An early-stage venture firm built to serve founders.

About Karman

Karman is a venture firm built to serve pre-seed and seed-stage founders who are building the next generation of AI-native companies.

We are optimistic about the future and believe AI will have a profoundly positive impact on society.

We built the firm founders told us they wanted: move fast, commit early, and actively support with hiring, customer introductions, and follow-on fundraising.

Our LPs are founders, operators, and investors who have built some of the most iconic companies of our generation.

By bringing them together, Karman’s goal is simple: to put our collective experience and networks to work in service of the founders we partner with.

How We Invest
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‍We focus on pre-seed and seed. We like to invest early and are often the first institutional capital, writing checks between $100K and $500K.

‍Areas of interest
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• Application layer of AI
• AI infrastructure software
• AI for legacy industries
• Embodied AI
• Founders advancing the American national interest (American Dynamism)

‍Portfolio
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‍We like working with technical teams who are relentlessly committed to building products that customers love. We are proud to already be working with exceptional founders, including:
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• Paradigm – founded by Anna Monaco
• Not Diamond – founded by Tomás Hernando Kofman
• Julius AI – founded by Rahul Sonwalkar
• Cluely – founded by Roy Lee
• Momentic – founded by Wei-Wei Wu