10 AR/VR Investors Based in Palo Alto

Your odds of raising from local investors are better than trying to raise capital from outside your city. We put together this list to help Palo Alto-based founders connect with AR/VR-based investors that write checks into AR/VR companies. Here are 10 investors that match that criteria.

1) Ajay Ramachandran

Fund: Happiness Ventures
Title: Founding Partner
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, DEI, Recruiting, Insurtech, Logistics, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Sales Tech, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel

2) Brian Burton

Fund: Playground Global
Title: Venture Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A
Sectors: AR/VR, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cybersecurity, Logistics, Manufacturing, Other Tech, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Space, Transportation

3) Israel Munoz

Fund: Acrew Capital
Title: Associate Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Developer Tools, Future of Work, EdTech, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Logistics

4) Jane Lee

Fund: RPS Ventures
Title: Senior Investment Associate
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series B
Sectors: AI, AR/VR, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity, Cloud, E-Commerce, Fintech, Insurtech, Logistics, Consumer, Enterprise, Proptech

5) Marta Saxena

Fund: Valo Ventures
Title: Finance
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
Sectors: Clean Tech, Cloud, Fashion, Internet of Things, Cosmetics, Art, AR/VR, AI, Agriculture Tech, Digital Health and Wellness, Cybersecurity, EdTech, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Insurtech, eSports, Parenting, Travel, Sales Tech, Robotics, Quantum Computing, Future of Work

6) Matthew Divack

Fund: Moment Ventures
Title: Principal
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: AR/VR, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Proptech, Robotics, Social Impact, Space, Transportation

7) Otilia Barbuta

Fund: HP
Title: Senior Associate / HP Tech Ventures
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Parenting, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Space, Transportation, Travel

8) Rohit Rao

Fund: Cervin
Title: Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: AR/VR, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Quantum Computing, Enterprise, AI

9) Sanchana Vasikaran

Fund: Norwest Venture Partners
Title: Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, Internet of Things, Enterprise, Other Tech, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Sales Tech

10) Stella Zhang

Fund: Conductive Ventures
Title: Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
Sectors: AI, AR/VR, Cosmetics, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Fintech, Recruiting, Internet of Things, Insurtech, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Robotics, Sales Tech, Transportation

Hopefully this list helps you find more local investors that invest in companies in your sector. If you’re looking to pitch these investors + the rest of the Confluence.VC investor network, make sure to check out Commonapp.VC