# Nava Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Nava Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 3 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Nava Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 3 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now New fund $122M, Dec 2025

Series A Series B Employee Benefits Health Care Information Services

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**100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **8** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$16M** Rounds led **3 of 3**

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## Nava Ventures highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Led 3 rounds

## What they do

> A modern, early stage investment firm founded on more than a decade of experience in venture capital. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Employee Benefits Health Care Information Services
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2026** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Plato](https://millionrounds.com/company/plato)** Series A · US · Google News search **$16M** *Led*
- **May** **[Wirestock](https://millionrounds.com/company/wirestock)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$23M** *Led*
- **2025** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Grifin](https://millionrounds.com/company/grifin)** Series A · TechCrunch **$11M** *Led*

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 **4 named**

CC **Christopher Cross** Chief Financial Officer of Nava Ventures, LLC i Form ADV

FC **Ferdinand C Martignetti** Managing Member of Nava Ventures, LLC i Form ADV

KC **Kevin Chenault** Member of Nava Ventures I GP, LLC i Form ADV

MP **Manish Patel** Managing Member of Nava Ventures, LLC i Form ADV

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

**$939M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** NAVA Ventures, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 317758

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**8** of 17 we have independently watched raise

[Aerovect](https://millionrounds.com/company/aerovect)[Cyclops](https://millionrounds.com/company/cyclops)[Grifin](https://millionrounds.com/company/grifin)[Growthbook](https://millionrounds.com/company/growthbook)[Hydrolix](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydrolix)[Openloophealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/openloop-health)[Union](https://millionrounds.com/company/union)[Wirestock](https://millionrounds.com/company/wirestock) Knotapi Legionintel Omen Taut openstudio.ing Arrow right relief.app Arrow right superscript.nyc Arrow right synthetic.new Arrow right truefootage.tech Arrow right

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

**$122M**

raised in Dec 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Series A Series B

Median round joined **$16M** the round, not its cheque

Led 3 of 3 rounds **100%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *3*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Nava Ventures put money into.

[**Plato** $16M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/plato)[**Wirestock** $23M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/wirestock)[**Grifin** $11M · Jun 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/grifin)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Nava Ventures in the title, and 2 more that mention it.

- [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) 28 Jan 2025 · 33 min VC10X - Design Thinking For Building Great Products - Manish Patel, Founder, Nava Ventures Mentions [Nava Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nava-ventures)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 25 Sept 2025 · 7 min Investor Stories 429. Focus and Discipline in Growth, The Dangers of Rules of Thumb, and Fighting Cynicism in Venture (Stevens, Patel, Shapiro) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 9 Dec 2024 · 54 min 463. Lessons from Larry Page, Why Subscriptions Won't Work in the Era of AI, How Enterprises Will Adopt AI, and the 3 Keys to Building Great Products (Manish Patel) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Nava Ventures

### What does Nava Ventures invest in?

Nava Ventures invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Employee Benefits, Health Care and Information Services.

### How active is Nava Ventures?

3 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Nava Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Plato (Series A, Oct 2026), Wirestock (Series A, May 2026) and Grifin (Series A, Jun 2025).

### How big are Nava Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $16M.

### Is Nava Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Nava Ventures?

Nava Ventures is a VC firm based in San Francisco, United States.

### How much does Nava Ventures manage?

About $939M, as gross assets of its private funds (Oct 2026).

### Has Nava Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Dec 2025, reporting $122M raised.

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