionrounds.com/company/mastra)[Mentum](https://millionrounds.com/company/mentum)[Moov](https://millionrounds.com/company/moov)[Mural](https://millionrounds.com/company/mural)[Nango](https://millionrounds.com/company/nango)[Niva](https://millionrounds.com/company/niva)[Numa](https://millionrounds.com/company/numa)[OlaClick](https://millionrounds.com/company/olaclick)[OnScale](https://millionrounds.com/company/onscale)[Openly](https://millionrounds.com/company/openly)[Oura](https://millionrounds.com/company/oura)[Paladin](https://millionrounds.com/company/paladin-drones)[Patlytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/patlytics)[Payaut](https://millionrounds.com/company/payaut)[Payload](https://millionrounds.com/company/payload)[Pine Park Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/pine-park-health)[Plannuh](https://millionrounds.com/company/plannuh)[PopSQL](https://millionrounds.com/company/popsql)[Quilt](https://millionrounds.com/company/quilt)[Rad AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/rad-ai) and 73 more 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 **$2.2M** raised in Sept 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$8.5M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$4.2M** Led 8 of 165 rounds **5%** - **Said size:** $750K – $8.0M - **Sole investor:** 11 rounds - **Last cheque:** Oct 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *72* - Series A said *35* - Venture *22* - Series B *17* - Pre-seed said *6* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 40 - [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) 14 - [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 11 - [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) 9 - [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 6 - [Abstract Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract) 5 **Pitching Gradient?** 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 Gradient. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Y Combinator** Accelerator **40** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Soma Capital** VC firm **14** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Liquid 2 Ventures** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures)[**SV Angel** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**Abstract Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[**Afore Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afore-capital)[**Bessemer Venture Partners** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer-venture-partners)[**Pear VC** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pear-vc)[**Salesforce Ventures** Corporate VC **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) ## Recently backed The latest companies Gradient put money into. [**Collective** $100M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/collective)[**Plato** $16M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/plato)[**Sava** $10M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sava)[**Infisical** $40M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/infisical)[**Vera Health** $29M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vera-health)[**Feather Robotics** $7.6M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/feather-robotics) ## On podcasts 3 episodes naming Gradient in the title, and 4 more that mention it. - [Equity](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/equity) 26 Feb 2025 · 27 min How Gradient Ventures is Shaping the AI Startup Landscape with Eylul Kayin With [Eylul Kayin](https://millionrounds.com/person/eylul-kayin) Mentions [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page - [The BetaKit Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/betakit) 17 May 2024 · 52 min Gradient Ventures' Darian Shirazi on where AI value will accrue Mentions [Darian Shirazi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/darian-shirazi)[Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 10 Sept 2018 · 32 min 20VC: The Biggest Lessons From Working Alongside John Doerr, How To Optimize The Speed of Investment Decision-Making & Why Saying No Graciously Is The Most Important Thing with Shabih Rizvi, Founding Partner @ Gradient Ventures With [Shabih Rizvi](https://millionrounds.com/person/shabih-rizvi) Mentions [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures)[John Doerr](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-doerr)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [Fintech Insider](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fintech-insider) 21 Aug 2025 · 52 min 990: Insights: What’s happening with agentic AI in financial services right now? Apple Podcasts - [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 23 Jan 2025 · 48 min Designing Smart Heat Pumps That Work for Every Room with Quilt Apple PodcastsShow page - [The BetaKit Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/betakit) 31 Aug 2024 · 58 min AI roundtable: Hugging Face, Zapier, Tenstorrent (and more) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Tech.eu](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tech-eu) 23 Sept 2022 · 17 min The Drive at Five with Robin and Dan - Episode 7 Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Gradient ### What does Gradient invest in? Gradient invests most often at Seed and Series A (70% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Agents, Llm and Neural Network. ### How active is Gradient? 165 investments on record, 33 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 8. The most recent was in Oct 2026. ### What has Gradient invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Collective (Series B, Oct 2026), Plato (Series A, Oct 2026) and Sava (Seed, Oct 2026). ### How big are Gradient's cheques? The median round it joins is $8.5M. It says it writes cheques of $750K to $8.0M. ### Does Gradient lead rounds? Sometimes: it led 8 of its 165 investments on record (5%). ### Where does Gradient invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (87%). ### Is Gradient investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 33 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Gradient invest alongside? Most often Y Combinator (40 rounds together), Soma Capital (14 rounds together) and Alumni Ventures (11 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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