Stage FocusPre-Seed, Seed
GeographyUS
TypeVC
Last Activity2026
Industry Focus
Industries
AIRoboticsSpaceAerospaceAdvanced Manufacturing
Technical BenchLimited
Investor TypeGeneralist
ExposureSome DeepTech Investments
Bio
Garuda Ventures is a San Francisco Bay Area first-check venture capital fund founded by general partners Rishi Taparia and Arpan Punyani. Taparia was an early business hire at Poynt (acquired by GoDaddy for $365 million) and sourced Matrix Partners' seed investment in Canva before founding Garuda; Punyani spent eight years at Okta leading M&A, Okta Ventures and strategic partnerships as the compan...
Notable Investments
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Mind RoboticsF
Foundry RoboticsM
MiraiA
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New York, United States
GeneralistAIBiotechRoboticsPre-SeedSeed
BC
Bling Capital
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GeneralistAIAerospaceMedtechPre-SeedSeed
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CapitalX
South Lake Tahoe, United States
GeneralistAIAerospaceRoboticsPre-SeedSeed
fV
ff Venture Capital
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GeneralistAIRoboticsAdvanced ManufacturingPre-SeedSeed
FC
Founder Collective
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
GeneralistAIRoboticsDefensePre-SeedSeed
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Haystack
San Francisco, United States
GeneralistAISpaceMobilityPre-SeedSeed