gradient.com · Palo Alto, CA · founded 2017 · team 6 General Partners/Partners, 1 Operating Partner, 4 Operations staff · AI-focused seed fund for pre-seed to Series A startups; $1M - $10M check size · trust 0/4
| Firm name | Gradient Ventures
source: https://gradient.com |
| Investment thesis/focus | The seed fund designed for founders in AI - focused on the frontier of AI
source: https://gradient.com |
| Headquarters location | Palo Alto, CA
source: https://gradient.com (homepage) and https://raisedly.com/investor/gradient |
| Year founded | 2017
source: https://gradient.com (about page) and The Information Article: How a former Google AI chief became a top VC |
| Number of partners/investors | 6 General Partners/Partners, 1 Operating Partner, 4 Operations staff
source: https://gradient.com/team/ |
| Investment stage and check size | AI-focused seed fund for pre-seed to Series A startups; $1M - $10M check size
source: https://gradient.com homepage and https://raisedly.com/investor/gradient |
| Founding/managing partners | Anna Patterson (founder and original Managing Partner, former Chief AI Scientist at Google); Darian Shirazi, Zach Bratun-Glennon, Andrew Brackin, Clayton Petty, Denise Teng, Vig Sachidananda
source: https://gradient.com/team/, https://gradient.com/team/darian-shirazi/, https://gradient.com/team/zach-bratun-glennon/, and The Information Article: How a former Google AI chief became a top VC |
| Fund structure and size | Gradient Ventures Fund 5 - $220M
source: https://gradient.com/blog/posts/fund-5/ |
| Contact email | hello@gradient.com
source: https://gradient.com (footer) and https://raisedly.com/investor/gradient |