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Gradient Ventures portfolio

Gradient Ventures has 44 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 3 investments in the last 12 months.

Website: gradient.com.
X: @GradientVC.
Type: Venture capital.
Portfolio on Recent Funding: 44.
Deals, last 12 months: 3.
Rounds led: 13 of 37.
Capital in their rounds: $1.25B.
Latest deal: Polyphron · Sep 17, 2026.
About this page

It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, US, founded in 2017. It led 13 of the 37 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Polyphron's $20M Seed round in September 2026, which it led, alongside Haystack, Compound and Quiet Capital. By category, its portfolio leans toward AI agents (13) and Fintech (11). It has co-invested with Y Combinator, Sequoia and PJC, most often Y Combinator (4 rounds).

About Gradient Ventures

Firm type: Venture capital.
Headquarters: San Francisco, US.
Founded: 2017.
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B.
Sectors: AI & Machine Learning.
Check size: $100K to $10M.
Leads rounds: Yes.
Portfolio companies: 143.
Exits: 15.
Rounds led: 157.

What Gradient Ventures invests in

Gradient Ventures recent investments

CompanyRoundDateAlongside
PPolyphronSeed · $20M · leadHaystack, Compound, Quiet Capital (lead)
LLinkupSeed · $10M · leadnone named
SSapiomSeed · $15.75MPlug and Play, Array Ventures, Menlo Ventures +6
BBackOps AISeed · $6M10vc, Construct Capital (lead)
TTellaSeed · $2.1M · leadnone named
TTokuSeries A · $48MHoney Island Capital, Clocktower Group, Oak HC/FT (lead) +2
LLarridinSeries A · $17MBloomberg Beta, Andreessen Horowitz (lead), Homebrew +1
FFirstWorkSeed · $5M · leadFelipe Navio, Philippe Bouaziz, Deel +6

How Gradient Ventures invests

StageDealsCapital in rounds
Seed 14 38%$104.35M
Series B+ 12 32%$923M
Series A 11 30%$225.3M
YearDealsCapital in rounds
2017 1 3%$11M
2018 1 3%$3.9M
2019 4 11%$46.65M
2020 7 19%$122.15M
2021 3 8%$85M
2022 3 8%$176M
2023 6 16%$271.8M
2024 4 11%$412.3M
2025 5 14%$78.1M
2026 3 8%$45.75M

Gradient Ventures portfolio companies

CompanyRound with Gradient VenturesTotal raisedLatest raise
PPolyphron
Manufacturing and industrial
 Seed · $20M · lead$20MSep 17, 2026
Seed
LLinkup
AI agents
 Seed · $10M · lead$13MMar 3, 2026
Seed
SSapiom
AI coding and devtools
 Seed · $15.75M$50.75MAug 5, 2026
Series A
BBackOps AI
Commerce and retail
 Seed · $6M$32MSep 16, 2026
Series B+
TTella
Education
 Seed · $2.1M · lead$2.1MApr 22, 2025
Seed
TToku
Fintech
 Series A · $48M$64.3MApr 17, 2025
Series A
LLarridin
Stablecoins
 Series A · $17M$47MNov 2, 2026
Series A
FFirstWork
AI agents
 Seed · $5M · lead$20.5MOct 21, 2026
Series A
RRad AI
Health and bio
 Series B+ · $50M$155MMay 1, 2025
Series B+
QQuilt
Climate and energy
 Series A · $33M$62MDec 8, 2025
Series B+
LLambda
AI infrastructure and compute
 Series B+ · $320M$859MNov 18, 2025
Series B+
PPrepared Series A · $16M$123MJun 2, 2025
Series B+
OOpenly
AI agents
 Series B+ · $100M$237.65MSep 25, 2025
Series B+
WWriter
AI agents
 Series B+ · $100M$321MNov 12, 2024
Series B+
IInfisical
Cybersecurity
 Seed · $2.8M · lead$59.3MOct 27, 2026
Series B+
SStairwell
Cybersecurity
 Series B+ · $45M$70MJun 26, 2023
Series B+
SSecureframe
Legal and compliance
 Series B+ · $56M$78.5MFeb 23, 2022
Series B+
LLabelbox
Developer tools and cloud
 Series B+ · $40M$263.9MOct 15, 2026
Series B+
CCollective
Legal and compliance
 Seed · $8.65M$178.65MOct 29, 2026
Series B+
SStreamlit
AI coding and devtools
 Series A · $21M · lead$111MJul 13, 2026
Series B+
OOura
Health and bio
 Series B+ · $28M$1.24BJul 15, 2026
Series B+
AAlgorithmia
AI coding and devtools
 Series B+ · $25M$39MMay 1, 2019
Series B+
RRange
Fintech
 backer · source$96.3MJun 19, 2026
Series A
VVenn
Fintech
 backer · source$73.5MNov 18, 2025
Series B+
MMural backer · source$15MOct 21, 2026
Series A
OObvious
AI agents
 backer · sourceundisclosed—
SStackAI
AI coding and devtools
 backer · source$16MMay 8, 2025
Series A
FFlutterFlow
Media and content
 backer · source$25.5MJan 11, 2024
Series A
MMastra
AI agents
 backer · source$35.5MApr 9, 2026
Series A
CChili Piper
AI agents
 backer · sourceundisclosed—
RRootly
AI coding and devtools
 backer · source$12MAug 11, 2023
Series A
FFragment
Fintech
 backer · source$21MOct 14, 2026
Series A
SSpline
Media and content
 backer · source$15MJul 13, 2023
Seed
FFlank
AI agents
 backer · source$10MJul 9, 2025
Series A
GGigs
Fintech
 backer · source$73MJun 18, 2026
Series B+
BBackline
AI agents
 backer · source$9MJan 30, 2025
Seed
CClarify
AI agents
 backer · source$22.5MJun 25, 2025
Series A
AAnvil
Developer tools and cloud
 backer · source$10MMay 18, 2023
Series A
SSpade
Fintech
 backer · source$40.5MMar 25, 2026
Series B+
MMage
Foundation models and research
 backer · source$6.3MNov 20, 2025
Seed
CCake AI
AI infrastructure and compute
 backer · source$13MDec 4, 2024
Seed
ZZeroset
AI agents
 backer$5.2MOct 7, 2026
Pre-seed
FFondeadora
Fintech
 backerundisclosed—
HHelium backer$500K—

Most frequent co-investors

Similar investors

Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (AI agents).

How this is counted

Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.

Share is of the 37 rounds on Recent Funding that name Gradient Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.

Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Gradient Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/gradient-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.

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