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Venture Capital

Seed-stage venture capital firm founded by Hunter Walk and Satya Patel.

Profile

Headquarters
San Francisco, US
Investments
11
Companies
6

Capital

Total Deployed
$352M
Lead Rounds
1

Portfolio

6 companies
Cruise $11.6B
Acquired San Francisco, US

Self-driving car technology company that developed autonomous vehicles for ride-hailing and delivery services. Founded as a Y Combinator startup, acquired by General Motors in 2016, and became one of the most heavily funded autonomous vehicle ventures in history before GM wound down its robotaxi operations in December 2024.

Plaid $1.3B
Private San Francisco, US

Fintech infrastructure company that builds data connectivity tools to power the apps in people's financial lives, providing APIs to connect applications with users' bank accounts.

Shield AI $1.3B
Private San Diego, California, United States

Defense technology company building autonomous AI pilot software and unmanned aircraft systems. Its flagship Hivemind software enables teams of aircraft to execute missions autonomously without GPS, communications, or remote pilots. Also develops the Nova quadcopter and V-BAT vertical takeoff drone.

MatX $605M
Private Mountain View, California, United States

MatX designs custom silicon optimized for large language model training and inference, aiming to deliver 10x more computing power per square millimeter than Nvidia GPUs. Founded by former Google TPU engineers, the company is building the MatX One processor featuring a splittable systolic array architecture with SRAM-first design. Manufacturing is planned through TSMC with initial shipments targeted for 2027.

Weave $146M
Public Lehi, US

All-in-one customer communication and payments platform for small and medium-sized healthcare businesses, serving dental, optometry, veterinary, and medical practices.

Slang AI $52M
Private New York, US

AI-powered phone answering platform for the hospitality industry. Handles restaurant reservations, customer inquiries, and order management through natural-language voice AI, reducing missed calls and improving customer experience for restaurants and hotels.

Investment data is compiled from multiple independent sources including company announcements, press coverage, and regulatory filings. While we strive for accuracy, amounts and dates may reflect reported figures at time of announcement.