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Mana Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 136 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $463K, Oct 2026VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AAISoftwareSpace

Deploying now
90%of best year38cheques in 12 months, 136 on record
Since the last cheque3days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$6.1MCheque size, as they say$10K – $250KRounds led0 of 136Sole investor6 roundsMostly inUnited States, 88%
Pitch Mana Ventures

Mana Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    38 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 57% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $3.0M

What they do

Mana Ventures was instrumental in helping us raise our $5M Seed round.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$10K – $250K as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
AISoftwareSpace
Based in
San Francisco, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first136 appearances

  1. 2026

    32 rounds

  2. Oct
    Rendezvous RoboticsSeed · US · MaC Venture Capital$20MWith 9 others
  3. Oct
    Stellios TechnologiesPre-seed · US · Pulse 2.0$5.0MWith 6 others
  4. Oct
    Prism DataSeries A · US · Fintech Global$20MWith 5 others
  5. Oct
    North Cloud Holdings Inc.Series B · US · Silicon Angle$60MWith 7 others
  6. Oct
    BloomSeed · US · Firms' own news pages$3.6MWith 5 others
  7. Sept
    American SupercriticalPre-seed · US$8.0MWith 1 other
  8. Sept
    Fab2Series A · US$500MWith 2 others
  9. Sept
    InterluneSeed · US$5.0MWith 4 others
  10. Sept
    GraviticsVenture · US$29MWith 3 others
  11. Sept
    HelogenSeed · US$7.1MWith 2 others
  12. Sept
    FluidstackGrowth · US$1.5BWith 4 others
  13. Aug
    Light Links, Inc.Pre-seed · US$6.0MWith 2 others
  14. Aug
    ClaryxPre-seed · US$3.5MWith 3 others
  15. Jun
    CorcaSeed · US · TechStartups$7.8MWith 7 others
  16. Jun
    TraysarSeed · US$25MWith 2 others
  17. Jun
    Dawn AerospaceSeries B · NZ · Firms' own news pages$25MWith 18 others
  18. May
    HellbenderSeed · US · Ventureburn$13MWith 6 others
  19. May
    Kanvas BiosciencesSeries A · US · Firms' own news pages$48MWith 6 others
  20. May
    SecludySeed · US$4.0MWith 2 others
  21. May
    Swing TherapeuticsVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  22. May
    Anello PhotonicsSeries B · US$25MWith 2 others
  23. May
    MageVenture · TRUndisclosedWith 4 others
  24. Apr
    Reliable RoboticsSeries D · US · TechStartups$160MWith 5 others
  25. Apr
    Radify MetalsSeed · US$3.0MSole investor
  26. Apr
    Magicare AIPre-seed · US$3.6MSole investor
  27. Mar
    NitraSeries B · US · Ventureburn$187MWith 21 others
  28. Mar
    BUMPSeed · US$180KWith 4 others
  29. Mar
    KEWAZOSeries A · DE$16MWith 3 others
  30. Feb
    RapidFortSeries A · US · TechStartups$42MWith 10 others
  31. Jan
    NeurophosSeries A · US · Firms' own news pages$110MWith 15 others
  32. Jan
    AON3DVenture · CAUndisclosedWith 4 others
  33. Jan
    Anello PhotonicsGrant · US$20MWith 3 others
  34. 2025

    38 rounds

  35. Dec
    AndoSeed · US$4.0MWith 2 others
  36. Dec
    MundiVenture · MXUndisclosedWith 5 others
  37. Dec
    NOX METALSVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  38. Nov
    RuliSeed · US$6.0MWith 3 others
  39. Nov
    EndolithSeries A · US$17MWith 4 others
  40. Nov
    Parallax WorldsSeed · US$4.0MWith 5 others
  41. Oct
    KnapsackSeries A · US · TechCrunch$10MWith 4 others
  42. Oct
    TransCryptsSeed · US · Ventureburn$15MWith 8 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 registration2 named

MSMorgan SchwankeManageriFiling they signed
TLTheodore LyonsManageriFiling they signed

We also hold 4 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

$313Kgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
MV Funds, LLC
SEC number
CRD 311231

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

0 of 1 we have independently watched raise

Venture

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 Mana Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Mana Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Mana Ventures

What does Mana Ventures invest in?

Mana Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Software and Space.

How active is Mana Ventures?

136 investments on record, 38 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Mana Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Rendezvous Robotics (Seed, Oct 2026), Stellios Technologies (Pre-seed, Oct 2026) and Prism Data (Series A, Oct 2026).

How big are Mana Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.1M. It says it writes cheques of $10K to $250K.

Does Mana Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 136 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Mana Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (88%).

Is Mana Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 38 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Mana Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Gaingels (53 rounds together), Alumni Ventures (19 rounds together) and Anorak Ventures (11 rounds together).

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