Firms

Gradient Ventures
New York, New York · San Francisco, California · Boulder, Colorado · Miami Beach, Florida · Palo Alto, California · Los Altos, California · San Francisco Bay Area
Independent AI-focused venture firm founded in2017, with Google remaining an LP and partner. Initial strategy emphasizes pre-seed and seed across applications, agents, developer infrastructure and real-world AI in biology, materials, robotics and compute. Direct neurotechnology backing not verified in scoped sources; GV is distinct.
- Founded
- 2017
- Type
- Venture capital
Funds1
Fund 5$220M
Oversubscribed closedfund activelyinvesting; distinct from nearlyUSD1.2B managedassets acrossfivefunds. Independent firm; GooglecontinuesLP/partner.
Team
![]() Andrew Brackin Gradient Ventures, Partner | $2M$1M – $8M | San Francisco, California |
![]() Bonita Stewart Gradient Ventures, partner | $1M$100K – $5M | New York, New York |
![]() Kyle Duffy Gradient Ventures, unknown | $50K$25K – $100K | Boulder, Colorado |
![]() Asif Moosani Gradient Ventures, principal | $50K$10K – $100K | San Francisco Bay Area |
![]() Zach Bratun-Glennon Gradient Ventures, General Partner | —$1M – $10M | Global |
![]() Donald Harrison Gradient Ventures, managing_partner | —$500K – $10M | Los Altos, California |
![]() Emerson Kirk Gradient Ventures, principal | —$5K – $25K | San Francisco Bay Area |
![]() Darian Shirazi Gradient Ventures, General Partner | —$100K – $8M | San Francisco Bay Area · Berlin, Germany · Palo Alto, California · San Francisco, California |
![]() Anna Patterson Gradient Ventures, managing_partner | —$10K – $100K | San Francisco, California |
![]() Clayton Petty Gradient Ventures, partner | —$1M – $8M | San Francisco, California |
![]() Rish Joshi Gradient Ventures, investor | —$10K – $50K | San Francisco, California |
![]() Wen-Wen Lam Gradient Ventures, partner | —$1M – $8M | San Francisco, California · Miami Beach, Florida |
![]() Braden Harrison Gradient Ventures, Associate | —— – — | |
![]() Denise Teng Gradient Ventures, Partner | —— – — | |
![]() Devon Buford Gradient Ventures, Operations Manager | —— – — | |
![]() Erin Drooks Gradient Ventures, Head of Talent | —— – — | |
![]() Jackie Eicholz Gradient Ventures, Public Relations & Communications | —— – — | |
![]() Jarred Morales-Mckinzie Gradient Ventures, Head of Finance & Operations | —— – — | |
![]() Vig Sachidananda Gradient Ventures, Partner | —— – — |
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