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Citrine Ventures

VC
Los Angeles, CAWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $1.5M

AUM

$50M

Portfolio

19+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on unconventional materials science startups with applications in semiconductors and AI-focused hardware.

Meet the Team

RF

Ruth Foxe Blader

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Fintech
AI
Financial Services
Risk Management
Compliance
DD

Dan Dall’Asta

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Fintech
AI
Financial Services
Underwriting
Operational Workflows
SK

Sara Kim

Partner

Advanced Materials
Hardware

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Consumer
Healthcare
Food / AgTech
EdTech

Does Not Invest In

Media
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (19)

Other

NA

NanoEdge Devices

Semiconductors
HY

HyperNano

Advanced Materials
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Citrine Capital LLC

Finance·Public

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

A hedge fund with 47 disclosed holdings primarily in ETFs and large-cap stocks.

DI

Dimensional ETFs

Finance·Public

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

A provider of investment solutions through ETFs.

MI

Microsoft

Technology·Public

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

A multinational technology company known for software products and services.

SH

Shopify

E-commerce·Public

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

An e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems.

AL

Alphabet

Technology·Public

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

The parent company of Google and several other businesses.

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Citrine Venture Partners

Venture Capital·Early-stage·Citrine Venture Fund

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

A newly founded early-stage VC firm established in 2025.

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Citrine Angels

Venture Capital·Early-stage

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

Invests in women-founded early-stage startups with significant addressable markets.

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Citrine Informatics

Technology·Private

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

An AI/materials science software company.

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