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Felicis Ventures

https://www.felicis.com
Last activity: 17.09.2026
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We back founders building iconic companies that transcend boundaries: we partner around the world, across sectors, and at various stages, primarily before success is obvious.

We also invest directly in founders' growth by committing 1% on top of every first check we write towards personalized executive coaching, therapy and more.

Felicis has backed more than 40 companies valued at $1B+ and more than 90 companies that have been acquired or gone public, including Shopify (IPO), Adyen (IPO), Credit Karma (acq by Intuit), Cruise (acq by GM), Ginkgo Bioworks (IPO), Guardant Health (IPO), Meraki (acq by Cisco) and Ring (acq by Amazon).
News
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Portfolio
211
Persons
9
Mentions
374
Location: United States, California, Menlo Park
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2006
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Series A; Series B; Series C

Portfolio 211

DateNameWebsiteTotal RaisedLocation
16.07.2026Bunkerhill...bunkerhillhealth.com$55MUnited Sta...
25.06.2026runlayer.com$41MUnited Sta...
13.05.2026Fractilefractile.ai$376.4MUnited Kin...
05.05.2026DeepInfradeepinfra.com$133MUnited Sta...
01.04.2026Sona Techn...sona.ai$45MUnited Kin...
20.03.2026Paraformparaform.com$90MUnited Sta...
19.03.2026Condor Sof...condorsoftware.com$24MUnited Sta...
11.03.2026Standard K...standardkernel.com$20MUnited Sta...
11.03.2026Depotdepot.dev$14.1MUnited Sta...
16.02.2026Runwayrunwayml.com$1.83BUnited Sta...
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News 9

DateTitleDescription
-Welcoming Harley Finkelstein, Chief Platform Officer at Shopify, to our Founder Advisory CouncilAt Felicis, we have long believed that great companies can be built anywhere in the world, aided by the democratization of access to capital, customers and talent. We have been fortunate to back companies based in 11 different countries. We...
-Why we invested in Okera, the future of data securityA little over a year ago we took a chance on two exceptional founders, and led the seed round for Okera, a groundbreaking data security company. Today, we’re thrilled to celebrate alongside them in the close of the company’s $12M Series A (...
-Celebrating the Felicis Team and Embarking on a New ChapterIn one of the most exciting developments in Felicis history, we announced last week the close of our sixth and largest fund to-date ($270 million) and welcomed our fourth Managing Director, Victoria Treyger. We are incredibly fortunate that...
-Congratulations and thank you, Adyen!I almost didn’t write this post. I have multiple tabs open on my browser as I search for our next investments; those who know me know that I’m constantly looking ahead. Nevertheless, I felt compelled to pause and honor an important day for ...
-Welcoming Grace Chou to Felicis!We’re excited to announce Grace Chou is joining Felicis Ventures as a Senior Associate on the investment team. Grace honed her operational strength in strategy and business development at Walmart eCommerce where she spent over four years le...
-From 0 to $200M – Celebrating our First Decade in Venture and Starting the Next with a New Fund-
-Raising the Bar on Young Talent & Diversity – We’re Very Excited to Announce Niki Pezeshki as the Newest Member of our Investment Team-
-Welcoming Beth Steinberg to Felicis Ventures as a Key Advisor for Talent and People OperationsPursuing the right talent along with building a unique, sustainable company culture should be top of mind for every CEO. So important in fact that in two surveys we conducted among our portfolio companies, it was highlighted as one of the m...
-Re-imagining the Rule of 40 for Early Stage Startups: The 70% Growth Efficiency HeuristicIt’s been a fascinating period for startups. For a few years, as founders, all you heard was the mantra of “grow at all costs.” Thankfully, sanity is back, and with it has arrived a ruthless focus on efficiency and a new set of principles f...

Mentions in press and media 374

DateTitleDescription
17.09.2026Magentic raises $18M to automate industrial operations with AI agentsMagentic, a provider of AI-powered digital workers for industrial companies, has raised $18 million in Series A funding, a year after its launch. The round was led by Felicis, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital and T...
20.08.2026Smack Raises $61 Million Series B, Bringing Total Funding Above $90 Million To Scale Tactical AISmack Technologies has raised $61 million in Series B financing to expand its domain-specific artificial intelligence technology for military decision-making, bringing the national security AI company’s total capital raised to more than $90...
19.08.2026Nvidia in talks to invest in AI data startup Mercor at $20 billion valuationNvidia is in talks to invest in Mercor, the AI data startup whose valuation could double to $20 billion less than a year after its last major funding round, according to a report from The Information. The potential investment would make Nvi...
18.08.2026Smack Technologies Raises $61M in Series B FundingSmack Technologies, an Austin, TX-based provider of an AI platform for national security, raised $61M in Series B financing. The round was led by Costanoa Ventures and First In with participation from Point72 Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Nom...
12.08.2026Heaviside Industries Raises $60M in Series B FundingHeaviside Industries, a Los Angeles, CA-based provider of multi-domain precision munitions platforms, raised $60M in Series B funding. The round was led by Felicis with participation from Hedosophia, Menlo Ventures, Cantos, Flume Ventures, ...
03.08.2026The VC firm behind Shopify is doubling down on robotics and defenseHard tech used to be a hard sell in Silicon Valley. Now, a major venture firm is staffing up to invest in it. Felicis, the Bay Area venture capital firm best known for bets on Shopify, Notion, and Mercor, has hired Graham Littlehale as a pa...
28.07.2026Tines Launches 3B to Help Enterprises Govern AI Workflows, Apps and AgentsAfter tripling its enterprise customer base, Tines rebuilt its platform for a world where every employee can build with AI. DUBLIN and BOSTON, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Tines, the intelligent workflow company trusted by enterprises incl...
27.07.2026Assort Health Secures $120M to Scale AI Patient AccessAssort Health announced a $120 million Series C funding round. The financing values the AI agents platform at $1.2 billion. Menlo Ventures led the investment. This brings Assort's total capital raised to over $222 million. The company will ...
23.07.2026Assort Health Announces $120M Series C SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Assort Health has announced a $120 million Series C financing, led by Menlo Ventures. >> Click here for more funding data on Assort Health >> To export Assort Health funding data to PDF and Excel, click here ...
21.07.2026Singularity Emerges from Stealth with $80M Series A LOS ANGELES, CA, Singularity emerged from stealth with an oversubscribed $80 million Series A at a $400 million valuation. >> Click here for more funding data on Singularity Defense >> To export Singularity Defense funding data...
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