Verified Capital

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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)
Oct 1, 2025	Harvey	$59.0M Series E	—	Afore Capital, Array Ventures, C2 Investment, Chingona Ventures, Conviction Partners, DST Global, Innovation Endeavors, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Open AI Startup Fund, Propeller VC, Saga, Sequoia Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Elad Gil, Jeff Bezos, Karim Atiyeh, Mei Z., Reshma Saujani, Scott Belsky
Oct 1, 2025	Base Power	$1.0B Series C	—	8090 Industries, 8VC, Addition, Afore Capital, Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Contrary Capital, CRV, Dragonfly Capital Partners, DST Global, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, J2 Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Kohala Ventures, Lux Capital, M12, Marlinspike, NFX, Open AI Startup Fund, Ravelin Capital, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Trust Ventures, Village Global, XYZ Venture Capital, Elad Gil, Eric Futoran, Larry Braitman, Lawrence Braitman, Ron Pragides
Oct 1, 2025	AiPrise	$13.0M Series A	—	1984 Ventures, SixThirty, Wedbush Ventures, Y Combinator, Immad Akhund, Samvit Ramadurgam
Sep 1, 2025	Lava	$18.0M Series A	—	DST Global, Founders Fund, Han Hua, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Open AI Startup Fund, Quiet Capital, Sequoia Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Elad Gil, Eric Wu, Steve Lee
Sep 1, 2025	Alex AI	$17.0M Series A	—	1984 Ventures, 305 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Banana Capital, Mark Kahn, First Round Capital, FTX Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Soma Capital, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi, Paul Graham, Saxon Baum
Jun 1, 2025	Harvey	$300.0M Series E	—	Accel, Afore Capital, Array Ventures, Better Capital, C2 Investment, Cedar Capital Group, Chingona Ventures, Coatue, Conviction Partners, Craft Ventures, DST Global, Founders Fund, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Hanabi Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Matrix, Open AI Startup Fund, Outcast Ventures, Propeller VC, Saga, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Adam D'Angelo, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Drew Houston, Elad Gil, Greg Brockman, Jeff Bezos, Karim Atiyeh, Mei Z., Mike Krieger, Reshma Saujani, Scott Belsky
May 1, 2025	Monarch Money	$75.0M Series B	—	2xN, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, C2 Investment, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Felicis Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Crystal Huang, Hanabi Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Matrix, Menlo Ventures, Outcast Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Springdale Ventures, TMV, Adam D'Angelo, Adam Marchick, Ameet Patel, Amit Agarwal, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Drew Houston, Greg Brockman, Mike Krieger, Scott Belsky, Tom Williams
Apr 1, 2025	Thatch	$40.0M Series B	—	2.12 Angels, AAF Management Ltd., Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Brainchild, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Digital Currency Group, Dimension Capital, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Kindred Ventures, Locus Ventures, LombardStreet Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Off the Grid Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Pantera Capital, South Park Commons, The General Partnership, The Hit Forge, Third Kind Ventures, Uncork Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Chris Kelly, George Burke, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Kaushik Subramanian, Mo El-Bibany, Shervin Pishevar
Feb 1, 2025	Hidden Level	$65.0M Series C	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Off the Grid Ventures, Pantera Capital, South Park Commons, The Hit Forge, Uncork Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Shervin Pishevar
Feb 1, 2025	Harvey	$300.0M Series D	—	Afore Capital, Array Ventures, C2 Investment, Chingona Ventures, Conviction Partners, DST Global, Innovation Endeavors, Kleiner Perkins, Open AI Startup Fund, Propeller VC, Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil, Jeff Bezos, Mei Z., Reshma Saujani
Nov 1, 2024	Revv	$20.0M Series A	—	1984 Ventures, Left Lane Capital, NFX, Y Combinator
Oct 1, 2024	General Galactic	$8.0M Seed	—	8VC, Alumni Ventures, Bee Partners, Cantos Ventures, FJ Labs, Refactor Capital, Sequoia Capital, Virta Ventures
Oct 1, 2024	Pallet	$18.0M Series A	—	Accel, Astia, C2 Investment, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Hanabi Capital, Matrix, Outcast Ventures, Spark Capital, Adam D'Angelo, Amit Agarwal, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Cynthia Ringo, Drew Houston, Greg Brockman, Mike Krieger, Ravi Parikh, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky
Sep 1, 2024	Thatch	$38.0M Series A	—	2.12 Angels, AAF Management Ltd., Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Brainchild, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Digital Currency Group, Dimension Capital, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Kindred Ventures, Locus Ventures, LombardStreet Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Off the Grid Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Pantera Capital, South Park Commons, The General Partnership, The Hit Forge, Third Kind Ventures, Uncork Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Chris Kelly, George Burke, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Kaushik Subramanian, Mo El-Bibany, Shervin Pishevar
Sep 1, 2024	Capsa AI	$2.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Antler, Ballistic Ventures, Conversion Capital, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Greylock, Kindred Capital VC, Maveron, North Island Ventures, Nyca Partners, Outrun Ventures, Outward VC, Valar Ventures, Y Combinator, Kris Duggan
Aug 1, 2024	Windsurf	$150.0M Series C	—	Accel, Amplify Partners, C2 Investment, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Craft Ventures, foobar.vc, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Hanabi Capital, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Matrix, Outcast Ventures, Spark Capital, Visionaries Club, Adam D'Angelo, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Chris Murphy, Christian Reber, Drew Houston, Dylan Field, Greg Brockman, Mike Krieger, Scott Belsky
Aug 1, 2024	Reliant AI	$11.0M Seed	—	Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, C2 Investment, CapitalG, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Craft Ventures, CVS Health, Founders Fund, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Hanabi Capital, ICONIQ Capital, iNovia Capital, IVP, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix, Outcast Ventures, Pillar VC, Saltagen Ventures, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, Union Square Ventures, Adam D'Angelo, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Drew Houston, Elad Gil, Esther Dyson, Greg Brockman, Mike Krieger, Scott Belsky
Jul 1, 2024	Headway	$100.0M Series D	—	Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, C2 Investment, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Hanabi Capital, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Matrix, Outcast Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Adam D'Angelo, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Drew Houston, Greg Brockman, Michael Moritz, Mike Krieger, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky
Jul 1, 2024	Harvey	$100.0M Series C	—	Better Capital, DST Global, Kleiner Perkins, Open AI Startup Fund, Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil
Jun 1, 2024	Zeta Labs	$3.0M Seed	—	Accel, Angel investor, C2 Investment, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Curious Capital, Founders Fund, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Hanabi Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix, Outcast Ventures, Spark Capital, Aaron Levie, Adam D'Angelo, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Drew Houston, Greg Brockman, Jared Leto, Karim Atiyeh, Mike Krieger, Mike Vernal, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky
Jun 1, 2024	Etched.ai	$120.0M Series A	—	Accel, AngelList Syndicator, ARCH Venture Partners, C2 Investment, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Craft Ventures, First Round Capital, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Greycroft, Hanabi Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Innovation Endeavors, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Matrix, Colin Bryant, O'Shaughnessy Ventures, Outcast Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Adrian Aoun, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Daniel Kan, Drew Houston, Greg Brockman, James Beshara, Jonathan Swanson, Kyle Vogt, Mei Z., Mike Krieger, Naveen Jain, Roland Fassauer, Scott Belsky
May 1, 2024	Scale AI	$1.0B Series F	—	Abstract Ventures, Accel, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Amino Collective, Andreessen Horowitz, Balderton Capital, Battery Ventures, Bling Capital, Breakpoint Capital, C2 Investment, Catapult Capital, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, CoinFund, Creandum, CRV, Kevin Ding, Divergence Ventures, Dragonfly Capital Partners, FJ Labs, Forerunner Ventures, Founders Fund, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, Romero Rodrigues, Helium-3 Ventures, Index Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, IVP, Jigsaw VC, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Maven Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Multicoin Capital, Outcast Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Polychain Capital, Presight Capital, Primitive Ventures, Quiet Capital, Saga, Scale Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Signia Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Stellar Capital, Stellation Capital, Susa Ventures, TMV, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Upload Ventures, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Ben Lin, Ben Porterfield, Bobby Lo, Dan Martell, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Gokul Rajaram, Haroon Mokhtarzada, John Collison, Larry Braitman, Lawrence Braitman, Luis Cuende, Manik Gupta, Mathilde Collin, Matt Bellamy, Mike Vernal, Peter Sonsini, Regan Bozman, Sahin Boydas, Sam Lambert, Samvit Ramadurgam, Scott Belsky, Shane Neman, Sohail Prasad, Stani Kulechov, Stefan George, Sue Xu, Trevor Martin
Jan 1, 2024	Windsurf	$65.0M Series B	—	Accel, C2 Investment, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Craft Ventures, foobar.vc, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Hanabi Capital, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Matrix, Outcast Ventures, Spark Capital, Visionaries Club, Adam D'Angelo, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Chris Murphy, Christian Reber, Drew Houston, Dylan Field, Greg Brockman, Mike Krieger, Scott Belsky
Dec 1, 2023	Harvey	$80.0M Series B	—	DST Global, Kleiner Perkins, Open AI Startup Fund, Sequoia Capital, Elad Gil
Oct 1, 2023	Headway	$130.0M Series C	—	Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, C2 Investment, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Hanabi Capital, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Matrix, Outcast Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Adam D'Angelo, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever, Drew Houston, Greg Brockman, Michael Moritz, Mike Krieger, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky

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Leadership Team

Key people at Verified Capital.

Kris Fredrickson

Investor

Leadership Team

Key people at Verified Capital.

Kris Fredrickson

Investor

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Verified Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded by Kris Fredrickson, a former partner at Coatue Management. The firm operates with a flexible, stage- and sector-agnostic investment philosophy, allowing it to back technology companies at any growth phase and across industries. Verified Capital focuses on working closely with a small, select group of founders to build enduring, high-impact businesses, deliberately limiting its portfolio to 8 to 10 core investments per fund to provide deep operational support and engagement. Its debut fund closed at $175 million in July 2025, backed by prominent tech founders and institutional investors. The firm’s portfolio spans sectors such as AI, consumer technology, enterprise software, and fintech, reflecting a broad mandate without traditional constraints like ownership targets or board seats[1][2][3].

Origin Story

Verified Capital was founded in 2025 by Kris Fredrickson, who previously invested in and advised high-growth technology companies at Coatue Management. Fredrickson launched Verified Capital to pursue a more focused and founder-aligned investment approach, stepping away from the typical venture model of broad portfolio diversification. The firm’s founding reflects Fredrickson’s belief in concentrated bets on exceptional startups, particularly in the accelerating AI innovation landscape. The debut fund attracted high-profile limited partners including Instacart cofounder Apoorva Mehta, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, and investor Elad Gil, signaling strong confidence in the firm’s vision and leadership[1][2][3].

Core Differentiators

Selective Investment Model: Verified Capital invests in only 8 to 10 companies per fund, enabling deep engagement and tailored support rather than spreading resources thin.
Stage and Sector Agnostic: The firm imposes no traditional constraints on stage, sector, ownership, or board involvement, allowing flexibility to partner with diverse founders.
Strong Network: Backed by influential tech founders and institutional investors, Verified Capital leverages a powerful network for portfolio companies.
Founder Alignment: Emphasizes long-term partnerships with founders, focusing on durability and true product-market fit over short-term valuations.
Operational Support: The team’s experience in venture and growth equity investing translates into close operational engagement with portfolio companies, especially in AI and high-growth tech sectors[1][3].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Verified Capital is positioned at the intersection of rising AI innovation and a maturing venture capital environment that favors quality over quantity. Its timing is significant as AI startups face increasing competition for capital and demand more selective, value-add investors. By focusing on a small number of high-potential companies, Verified Capital rides the trend of concentrated, founder-centric investing amid a crowded market. This approach challenges the "spray-and-pray" model common in venture capital, potentially influencing other firms to adopt more disciplined strategies. Its investments in AI-driven startups like Harvey AI and Perplexity demonstrate its role in shaping the future AI ecosystem[3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Verified Capital is likely to deepen its focus on AI and other transformative technologies, leveraging its concentrated portfolio strategy to back the next generation of market leaders. Trends such as AI adoption, enterprise automation, and fintech innovation will shape its investment journey. As the firm matures, its influence may grow through successful exits and by setting a precedent for founder-aligned, high-touch venture investing. Verified Capital’s disciplined approach positions it well to build a reputation for backing durable, high-impact companies in an evolving tech landscape[3].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Selective Investment Model: Verified Capital invests in only 8 to 10 companies per fund, enabling deep engagement and tailored support rather than spreading resources thin.
Stage and Sector Agnostic: The firm imposes no traditional constraints on stage, sector, ownership, or board involvement, allowing flexibility to partner with diverse founders.
Strong Network: Backed by influential tech founders and institutional investors, Verified Capital leverages a powerful network for portfolio companies.
Founder Alignment: Emphasizes long-term partnerships with founders, focusing on durability and true product-market fit over short-term valuations.
Operational Support: The team’s experience in venture and growth equity investing translates into close operational engagement with portfolio companies, especially in AI and high-growth tech sectors[1][3].