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Radical Ventures Early Stage AI Fund IV

Geography
Canada
Stage
Seed
Fund size
$650M
Focus
AI/ML and Data Infrastructure
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N°01 / About

About Radical Ventures Early Stage AI Fund IV

Early-stage artificial intelligence startups (science, infrastructure, enterprise). Seed, Series A.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionCanada
Funding StageSeed
Industry Focus
AI/ML
Data Infrastructure

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Deep-tech AI agents, scientific discovery, Canada-connected

early-stage AI
AI agents & scientific discovery
embodied AI & robotics
quantum & deep tech
biotech & climate solutions
world models & spatial intelligence
inference infrastructure
drug discovery AI
satellite intelligence
energy-optimized AI infrastructure

Bullish Signals

$650M Fund IV just closedexternal
CPP invested $280M across Radical fundsexternal
Eric Schmidt family office backed fundexternal
LPs include Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, TDexternal
Portfolio: Cohere, Waabi, Xanadu, Inherentexternal
$800M growth fund closed Aug 2024external
Backing AI agents solving scientific discoverysocial
Portfolio exits: 3 acquired + 1 IPOexternal
Backing embodied AI (Generalist), roboticsexternal
Quantum computing & photonics (Xanadu)external
Drug discovery AI (Latent, Nabla Bio)external
Climate tech & energy optimization backingexternal
World models & spatial AI (World Labs)external
Inference infrastructure stack play (Etched)external
Biotech 3D printing + cell therapy (Aspect)external
Satellite earth intelligence (Muon Space)external
AI material discovery (Orbital Industries)external
AI-first energy grid optimization (Emerald)external

Contrarian Signals

LP list largely undisclosedexternal
Canada-heavy portfolio, niche networkexternal
6 funds in — late manager lifecycleexternal

Founder Do's

Build AI-core, not AI-wrapper
Canada-based or Canada-connected a plus
Show deep technical AI foundations
Target large institutional markets
Explore human-AI collaboration & safety-first design
Focus on automation of discovery/design
Target hard physics/biology problems

Founder Don'ts

Non-AI business models
Late-stage only — separate fund for that
Avoid vague 'AI-enabled' positioning

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$650M
Saves0
Website
LinkedIn
People

Key People

Jordan Jacobs, Aaron Brindle

Jordan JacobsCo-Founder & Managing Partner
Aaron BrindlePartner
Richa MehtaPartner
Molly WelchPartner
Aaron RosenbergPartner
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