Radical 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)
Feb 10, 2026	GenFlux	$4.2M Seed	Symbolic Capital	Borderless Capital, Delphi Ventures, Dispersion Capital, Frachtis, Glasswing Ventures
Jan 28, 2026	Waabi	$750.0M Series C	G2 Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures	Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Bdc Thrive venture, BlackRock, BMO Global Asset Management, Export Development Canada, HarbourVest Partners, Incharge Capital Partners, Karman Ventures, Linse Capital, NVentures, Porsche Automobil Holding, TELUS Global Ventures, Uber, Volvo Group Venture Capital
Jan 26, 2026	Ricursive Intelligence	Venture Round	—	Sequoia, Lightspeed, DST Global
Sep 1, 2025	Axiom Math AI	$64.0M Seed	—	DFJ, Expa, Greylock, Intel Capital, Eric Futoran, Mike Abbott, Mike Vernal, Nitay Joffe, Quinn Slack, Stewart Butterfield
Aug 1, 2025	Sola	$18.0M Series A	—	AI4ALL, Andreessen Horowitz, Axiom Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Conviction Partners, FINTOP Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Madrona Ventures, Glenn Solomon, Kazuma Ieiri, Social Starts, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Allison Barr Allen, Amjad Masad, Balaji Srinivasan, Natalie Luu, Oliver Cameron
Jul 1, 2025	PlayerZero	$5.0M Seed	—	645 Ventures, 8VC, Abstract Ventures, Bennett Siegel, Kevin Hartz, Adverb Ventures, Alchemy Ventures, Alt Capital, Ben Taft's Genius Ventures, Citi Ventures, Craft Ventures, DFJ, DST Global, Expa, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Foundation Capital, Foundry Group, Fuel Capital, Green Bay Ventures, Greylock, High Alpha, Intel Capital, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, Maniv Mobility, Matrix, Maverick Capital, Nyca Partners, Scribble Ventures, Seven Seven Six, SignalFire, South Park Commons, SV Angel, Thayer Ventures, Thrive Capital, Toyota Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Uncork Capital, Underscore VC, Weekend Fund, WndrCo LLC, Y Combinator, Amjad Masad, Austin Ogilvie, Chris Bennett, Daniel Kan, Deborah Liu, DJ Patil, Drew Houston, Dylan Field, Eric Futoran, Evan Moore, Fidji Simo, Guillaume Luccisano, Guillermo Rauch, Howie Liu, Jacob Kerzner, Jason Kay, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Marc Benioff, Mark Pincus, Mike Abbott, Mike Liu, Mike Vernal, Nate Matherson, Nitay Joffe, Prescott Watson, Quinn Slack, Shishir Mehrotra, Stewart Butterfield, Tobias Lutke, Yan-David Erlich
Jul 1, 2025	Empirical Security	$12.0M Seed	—	Congruent Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Element Partners, Space Capital
Jun 1, 2025	Emerald AI	$34.0M Seed	—	AI4ALL, Axiom Partners, Conviction Partners, Highbury Group, Kleiner Perkins, Madrona Ventures, Kazuma Ieiri, Plug & Play Ventures, Akshay Kothari, Amjad Masad, Oliver Cameron
Jun 1, 2025	Muon Space	$45.0M Series B	—	Congruent Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, DFJ, Element Partners, Expa, Greylock, Intel Capital, Space Capital, Eric Futoran, Frederic Kerrest, Mike Abbott, Mike Vernal, Nitay Joffe, Quinn Slack, Stewart Butterfield, Yan-David Erlich
May 1, 2025	Rover	$4.0M Seed	—	A Capital, Bankless Ventures, Foundry Group, Gigafund, K2 Global, Menlo Ventures, Pioneer Square Labs, Plug & Play Ventures, Sound Ventures, Anil Dharni, Megan Quinn
May 1, 2025	Duna	$12.0M Seed	—	10100, AI4ALL, Axiom Partners, Conviction Partners, Draper Associates, E1 Ventures, First Round Capital, FORWARD.one, Gradient Ventures, Graduate Entrepreneur, Index Ventures, Madrona Ventures, Jonathan Golden, Next47, Kazuma Ieiri, OpenCapital.vc, Operator Collective, Runa Capital, Stash Ventures, Summit Partners, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Alexandre Prot, Amjad Masad, Bastian Nominacher, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dharmesh Shah, Gloria Baeuerlein, Guillaume Princen, Hanno Renner, Jared Leto, Jean Charles Samuelian, Job Van Der Voort, Mathilde Collin, Michael Wax, Oliver Cameron, Sergei Anikin, Steve Anavi
May 1, 2025	Unblocked	$20.0M Series A	—	Gautam Gupta, Kevin Hartz, Accel, AI4ALL, Alkeon Capital, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Axiom Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Blockchange Ventures, Bond, Conviction Partners, Decibel Partners, DFJ, DTCP, Electric Capital, Expa, Forerunner Ventures, G2VP, General Catalyst, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, Hardware Club, Heretic Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, iNovia Capital, Intel Capital, InterWest, Madrona Ventures, Kazuma Ieiri, Operator Collective, Picus Capital, Ribbit Capital, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, Tribe Capital, Valar Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Akshay Kothari, Amjad Masad, Don MacAskill, Eric Futoran, Frederic Kerrest, Howie Liu, Matt Macinnis, Mike Abbott, Mike Vernal, Neha Narkhede, Nitay Joffe, Oliver Cameron, Quinn Slack, Ron Pragides, Stewart Butterfield, Tobias Lutke, Yan-David Erlich
May 1, 2025	Samaya AI	$44.0M Series A	—	AI4ALL, Alumni Ventures, Bond, GFT Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Madrona Ventures, Tiffany Luck, New Enterprise Associates, Y Combinator, Lukas Biewald, Marc Benioff, Oliver Cameron, Shane Neman, Thomas Tull, Yann LeCun
Apr 1, 2025	Deep Infra	$18.0M Series A	—	Accel, AI4ALL, Axiom Partners, Coatue, Conviction Partners, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Lightspeed India Partners, Madrona Ventures, Kazuma Ieiri, Shailendra Singh, Preston-Werner Ventures, SV Angel, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Amjad Masad, Augusto Marietti, Ben Tossell, Christopher Golda, Georges Harik, Guillermo Rauch, James Hong, Kevin Weil, Oliver Cameron, Scott Belsky
Apr 1, 2025	Phonic	$4.0M Seed	—	AI4ALL, Axiom Partners, Conviction Partners, Lux Capital, Madrona Ventures, Kazuma Ieiri, Akshay Kothari, Amjad Masad, Oliver Cameron
Mar 1, 2025	Yutori	$15.0M Seed	—	8VC, AAF Management Ltd., AI4ALL, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Amplify Partners, Artisanal Ventures, Awesome People Ventures, Axiom Partners, Balderton Capital, Benchmark, Citi Ventures, Conviction Partners, Earl Grey Capital, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Goat Capital, Gradient Ventures, Greylock, ICONIQ Capital, Insight Partners, LGF, Madrona Ventures, Not Boring Capital, Kazuma Ieiri, Redpoint Ventures, Reshape Ventures, Saga, Scribble Ventures, Summit Partners, Supercharge.vc, Theory Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vibe Capital, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Amjad Masad, Christian Reber, Dylan Field, Emil Michael, Gokul Rajaram, Guillermo Rauch, James Beshara, Jason Citron, Jason Gardner, Oliver Cameron, Ron Pragides, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Thomas Dohmke
Jan 1, 2025	Teal Health	$10.0M Seed	—	Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Costanoa Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, LGF, Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Evan Moore, Immad Akhund, Louis Beryl, Roger Dickey, Tim Griffin, Yann LeCun
Jan 1, 2025	Quantifind	$22.0M Venture Round	—	AirAngels, Alt Capital, Awesome People Ventures, Balderton Capital, Citi Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, Energy Impact Partners, Glilot Capital Partners, Gradient Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, In-Q-Tel, Insight Partners, Moonshots Capital, Mucker Capital, Not Boring Capital, QED Investors, Redpoint Ventures, Supercharge.vc, TLV Partners, Top Tier Capital Partners, Touchdown Ventures, TTV Capital, Jacques Benkoski, Steve Krausz, U.S. Venture Partners, Vibe Capital, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Christian Reber, Daren Cotter, James Beshara, Matt Carbonara, Scott Belsky
Dec 1, 2024	SandboxAQ	$300.0M Series E	—	Alt Capital, Amplify Partners, James Hardiman, Felicis Ventures, Greylock, Innovation Endeavors, IVP, Khosla Ventures, LAUNCH, ScOp Venture Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, SV Angel, Adam D'Angelo, Anne Wojcicki, Dylan Field
Nov 1, 2024	Writer	$200.0M Series C	—	Accel, Amity Ventures, Vasudev Bailey, Balderton Capital, Cherry Ventures, Citi Ventures, Flex Capital, Foundation Capital, Gradient Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Hoxton Ventures, HV Capital, ICONIQ Capital, Insight Partners, Mayfield, Motier Ventures, Origins, Outrun Ventures, Pieter Kemps, Questa Capital, Recall Capital, Ribbit Capital, Sapphire Ventures, The House Fund, What If Ventures, Frederic Kerrest, Gokul Rajaram, Kaushik Subramanian, Mario Götze, Michael Baum
Nov 1, 2024	Wordware	$30.0M Seed	—	10100, 6th Man Ventures, Acton Capital Partners, Adjacent, Albion VC, Alumni Ventures, Amplify Partners, Angel investor, Atomico, Audrey Capital, Blossom Capital, BlueRun Ventures, Broadway Angels, Chalfen Ventures, Climate Capital, Color Capital, Cool Climate Collective, Craft Ventures, Day One Ventures, Decibel Partners, Divergent Capital, DocuSign, Double Down, DST Global, Embedded Ventures, Emergence Capital, Essence VC, Aniq Kassam, Felicis Ventures, Felix Capital, FirstMark Capital, Flexcap, Flex Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Friends & Family Capital, Frontline Ventures, Fusion Fund, Ganas Ventures, General Catalyst, Global Founders Capital, Gradient Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Hummingbird Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Indicator Ventures, Insight Partners, IVP, Kohala Ventures, La Famiglia, Lakestar, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Listen, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Matrix, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Moxxie Ventures, Jonathan Golden, OpenCapital.vc, Openspace Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Paradigm, Paradox Capital, Partners Resolute, Pioneer Fund, Polymath Capital Partners, Prototype Capital, Red Beard Ventures, Runa Capital, Scribble Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sherpalo Ventures, Shrug Capital, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Web Smith, Techstars, The Hit Forge, Theory Forge Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trammell Venture Partners, Treble Capital, Tribe Capital, Unlock Venture Partners, Untapped Capital, Valhalla Ventures, Vibe Capital, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Alex Pattis, Amjad Masad, Andrew Gazdecki, Andrew Gluck, Andrew Steinwold, Azeem Azhar, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Lang, Ben Tossell, Bob Young, Casey Neistat, David Peterson, Dharmesh Shah, Doug Monro, Elad Gil, Eric Ries, Gina Bianchini, Girish Mathrubootham, Gokul Rajaram, Jaime Schmidt, James Isilay, James Meekings, Jean Charles Samuelian, Jeff Hammerbacher, Jen Rubio Butterfield, Julia DeWahl, Kevin Stumpf, Kevin Weil, Kulveer Taggar, Kyle Vogt, Ligaya Tichy, Mark Chou, Mark Pincus, Mathilde Collin, Matt Mickiewicz, Moshe Lifschitz, Nkechi Iregbulem, Noah Sidman-Gale, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Peter Hunn, Peter Kazanjy, Ran Makavy, Sahin Boydas, Sam Corcos, Scott Belsky, Sergei Anikin, Sherry Coutu, Siqi Chen, Spencer Kimball, Stephen Cole, Thijn Lamers, Tim Ferriss, Tony Jamous, Vishal Rao, Will Brooks, Will Martin, Yann LeCun, Zachary Sims, Zach Segal
Nov 1, 2024	Kong	$180.0M Series E	—	Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Awesome People Ventures, Balderton Capital, C2 Investment, Citi Ventures, CRV, Earl Grey Capital, Framework Ventures, Global Innovation Fund, Gradient Ventures, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, ICONIQ Capital, Innovation Endeavors, iNovia Capital, Insight Partners, LombardStreet Ventures, Mucker Capital, Glenn Solomon, Notable Capital, Not Boring Capital, Pantera Capital, Paradigm, Propeller VC, Seed Club Ventures, Silverton Partners, Supercharge.vc, Sweater Ventures, Vibe Capital, Aaron Levie, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Ameet Patel, Amit Agarwal, Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Charlie Cheever, Christian Reber, Christina Cacioppo, Dwipal Desai, Dylan Field, Frederic Kerrest, James Beshara, Jawed Karim, Jeff Bezos, John Collison, Julia Hartz, Mark Cuban, Rob Theis, Scott Belsky, Tobias Lutke, Yoshua Bengio
Nov 1, 2024	Twenty	$5.0M Seed	—	10100, 5Y Capital, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Awesome People Ventures, Balderton Capital, Citi Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Granite Asia, ICONIQ Capital, Infinite Capital, Insight Partners, Jonathan Golden, New Enterprise Associates, Not Boring Capital, OpenCapital.vc, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Runa Capital, S28 Capital, Soma Capital, Summit Partners, Supercharge.vc, Tribe Capital, Vibe Capital, Y Combinator, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Arash Ferdowsi, Christian Reber, Dharmesh Shah, James Beshara, Jean Charles Samuelian, Mathilde Collin, Ravi Grover, Scott Belsky, Sergei Anikin, Shay Banon
Oct 1, 2024	Fixify	$25.0M Series A	—	AI4ALL, Blu Venture Investors, Coatue, Costanoa Ventures, Cyberstarts VC, Decibel Partners, Flex Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, Rain Capital, Sequoia Capital, Sweater Ventures, Anne Wojcicki, Oliver Friedrichs
Sep 1, 2024	Resolve.ai	$35.0M Seed	—	Accel, AI4ALL, Artisanal Ventures, C2 Investment, Guy Vidra, Costanoa Ventures, Founders Fund, Greylock, Innovation Endeavors, Operator Ventures, Partech Ventures, Primary Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Summit Partners, Techstars, Tiger Global Management, Unusual Ventures, Y Combinator, Aaron Rankin (Sprout Social), Akshay Kothari, Amjad Masad, Balaji Srinivasan, Bill Gates, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Gautam Gupta, George Morrison, Kyle Vogt, Mav Li, Mei Z., Thomas Dohmke

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Leadership Team

Key people at Radical Ventures.

Leadership Team

Key people at Radical Ventures.

Deep Dive

Radical Ventures is a Toronto-based early-stage venture capital firm specializing in investing in entrepreneurs who apply deep technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), to transform large industries such as healthcare, transportation, financial services, and life sciences. The firm’s mission is to back founders who understand AI’s profound impact on the future, supporting them through tailored resources and strategic partnerships to scale AI-first startups effectively. Radical Ventures invests primarily in AI-driven startups at pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages, with a portfolio that includes companies like Waabi (autonomous driving), Cohere (natural language processing), and Aspect Biosystems (biotechnology)[1][2][5].

Founded in 2017 by AI pioneers including Mustafa Suleyman (co-founder of DeepMind), Benji Sucher, and others with strong AI and entrepreneurial backgrounds, Radical Ventures emerged from their shared vision to pool investments in AI companies and support transformative innovation. The founders’ prior experience includes building and scaling AI companies such as Layer 6, which was acquired by TD Bank. The firm has since evolved to manage some of the largest exclusively AI-focused early-stage funds globally, backed by major institutional investors like Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and PSP Investments[2][3].

Core Differentiators

Exclusive AI Focus: Radical Ventures concentrates solely on AI and deep tech startups, positioning itself as a specialist in this rapidly evolving sector.
Founders’ Expertise: The founding team’s deep AI expertise and entrepreneurial track record provide unique insights and credibility.
Radical Velocity Program: Offers portfolio companies curated support in talent acquisition, technology infrastructure, go-to-market strategies, and governance.
Strong Institutional Backing: Raised large funds (e.g., $650M) supported by major pension funds, enabling significant investment capacity.
Global Presence: Offices in Toronto, Palo Alto, London, and New York facilitate access to diverse markets and networks[1][2][3][5].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Radical Ventures rides the wave of the AI revolution, which is poised to replace traditional software with adaptive, learning algorithms that improve in real-time. This transition is expected to disrupt virtually every industry by enabling more efficient, intelligent solutions. The firm’s timing is critical as AI adoption accelerates globally, and its investments help shape the future of AI-driven business models and technologies. By supporting AI-native startups, Radical Ventures influences the broader ecosystem by fostering innovation, accelerating AI integration across sectors, and helping build the next generation of transformative companies[5].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Radical Ventures is well-positioned to capitalize on the ongoing AI upgrade cycle in software and industry applications. The firm will likely continue expanding its portfolio in AI-driven sectors such as healthcare, climate tech, and autonomous systems, leveraging its expertise and network to scale startups rapidly. As AI technologies mature and become ubiquitous, Radical Ventures’ influence is expected to grow, potentially shaping the competitive landscape of multiple industries and driving the next wave of technological transformation[1][5].

In summary, Radical Ventures stands out as a leading AI-focused venture capital firm with deep domain expertise, strong institutional support, and a strategic approach to nurturing startups that are redefining how industries operate through artificial intelligence.

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Core Differentiators

Exclusive AI Focus: Radical Ventures concentrates solely on AI and deep tech startups, positioning itself as a specialist in this rapidly evolving sector.
Founders’ Expertise: The founding team’s deep AI expertise and entrepreneurial track record provide unique insights and credibility.
Radical Velocity Program: Offers portfolio companies curated support in talent acquisition, technology infrastructure, go-to-market strategies, and governance.
Strong Institutional Backing: Raised large funds (e.g., $650M) supported by major pension funds, enabling significant investment capacity.
Global Presence: Offices in Toronto, Palo Alto, London, and New York facilitate access to diverse markets and networks[1][2][3][5].