# Vela Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Vela Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 24 investments on record, 5 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/vela-partners (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Vela Partners

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 24 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $8.8M, Apr 2024 VC firm Website unconfirmed

Pre-seed Seed Series A Genai Payment Smbs

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**71%** of best year **5** **cheques in 12 months**, 24 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$8.1M** Cheque size, as they say **$50K – $2.0M** Rounds led **0 of 24** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 92%**

Pitch Vela Partners

## Vela Partners highlights

- 01 5 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 71% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $3.2M

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $50K – $2.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Genai Payment Smbs
- **Based in:** San Rafael, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

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## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **24 appearances**

- **2026** 5 rounds
- **Sept** **[RadiantOps](https://millionrounds.com/company/radiantops)** Seed · US **$7.0M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[BlueQubit](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluequbit)** Grant · US **$1.5M** With 5 others
- **Jul** **[Discern Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/discern-security)** Series A · US **$13M** With 1 other
- **May** **[ReFiBuy](https://millionrounds.com/company/refibuy)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$14M** With 7 others
- **Feb** **[Pensieve](https://millionrounds.com/company/pensieve)** Seed · US **$6.9M** With 3 others
- **2025** 6 rounds
- **Aug** **[Create](https://millionrounds.com/company/create)** Series A · US **$5.5M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Nominal](https://millionrounds.com/company/nominal)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$20M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Rigor AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/rigor-ai)** Seed · US **$3.2M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Bito](https://millionrounds.com/company/bito)** Seed · US **$5.7M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Auxia](https://millionrounds.com/company/auxia)** Series A · US **$24M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[ProtoPie](https://millionrounds.com/company/protopie)** Series B · KR **$21M** With 3 others
- **2024** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[Goooods](https://millionrounds.com/company/goooods)** Venture · JP **$2.8M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Cartken](https://millionrounds.com/company/cartken)** Venture · US **$10M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Bear Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/bear-robotics)** Series C · US **$60M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[LeakSignal](https://millionrounds.com/company/leaksignal)** Seed · US **$1.6M** With 2 others
- **2023** 5 rounds
- **Dec** **[Base Operations](https://millionrounds.com/company/base-operations)** Series A · US **$9.1M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Brox.AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/brox-ai)** Seed · US **$1.9M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[VOLT AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/voltai)** Series A · US **$12M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Vartana](https://millionrounds.com/company/vartana)** Series B · US **$20M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Limitless](https://millionrounds.com/company/limitless)** Series A · US **$18M** With 4 others
- **2022** 3 rounds
- **Jul** **[Promoted.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/promoted-ai)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[JOBOX.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/jobox-ai)** Series B · US **$42M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[OwnID](https://millionrounds.com/company/ownid)** Seed · US **$6.2M** With 3 others
- **2021** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Polymer](https://millionrounds.com/company/polymer)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 2 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 **1 named**

YI **Yigit Ihlamur** Manager i Filing 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 they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**27** of 49 we have independently watched raise

[Anything](https://millionrounds.com/company/anything)[Auxia](https://millionrounds.com/company/auxia)[Axiomcloud](https://millionrounds.com/company/axiom-cloud)[Baseoperations](https://millionrounds.com/company/base-operations)[Bearrobotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/bear-robotics)[Bluequbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluequbit)[Cartken](https://millionrounds.com/company/cartken)[Cerby](https://millionrounds.com/company/cerby)[Goooods](https://millionrounds.com/company/goooods)[Hiverge](https://millionrounds.com/company/hiverge)[Interviewing](https://millionrounds.com/company/interviewing-io)[Leaksignal](https://millionrounds.com/company/leaksignal)[Legend](https://millionrounds.com/company/legend)[Lightup](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightup)[Limitless](https://millionrounds.com/company/limitless)[Mirelo](https://millionrounds.com/company/mirelo)[Nominal](https://millionrounds.com/company/nominal)[Ownid](https://millionrounds.com/company/ownid)[Pensieve](https://millionrounds.com/company/pensieve)[Phaidra](https://millionrounds.com/company/phaidra)[Protopie](https://millionrounds.com/company/protopie)[Radiantops](https://millionrounds.com/company/radiantops)[Refibuy](https://millionrounds.com/company/refibuy)[Rigor](https://millionrounds.com/company/rigor)[Simular](https://millionrounds.com/company/simular)[Vartana](https://millionrounds.com/company/vartana)[Vieu](https://millionrounds.com/company/vieu) Akool Arena Bito Brox Copper Cvil Fireflyon Golden Huckleberrycare Jobox Kuika Kunduz Levelplane Lovie Meditopia Polymersearch Prism-ai Promise Promoted Thunk Volt Wave

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

**$8.8M**

raised in Apr 2024

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 **$8.1M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.2M**

Led 0 of 24 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $50K – $2.0M
- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *10*
- Series A said *7*
- Series B said *3*
- Venture *2*
- Grant *1*
- Series C *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Incubate Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incubate-fund) 5
- [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) 3
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 2
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 2
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Vela Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Incubate Fund** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/incubate-fund)[**Mayfield Fund** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Vela Partners put money into.

[**RadiantOps** $7.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/radiantops)[**BlueQubit** $1.5M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluequbit)[**Discern Security** $13M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/discern-security)[**Pensieve** $6.9M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pensieve)[**Create** $5.5M · Aug 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/create)[**Rigor AI** $3.2M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/rigor-ai)

## Quick answers about Vela Partners

### What does Vela Partners invest in?

Vela Partners invests most often at Seed and Series A (71% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Genai, Payment and Smbs.

### How active is Vela Partners?

24 investments on record, 5 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Vela Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: RadiantOps (Seed, Sept 2026), BlueQubit (Grant, Jul 2026) and Discern Security (Series A, Jul 2026).

### How big are Vela Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $8.1M. It says it writes cheques of $50K to $2.0M.

### Does Vela Partners lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 24 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Vela Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (92%).

### Is Vela Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 5 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Vela Partners invest alongside?

Most often Incubate Fund (5 rounds together), Mayfield Fund (3 rounds together) and Alumni Ventures (2 rounds together).

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