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Laude Ventures Fund I

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $75M
Focus: AI/ML and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Laude Ventures Fund I

Laude Ventures Fund I is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Deeply technical CS founders turning research breakthroughs into paradigm-creating companies

deep tech / technical infra

lab-to-market spinouts

AI/ML applications

research-rooted startups

paradigm-creating companies

Bullish Signals

Backing AI health spinouts (e.g. Voio)external

Tied to UCSF/Berkeley CPH ecosystemexternal

51 top CS scientists as LPswebsite

Turing Award winner in LP basewebsite

GPs are technical unicorn founderswebsite

LPs include 10+ unicorn/decacorn founderswebsite

Meet technologists at discovery momentswebsite

Early-stage firm mobilizing resource universewebsite

First followers of visionary computer scientistswebsite

Partner early to ignite momentum globallywebsite

$150M fund + $100M nonprofit institutelinkedin

Andy Konwinski TIME100AI 2025 honoreelinkedin

Laude Institute funds CS researchers directlylinkedin

$100M nonprofit grants for researcherslinkedin

Scientific breakthroughs + breakout companies missionlinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Academic network-gated deal flowexternal

Narrow CS/research founder profile onlywebsite

Founder Do's

Show clinical + engineering intersection

Highlight AI reducing healthcare costs

Connect to academic ecosystems

Be a deeply technical CS founder

Have research lab or academic roots

Founder Don'ts

Non-technical or business-only founders

Late-stage or growth-only plays

No research or breakthrough angle

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$75M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Ete Sonsini, Andy Konwinski

Andy KonwinskiGP / Founder

Pete SonsiniGP / Founder

Andrew KrioukovGP / Founder

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