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291Portfolio Exits
38Partners & Customers
1About Gradient Ventures
Gradient Ventures is a seed fund focused on artificial intelligence within the technology sector. The company provides investments and support to AI startups, maintaining a founder-centric and collaborative approach. It was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.
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Jun 27, 2025
Jun 27, 2025 • Yoana Cholteeva The early-stage corporate venture unit is raising its fifth AI-focused fund. Gradient Ventures, a corporate venturing unit of Alphabet , the owner of search engine Google, is raising $200 million for its fifth fund, according to a regulatory filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Backed by Google, Gradient Ventures has more than $1bn under management and has backed more than 150 AI-focused startups, investing at seed and series A stage. The CVC unit is raising for a new AI fund approximately a year after its last, $200m fund, according to PitchBook data, as it seeks to expand its investments in artificial intelligence startups, its main investing area since its founding in 2017. Its parent Google has invested heavily in AI, mirroring the large-scale investments made by the other big tech companies. Its chatbot and search companion Gemini was launched in 2023. Headquartered in San Francisco, Gradient Ventures focuses on seed to early-stage investments in AI, software and IT sectors in North America and Europe. Gradient Ventures’ latest investments include supply-chain logistics automation platform BackOps.ai, open-source platform for managing sensitive data and credentials Infisical, and German developer of an autonomous AI legal agent for enterprise teams Flank.
Gradient Ventures Investments
291 Investments
Gradient Ventures has made 291 investments. Their latest investment was in Freckle as part of their Seed VC on September 08, 2025.
Gradient Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/8/2025 | Seed VC | Freckle | $4M | Yes | 1984 Ventures, Co Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Mintaka Ventures | 2 |
8/1/2025 | Seed | Jitty | $3.8M | No | Goodwater Capital, Joe Cross, Lenny Picardo, REA Group, and True Global Ventures | 6 |
7/15/2025 | Series B - II | Fondeadora | $5.18M | No | IGNIA, and Portage Ventures | 1 |
7/6/2025 | Seed VC | |||||
7/2/2025 | Pre-Seed |
Date | 9/8/2025 | 8/1/2025 | 7/15/2025 | 7/6/2025 | 7/2/2025 |
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Round | Seed VC | Seed | Series B - II | Seed VC | Pre-Seed |
Company | Freckle | Jitty | Fondeadora | ||
Amount | $4M | $3.8M | $5.18M | ||
New? | Yes | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | 1984 Ventures, Co Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Mintaka Ventures | Goodwater Capital, Joe Cross, Lenny Picardo, REA Group, and True Global Ventures | IGNIA, and Portage Ventures | ||
Sources | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Gradient Ventures Portfolio Exits
38 Portfolio Exits
Gradient Ventures has 38 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Syrup Tech on September 09, 2025.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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9/9/2025 | Acquired | 2 | |||
7/23/2025 | Acquired | 2 | |||
6/27/2025 | Acquired | 4 | |||
Date | 9/9/2025 | 7/23/2025 | 6/27/2025 | ||
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Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
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Sources | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Gradient Ventures Partners & Customers
1 Partners and customers
Gradient Ventures has 1 strategic partners and customers. Gradient Ventures recently partnered with Parker Remick on .
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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Vendor | United States | 1 |
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Sources | 1 |
Gradient Ventures Team
6 Team Members
Gradient Ventures has 6 team members, including current Founder, Managing Partner, Anna Patterson.
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