Pario Ventures

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Jul 1, 2025	Magentic	$6.0M Seed	—	Ambridge Capital, Badhouse Ventures, Balderton Capital, DST Global, Index Ventures, Jigsaw VC, Lakestar, Playfair Capital, Sequoia Capital, Target Global, TCV, Tiger Global Management, Andrew Nutter, Christopher Zemina, Matteo Gamba, Stephen Romanoff
Jun 1, 2025	Tonic Health	$4.0M Series A	—	Rianta Capital, Nigel Wray
Mar 1, 2025	Sonder	$25.0M Series C	—	Alumni Ventures, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Comcast Ventures, Momenta Ventures
Feb 1, 2025	Just Move In	$8.0M Series A	—	Eos Venture Partners, Simon Rogerson
Jan 1, 2025	Clutch	$65.0M Series B	—	Alkeon Capital, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Matt Ocko, Earl Grey Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, FirstHand Alliance, Goat Capital, GSV Ventures, LAUNCH, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Maven Ventures, Runa Capital, Shaan's All Access Fund, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Adam Michalski, Bill Tai, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, Emmett Shear, Immad Akhund, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Kyle Vogt, Mikhail Seregine, Oleg Rogynskyy, Ted Serbinski, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
Dec 1, 2024	ConnectDER	$35.0M Series D	—	BP Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures, Fifth Wall, Hitachi Ventures, Kompas VC, SOSV
Sep 1, 2024	Treble	$12.0M Series A	—	BP Ventures, Fifth Wall, Hitachi Ventures, Kompas VC
Sep 1, 2024	Cyclic Materials	$53.0M Series B	—	Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, ArcTern Ventures, BMW i Ventures, BP Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, Fifth Wall, Hitachi Ventures, Kompas VC, Microsoft
Feb 1, 2024	Ascend Elements	$160.0M Series D	—	Alkeon Capital, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Matt Ocko, Earl Grey Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, FirstHand Alliance, Goat Capital, GSV Ventures, LAUNCH, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Maven Ventures, Runa Capital, Shaan's All Access Fund, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Adam Michalski, Bill Tai, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, Emmett Shear, Immad Akhund, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Kyle Vogt, Mikhail Seregine, Oleg Rogynskyy, Ted Serbinski, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
Jan 1, 2024	Sonder	$11.0M Series B	—	Alumni Ventures, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Comcast Ventures, Momenta Ventures
Sep 1, 2023	Ascend Elements	$540.0M Series D	—	Amplify Partners, BoxGroup, BP Ventures, Fifth Wall, Hitachi Ventures, Kompas VC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, MS&AD Ventures, Ultratech Capital Partners, Lisha Li
Sep 1, 2023	Curve	$71.0M Series C	—	Breega, FTAC Ventures, Fuel Venture Capital, Mouro Capital, Seedcamp, Alessandro Hatami, Paul Townsend, Phil Boddy, Rohan Haldea
Jun 1, 2023	Aledade	$260.0M Series F	—	Alkeon Capital, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Matt Ocko, Dragoneer Investment Group, Earl Grey Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, FirstHand Alliance, Goat Capital, Greylock, GSV Ventures, IVP, LAUNCH, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Maven Ventures, Runa Capital, Shaan's All Access Fund, Tenaya Capital, Venrock, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Adam Michalski, Bill Tai, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, Emmett Shear, Howard Schultz, Immad Akhund, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Kyle Vogt, Mikhail Seregine, Oleg Rogynskyy, Paul George, Ted Serbinski, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
May 1, 2023	Evil Genius Games	$2.0M Seed	—	8VC, Alkeon Capital, Ambridge Capital, Audrey Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Casa Verde Capital, Comal Ventures, Matt Ocko, Earl Grey Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, FirstHand Alliance, Goat Capital, GSV Ventures, Hustle Fund, Jazz Venture Partners, LAUNCH, Lightspeed Venture Partners, MATH Venture Partners, Maven Ventures, Montauk Ventures, NEO, Pareto Holdings, Preston-Werner Ventures, Runa Capital, Shaan's All Access Fund, Summit Partners, Wealthing VC Club, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Adam Michalski, Anne Wojcicki, Bill Tai, Chris Fanini, Emmett Shear, George Morrison, Immad Akhund, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Kyle Vogt, Mathieu Guerville, Mikhail Seregine, Oleg Rogynskyy, Ted Serbinski, Troy Carter, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
May 1, 2023	RealBlocks	$10.0M Series A	—	Anthemis Group, Crosslink Capital, GoAhead Ventures, L Catterton Growth, Left Lane Capital, Pelion Venture Partners, The Founder Coach, TMV, Jett McCandless, Ron Suber, Stanton Green, Ted Serbinski
Apr 1, 2023	Distyl AI	$7.0M Seed	—	Aglae Ventures, Alkeon Capital, Altimeter Capital, Jana Messerschmidt, Balderton Capital, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, C2 Investment, Matt Ocko, Earl Grey Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, FirstHand Alliance, Goat Capital, Gradient Ventures, Granite Asia, GSV Ventures, Hyper, Innovation Endeavors, Koch Fund, KRM Interests LLC, LAUNCH, Lerer Hippeau, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Maven Ventures, Northzone, Placeholder, Redpoint Ventures, Runa Capital, Sarona Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Shaan's All Access Fund, The Hit Forge, Tiger Global Management, Volt Capital, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Adam Michalski, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Ben Porterfield, Bill Tai, Casey Neistat, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, DROdio - Daniel R. Odio, Emmett Shear, Florian Huber, Fredrik Hjelm, Immad Akhund, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Kyle Vogt, Mikhail Seregine, Oleg Rogynskyy, Paul Yacoubian, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Ted Serbinski, Varsha Rao, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
Mar 1, 2023	Fairmatic	$46.0M Series B	—	Alkeon Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Battery Ventures, BoxOne Ventures, Brewer Lane Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Matt Ocko, Earl Grey Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, FirstHand Alliance, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, Flint Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Goat Capital, GSV Ventures, Hardware Club, Hoxton Ventures, Kli Capital, LAUNCH, LAUNCHub Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Maven Ventures, NFX, Runa Capital, Shaan's All Access Fund, Zeev Capital, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Adam Michalski, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, Emmett Shear, Immad Akhund, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Kyle Vogt, Lior Ron, Mikhail Seregine, Oleg Rogynskyy, Ronald Cohen, Ted Serbinski, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
Jan 1, 2023	CareLineLive	$4.0M Series A	—	Emma Steele, Haatch
Jan 1, 2023	Product Science	$18.0M Seed	—	8-Bit Capital, Alkeon Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Benchmark, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Composite Ventures, David Namdar, Matt Ocko, Earl Grey Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, FirstHand Alliance, Goat Capital, Greylock, GSV Ventures, Hardware Club, Ignition Partners, LAUNCH, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lowercarbon Capital, Maven Ventures, Morado Venture Partners, Pareto Holdings, Runa Capital, Sequoia Capital, Shaan's All Access Fund, Tribe Capital, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Adam Michalski, Bill Tai, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, Emmett Shear, Immad Akhund, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Kenny Van Zant, Kyle Vogt, Matt Mazzeo, Mikhail Seregine, Oleg Rogynskyy, Peter Sellis, Ted Serbinski, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
Nov 1, 2022	Cardiosense	$3.0M Series A	—	Alkeon Capital, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Matt Ocko, Earl Grey Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, FirstHand Alliance, Goat Capital, GSV Ventures, LAUNCH, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Maven Ventures, Runa Capital, Shaan's All Access Fund, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Adam Michalski, Bill Tai, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, Emmett Shear, Immad Akhund, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Kyle Vogt, Mikhail Seregine, Oleg Rogynskyy, Ted Serbinski, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
Oct 1, 2022	Ascend Elements	$200.0M Series C	—	Amplify Partners, BoxGroup, BP Ventures, Fifth Wall, Hitachi Ventures, Kompas VC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lux Capital, MS&AD Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Ultratech Capital Partners, Lisha Li, Rob Wilmot
Sep 1, 2022	Sonder	$23.0M Series B	—	Alumni Ventures, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Comcast Ventures, Momenta Ventures
Sep 1, 2022	Trek Health	$3.0M Seed	—	8090 Industries, Adverb Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Alkeon Capital, Alt Capital, AngelList, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Comal Ventures, Craft Ventures, Matt Ocko, Earl Grey Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, Felicis Ventures, FirstHand Alliance, Founder Collective, GE Ventures, Goat Capital, Gradient Ventures, Greylock, GSV Ventures, Infinite Niches, Kleiner Perkins, LAUNCH, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lowercarbon Capital, Maven Ventures, Runa Capital, Saga, Shaan's All Access Fund, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Aaron Levie, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Adam Michalski, Akshay Kothari, Bill Tai, Chris Fanini, Christina Cacioppo, Daniel Kan, David Mytton, Emmett Shear, Howie Liu, Immad Akhund, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Jeremy Stoppelman, Kyle Vogt, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Mikhail Seregine, Neha Narkhede, Oleg Rogynskyy, Sam Blond, Scott Belsky, Susan Danziger, Ted Serbinski, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
Aug 1, 2022	Fairmatic	$42.0M Series A	—	Alkeon Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, BoxOne Ventures, Brewer Lane Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Matt Ocko, Earl Grey Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, FirstHand Alliance, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, Flint Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Goat Capital, GSV Ventures, Hardware Club, Hoxton Ventures, Kli Capital, LAUNCH, LAUNCHub Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Maven Ventures, NFX, Runa Capital, Shaan's All Access Fund, Zeev Capital, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Adam Michalski, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, Emmett Shear, Immad Akhund, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, Kyle Vogt, Lior Ron, Mikhail Seregine, Oleg Rogynskyy, Ronald Cohen, Ted Serbinski, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao
Jun 1, 2022	Repool	$4.0M Seed	—	50 Partners, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Alkeon Capital, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Amplo, AngelList Syndicator, Axiom Partners, BoxOne Ventures, Buckley Ventures, C2 Investment, Champion Hill Labs, Concept Ventures, Conversion Capital, Matt Ocko, DST Global, Earl Grey Capital, Electric Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, Exponent Founders Capital, FirstHand Alliance, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Goat Capital, Greylock, GSV Ventures, Hardware Club, Khosla Ventures, LAUNCH, LGF, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Maven Ventures, MKT1 Capital, NEO, Hans Tung, Not Boring Capital, NXTP Labs, One Way Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Pareto Holdings, Patron, Plaid, Quiet Capital, Ribbit Capital, Runa Capital, Saga, Scalar Capital, Sequoia Capital, Shaan's All Access Fund, SRB Ventures, Susa Ventures, SV Angel, Thirty Five Ventures, Vouch Insurance, Aaron King, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Adam D'Angelo, Adam Michalski, Ameet Patel, Balaji Srinivasan, Bill Tai, Brad Holden, Charlie Cheever, Charlie Songhurst, Chase Gilbert, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, David Petersen, David Petraeus, Derrick Li, Emmett Shear, Fredrik Hjelm, Guy Podjarny, Henry de Zoete, Hugues De Braucourt, Immad Akhund, James Beshara, Jason Hunt, Jay Jamison, JD Ross, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Julia Hartz, Julian Shapiro, Karim Atiyeh, Kyle Vogt, Leore Avidar, Luca Ascani, Marcelo Sampaio, Matteo Franceschetti, Matt Macinnis, Mikhail Seregine, Nicolas Berggruen, Oleg Rogynskyy, Oliver Jung, Parker Conrad, Paulo Silveira, Pedro Franceschi, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Rafael Larragoiti Lucas, Roxanne Varza, Ted Serbinski, Thomas Rebaud, Tom Blomfield, Victoria van Lennep, Vikas Gupta, Viral Bajaria, Vishal Rao, Wayne Chang

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at Pario Ventures.

David Murray-Hundley

Managing Director

Leadership Team

Key people at Pario Ventures.

David Murray-Hundley

Managing Director

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Pario Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in London and New York, investing primarily in early-stage startups across the UK and USA, with a focus on helping companies expand internationally. Their mission centers on backing founders who build *real, sustainable businesses* rather than chasing hype or quick exits. They provide capital ranging from $100k to $20 million, supporting companies from prototype through growth stages, including pre-IPO. Key sectors include automotive, mobility, fintech, electric vehicles, software, and occasionally blockchain startups with proven revenue. Pario Ventures emphasizes hands-on partnership, offering strategic advice, operational support, and exit planning to accelerate growth and navigate challenges, thereby impacting the startup ecosystem by fostering resilient companies with realistic growth trajectories[1][2][4].

Origin Story

Founded around 2010, Pario Ventures was established by experienced partners including David Murray-Hundley, a notable figure with multiple successful exits such as Rivian and Datadog. The firm evolved with a clear focus on supporting startups through the entire journey—from seed to Series A and beyond—emphasizing practical business-building over speculative valuations. Their approach grew from deep industry experience in startups, IPOs, and trade sales, aiming to fill a gap for founders needing more than just capital but also strategic and operational guidance. Over time, Pario expanded its geographic footprint with offices in London, New York, and Tokyo, reflecting its commitment to cross-border growth and market expansion[1][3][4].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on early-stage companies with a pragmatic approach to growth, emphasizing real business fundamentals over hype.
Network Strength: Access to a broad network of exited founders and industry veterans who provide hands-on support.
Track Record: Portfolio includes 142 companies with 26 successful exits, including high-profile names like Rivian and Datadog.
Operating Support: Active involvement in resolving founder disputes, refining sales strategies, and navigating funding challenges.
Cross-Border Expertise: Specialized in helping UK startups enter the US market and vice versa, facilitating international scaling.
Flexible Check Sizes: Investments ranging from $100k to $20 million, adaptable to various growth stages and company needs[1][2][4].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Pario Ventures rides the trend of globalization in startup ecosystems, particularly the transatlantic flow of innovation and capital between the UK and US markets. Their timing aligns with increasing demand for venture capital that combines funding with operational expertise, especially in sectors like electric vehicles, fintech, and software where scaling internationally is critical. Market forces such as the rise of sustainable mobility, fintech innovation, and the maturation of blockchain technologies create fertile ground for Pario’s portfolio companies. By focusing on sustainable growth and realistic exit strategies, Pario influences the broader ecosystem by promoting resilience and long-term value creation rather than speculative bubbles[1][2][4][6].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Pario Ventures is poised to deepen its role as a strategic partner for startups navigating complex growth and market expansion challenges. Trends shaping their journey include the continued rise of electric mobility, fintech innovation, and cross-border tech collaborations. Their influence may expand further as they leverage their network of experienced founders and operational expertise to support companies through tougher economic cycles and competitive landscapes. Pario’s commitment to building "real businesses" suggests a future where they help shape a more sustainable and mature venture ecosystem, balancing growth ambitions with practical execution and exit planning[1][4].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on early-stage companies with a pragmatic approach to growth, emphasizing real business fundamentals over hype.
Network Strength: Access to a broad network of exited founders and industry veterans who provide hands-on support.
Track Record: Portfolio includes 142 companies with 26 successful exits, including high-profile names like Rivian and Datadog.
Operating Support: Active involvement in resolving founder disputes, refining sales strategies, and navigating funding challenges.
Cross-Border Expertise: Specialized in helping UK startups enter the US market and vice versa, facilitating international scaling.
Flexible Check Sizes: Investments ranging from $100k to $20 million, adaptable to various growth stages and company needs[1][2][4].