Mischief Venture Capital

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2025	Boom	$13.0M Series A	—	Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Michael Chow, William Hockey
Sep 1, 2025	Zania	$18.0M Series A	—	Andreessen Horowitz, BITKRAFT Ventures, Foundation Capital, Kindred Ventures, LGF, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Ludlow Ventures, Hilarie Koplow-McAdams, Scott Sandell, New Enterprise Associates, Tet Ventures, The Fintech Fund, Union Square Ventures, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Charles Zedlewski, Naveen Jain, Neha Narkhede, William Hockey
Aug 1, 2025	Vigil Labs	$6.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Alt Capital, Browder Capital, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Pantera Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Saga, Summit Partners, TCV, The Hit Forge, Christina Cacioppo, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen
Jul 1, 2025	Sundial	$23.0M Series A	—	Accel, Alt Capital, Bee Partners, Blue Bear Capital, Browder Capital, Contrary Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Founders Fund, Freestyle Capital, FTX Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Next Play Ventures, Operator Collective, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Sequoia Capital, South Park Commons, Summit Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, TCV, The Hit Forge, UP.Partners, Vela Partners, Webb Investment Network, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Christina Cacioppo, Deborah Liu, Dharmesh Shah, DJ Patil, Don Dodge, Drew Houston, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Fidji Simo, Howie Liu, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Koen Bok, Kyle Vogt, Marc Benioff, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Scot Wingo, Sean Rad, Shishir Mehrotra, Siqi Chen, Tobias Lutke
Jun 1, 2025	Harmony (tryharmony.ai)	$2.0M Seed	—	Alt Capital, Browder Capital, Day One Ventures, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, Friends & Family Capital, FTX Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Matrix, Meritech Capital Partners, Otherwise Fund, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, TCV, The Hit Forge, Theory Forge Ventures, Y Combinator, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Christina Cacioppo, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
Jun 1, 2025	Crosby	$6.0M Seed	—	Alt Capital, Jana Messerschmidt, Browder Capital, Curie.Bio, Factor[e] Ventures, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Meritech Capital Partners, Operator Partners, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Sequoia Capital, Summit Partners, TCV, The Hit Forge, Yext, Balaji Srinivasan, Christina Cacioppo, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Eric Wu, Fidji Simo, Gokul Rajaram, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Karim Atiyeh, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Patrick Collison, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen, Tony Xu
Jun 1, 2025	Clay	$100.0M Series C	—	Alt Capital, Browder Capital, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Pack Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Sapphire Ventures, Summit Partners, TCV, The Hit Forge, Thomson Reuters Ventures, Tribe Capital, Christina Cacioppo, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen
Jun 1, 2025	Xona	$92.0M Series B	—	468 Capital, Bascom Ventures, B Capital Group, Craft Ventures, Crowberry Capital, Future Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Seraphim Space, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, TitletownTech, Chris Gasteratos, Chris Schagen, Julius Genachowski, Ken Howery
May 1, 2025	Owner	$120.0M Series C	—	AirAngels, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Antler, Balderton Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Blu Venture Investors, Browder Capital, C2 Investment, Caffeinated Capital, Citi Ventures, Conversion Capital, CP Ventures, FJ Labs, Footprint Coalition, Forgepoint Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, Hercules Capital, Ignition Partners, Jetstream, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Montage Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, Roble Ventures, Saga, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Summit Partners, Susa Ventures, TCV, TechAviv Founder Partners, The Hit Forge, True Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Adam D'Angelo, Amjad Masad, Azeem Azhar, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Gokul Rajaram, Hippolyte Genet, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Kyle Vogt, Larry Summers, Mark Gillespie, Matt Macinnis, Max Mullen, Nik Sharma, Parker Conrad, Sagi Paz, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen, William Hockey
May 1, 2025	Rillet	$25.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Andreessen Horowitz, Congruent Ventures, Creandum, DGF Investimentos, FasterCapital, First Round Capital, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, ICONIQ Capital, Latitud, Lead Edge Capital, LGF, monashees, Next47, Operator Collective, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, Susa Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Bill Gates, Cristina Cordova, Gordon Wintrob, Hanno Renner, Immad Akhund, Max Mullen, Mike Vernal, Parker Treacy, Peter Reinhardt, Roland Grenke, Scott Belsky, Zack Kanter
May 1, 2025	Wander	$50.0M Series B	—	Adapt Ventures, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Authentic Ventures, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Capital Factory, CapitalX, Clear Ventures, Fifth Wall, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, FTX Ventures, Infinite Niches, Kepler Operator’s Fund, Meritech Capital Partners, NextView Ventures, Not Boring Capital, Offline Ventures, Paradox Capital, Pareto Holdings, Predictive VC, Prosperity7 Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, SRB Ventures, Summit Partners, TCV, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Trinity Ventures, Uncork Capital, Adam Guild, Cherian Mathew, Christina Cacioppo, Cory Levy, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Priyank Chandra, Quinn Slack, Rich Miner, Scott Belsky, Scot Wingo, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen
Apr 1, 2025	UbiQD	$20.0M Series B	—	Afore Capital, Builders VC, Costanoa Ventures, Countdown Capital, Dellin Investments, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Scout Ventures, Sam Altman
Mar 1, 2025	Sohar Health	$4.0M Seed	—	Alloy Fund, Rebel Fund, Y Combinator, Kulveer Taggar, Michael Stoppelman, Ran Makavy
Feb 1, 2025	Comulate	$20.0M Series B	—	Bond, Greenoaks Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Parallax Ventures, Sarah Smith Fund, Sequoia Capital, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Sharin Fisher Dibrov
Feb 1, 2025	Together AI	$310.0M Series B	—	Addition, Airbus Ventures, Alumni Ventures, BEENEXT, Canaan Partners, Cantos Ventures, Chemistry VC, James Hardiman, Exponent Founders Capital, First Round Capital, General Catalyst, Kindred Ventures, LGF, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Lux Capital, Main Sequence Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, NEO, Offline Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Saxena Capital, Sequoia Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Sierra Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Vouch Insurance, XYZ Venture Capital, Brandon Leonardo, Chad Nitschke, Garrett Koehn, Gordon Wintrob, Marc Benioff, Max Mullen, Sam Altman
Feb 1, 2025	Alloy	$2.0M Seed	—	Air Street Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Bond, Brand Foundry Ventures, Greylock, Menlo Ventures, Picus Capital, Sarah Smith Fund, TQ Ventures, Don MacAskill, Gideon Valkin, Neha Narkhede
Jan 1, 2025	Fazeshift	$4.0M Seed	—	Alloy Fund, Arrive, Craft Ventures, Floodgate, Giant Ventures, Gradient Ventures, LAUNCH, Slow Ventures, Y Combinator, Drew Houston, Emmett Shear, Kyle Vogt, Michael Stoppelman, Ran Makavy
Jan 1, 2025	Merit Systems	$10.0M Seed	—	468 Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, B Capital Group, Craft Ventures, Crowberry Capital, CVentures, Framework Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, M12, Multicoin Capital, North Island Ventures, Not Boring Capital, Polychain Capital, Polygon, Portal Ventures, Samsung NEXT Ventures, SLVC, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Schagen, Julius Genachowski, Ken Howery, Nicolas Berggruen, Regan Bozman
Jan 1, 2025	Clay	$40.0M Series B	—	Alt Capital, Asylum Ventures, Browder Capital, Electric Capital, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, LaFont, Meritech Capital Partners, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Sapphire Ventures, Stellar Capital, Summit Partners, TCV, The Hit Forge, Christina Cacioppo, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen
Jan 1, 2025	BeConfident	$2.0M Seed	—	2048 Ventures, Alloy Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Anti fund, CRV, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Y Combinator, Edgard Corona, Immad Akhund, Kulveer Taggar, Ran Makavy, Roberto Grosman, Rui Miadaira
Jan 1, 2025	Highnote	$90.0M Series B	—	Adams Street Partners, Afore Capital, Alex, Costanoa Ventures, Countdown Capital, DocuSign, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Offline Ventures, Scout Ventures, Renaud Laplanche, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman
Dec 1, 2024	Hamming AI	$4.0M Seed	—	Alloy Fund, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, Olima Ventures, Peak State Ventures, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, Jean Pigozzi, Justin Mateen, Kulveer Taggar, Michael Stoppelman, Oliver Jung, Ran Makavy
Oct 1, 2024	Lidwave	$10.0M Seed	—	468 Capital, B Capital Group, Craft Ventures, Crowberry Capital, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, Ben Wiener, Chris Schagen, Julius Genachowski, Ken Howery, Tal Cohen
Sep 1, 2024	AudiencePlus	$7.0M Seed	—	8VC, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Banana Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, Greylock, High Alpha, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Kearny Jackson, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Night Capital, Offline Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Streamlined Ventures, Stripe, Tealium, Matt Garratt, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, YLEM, Akshay Bhargava, Avid Larizadeh, Ben Porterfield, David Petersen, Eric Ries, Frederic Kerrest, Gordon Wintrob, Jason Tolkin, Jeremy Cai, Jon Runyan, Louis Beryl, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Mike Kourey, Paul Rios, Ryan Carlson, Ryan Chan, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Tony Xu, Vibhu Mittal, Zack Kanter
Sep 1, 2024	GALY	$33.0M Series B	—	Afore Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Countdown Capital, Draper Associates, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, Scout Ventures, WovenEarth Ventures

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at Mischief Venture Capital.

Leadership Team

Key people at Mischief Venture Capital.

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Mischief Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2021 and headquartered in Venice, California, with additional presence in San Francisco. The firm focuses primarily on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in innovative software companies across a broad range of industries and geographies, including fintech, security, data analytics, web 3.0, B2B, e-commerce, and AI/deep tech. Mischief typically leads investment rounds with check sizes ranging from $1.5 million to $3 million, providing not only capital but also hands-on mentorship and operational support to help startups scale. Their investment philosophy centers on backing visionary founders who challenge traditional markets with bold, disruptive ideas, aiming to be long-term partners in their portfolio companies’ growth[2][3][4].

Origin Story

Mischief was co-founded in 2021 by Lauren Farleigh and Zach Perret, both bringing extensive experience from the technology and venture capital sectors. The firm was established to fill a gap in early-stage funding for software startups that exhibit strong innovation potential and entrepreneurial drive. Since its inception, Mischief has evolved to become an active lead investor in seed rounds, emphasizing collaboration and strategic guidance alongside financial investment. The founders’ backgrounds and network have been instrumental in building a portfolio that includes notable companies such as Warp, Faire, TRM Labs, and Stelo Wallet[2][3].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Mischief focuses on early-stage software startups, often leading rounds with sizable checks ($1.5M–$3M), which is relatively large for pre-seed and seed stages.
Network Strength: The founders’ deep connections in tech and venture capital provide startups with access to valuable mentorship and strategic partnerships.
Track Record: Despite being a relatively young firm, Mischief has built a diverse portfolio across fintech, security, AI, and marketplaces, including high-profile names like Faire and Warp.
Operating Support: The firm takes a hands-on approach, offering operational guidance and long-term partnership rather than just capital infusion.
Industry Agnostic but Tech-Focused: While open to various sectors, Mischief emphasizes software-driven innovation and disruptive technologies[2][3][4].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Mischief is riding the wave of increasing demand for early-stage capital in software and technology-driven startups, particularly those innovating in fintech, security, and AI. The timing is favorable due to the rapid digital transformation across industries and the growing appetite for disruptive business models. By focusing on visionary founders and providing both capital and operational support, Mischief helps accelerate innovation and market disruption. Their active involvement in seed rounds positions them as key enablers in the startup ecosystem, fostering growth in emerging tech sectors and influencing broader market trends toward software-centric solutions[2][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Mischief is likely to continue expanding its portfolio in software and fintech, leveraging its strong network and operational expertise to back bold founders. Trends such as AI, web 3.0, and decentralized finance will likely shape their investment focus, given their current portfolio and sector interests. As the startup ecosystem evolves, Mischief’s hands-on, founder-centric approach may increase its influence, potentially growing into a leading early-stage investor known for scaling disruptive technology companies. Their commitment to long-term partnerships suggests sustained support for startups navigating complex growth challenges[2][3][4].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Mischief focuses on early-stage software startups, often leading rounds with sizable checks ($1.5M–$3M), which is relatively large for pre-seed and seed stages.
Network Strength: The founders’ deep connections in tech and venture capital provide startups with access to valuable mentorship and strategic partnerships.
Track Record: Despite being a relatively young firm, Mischief has built a diverse portfolio across fintech, security, AI, and marketplaces, including high-profile names like Faire and Warp.
Operating Support: The firm takes a hands-on approach, offering operational guidance and long-term partnership rather than just capital infusion.
Industry Agnostic but Tech-Focused: While open to various sectors, Mischief emphasizes software-driven innovation and disruptive technologies[2][3][4].