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Vela Partners

San Francisco, CA · Invests in US · Website

SeedB2B SaaSAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsCybersecurityHealthcare & BiotechEducationEnterprise SoftwareDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureSecurity & CybersecurityRobotics & AutomationHealthcare & Digital HealthEdTech

Thesis

AI-native quant VC backing seed-stage founders with speed and precision. The world's first AI-only fund uses proprietary machine learning models and a University of Oxford research partnership to identify exceptional founders building category-defining AI products. Vela's AI Suite analyzes 300+ early-stage companies weekly; their models demonstrate 10-20x improvement over baseline success prediction rates.

Likely not a fit for

No non-AI companies. No pure consumer social. No later-stage investments (Series B+). No companies without clear, defensible AI differentiation.

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually leads
Typical decision
~1 week
Warm intro
Not required
Involvement
Observer
Fund status
Actively deploying
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

5 contacts on file

YI

Yigit Ihlamur

General PartnerCo-founder, General Partner · Primary contact

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Chris Babcock

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FA

Fuat Alican

General PartnerCo-founder, General Partner, Chief Investment Officer

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MI

Murat Ihlamur

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YI

Yiğit Ihlamur

General PartnerGeneral Partner

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Portfolio

CloudNatixEnterprise Software

CloudNatix provides efficient AI infrastructure as a service, enabling businesses to optimize their AI workloads across multiple cloud platforms with a focus on cost reduction and scalability.

Axiom CloudEnterprise Software

Axiom Cloud provides AI-powered refrigeration management software designed to reduce energy and maintenance costs, service calls, and refrigerant leak rates for grocery and cold storage operations.

HuckleberryHealthcare Digital

Huckleberry helps families improve sleep for newborns to 5-year-olds through expert-designed sleep plans and tracking features.

BitoDeveloper Tools Infra

Bito provides AI-powered tools for code generation and review, enhancing productivity for developers through its AI Architect and code review agents integrated with popular IDEs.

HiVergeEnterprise Software

Hiverge builds an AI discovery engine that automatically writes algorithms for critical optimisation problems, leveraging state-of-the-art program synthesis technology.

CartkenRobotics Automation

Cartken provides autonomous robots designed for efficient indoor and outdoor material handling, streamlining logistics in complex environments.

Limitless

Limitless is an AI-powered platform that aims to augment human intelligence and overcome biological limitations through innovative tools. Recently acquired by Meta, the company focuses on AI-enabled wearables and enhancing memory and focus for users.

Bear RoboticsRobotics Automation

Bear Robotics develops innovative robotic solutions for the hospitality industry, focusing on enhancing service efficiency and customer experience.

BlueQubitEnterprise Software

BlueQubit provides a Quantum Software as a Service platform that allows users to design, simulate, and run quantum circuits from their browser without needing quantum hardware. The platform supports integration with leading quantum processors like IBM Heron and Quantinuum H2 QPUs.

Promoted.aiEcommerce Marketplaces

Promoted.ai provides APIs for optimizing search, feeds, promotions, and ads for marketplaces. It focuses on enhancing online marketplace performance.

NominalEnterprise Software

Nominal provides a unified industrial data stack and AI automation platform for hardware engineering and finance, enabling real-time data analysis, collaboration, and automated workflows.

CerbySecurity Cyber

Cerby provides identity automation solutions for disconnected applications, focusing on credential management, identity lifecycle management, privileged access management, and enterprise social media security.

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Vela Partners Research About Vela Partners Vela Partners is the world's first AI-only venture capital fund, founded in 2016 by ex-Googlers Yigit Ihlamur and Fuat Alican. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, the firm describes itself as an "AI-native quant VC" that uses proprietary machine learning models and AI-driven evaluation tools to identify and back exceptional AI founders at the seed stage.

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