19 AI 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 AI-based investors that write checks into AI companies. Here are 19 investors that match that criteria.

1) Aditya Nishtala

Fund: Arka Venture Labs
Title: Principal
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: Marketing, Future of Work, AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Internet of Things, Logistics, DEI, Robotics, Sales Tech

2) 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

3) Amir Kabir

Fund: AV8 Ventures
Title: Partner
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Clean Tech, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Marketplaces, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Transportation

4) Anusha Sriram

Fund: SAIGroup
Title: Senior Investment Analyst
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Internet of Things, Digital Health and Wellness, E-Commerce, Fintech, Government Tech, Insurtech, Enterprise, Other Tech

5) Arif Damji

Fund: Conductive Ventures
Title: Principal
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Series B
Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, Recruiting, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Logistics, Manufacturing, Enterprise, Proptech, Robotics, Sales Tech, Travel

6) Ashley Paston

Fund: Meritech Capital
Title: Partner
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, E-Commerce, Fintech, Insurtech, Proptech

7) 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

8) Brittany Walker

Fund: CRV
Title: Principal
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, EdTech, Fintech, eSports, Recruiting, Insurtech, Logistics, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Sales Tech, Travel

9) Caitlin Bolnick

Fund: CRV
Title: Principal
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, Fintech, Enterprise

10) Chris Huether

Fund: PruVen Capital
Title: CFO, COO
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Cloud, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, Fintech, DEI, Insurtech, Proptech, Parenting

11) Elaine Dai

Fund: Norwest Venture Partners
Title: Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Internet of Things, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Consumer, Enterprise

12) Ilse Calderon

Fund: OVO Fund
Title: Principal
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors: Marketing, AI, Media

13) 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

14) 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

15) Jared Katzen

Fund: PruVen Capital
Title: Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Series A, Series B
Sectors: Agriculture Tech, AI, Clean Tech, Cloud, Future of Work, Fintech, Recruiting, DEI, Insurtech, Proptech

16) Justin Ernest

Fund: Playground Global
Title: Venture Investor
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Electronics, Logistics, Manufacturing, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Space, Transportation

17) Maitree Mervana

Fund: Acrew Capital
Title: Principal
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors: AI, Cloud, Communications, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, Fintech, Enterprise, Other Tech

18) Maria Salamanca

Fund: Ulu Ventures
Title: Partner
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors: AI, Internet of Things, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Enterprise, Space

19) 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

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