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Darwin Ventures

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Darwin Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $300K–$1.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$300K – $1.0M

AUM

$693M

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing in early-stage AI applications for automation and multimedia creativity.

How Darwin Ventures invests

Darwin Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML.

Darwin Ventures typically writes checks of $300K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $693M in assets under management.

Darwin Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including Descript, Synthesia, Darwin Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds VI, L.P. (CIK 0001831178).

Meet the Team

CJ

Charlie Jadallah

Partner

business development
international strategy
early-stage venture capital
FR

Frank R. Caufield

Managing Partner

early-stage VC funds
technology
information technology
healthcare
RC

Ryan Cotton

Partner

financial services
private equity experience
venture capital funds
EB

Evan Black

Partner

AI
Video Tech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

DE

Descript

Video/Image Editing
SY

Synthesia

Generative AI
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Darwin Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds VI, L.P. (CIK 0001831178)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Darwin Ventures

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Darwin Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds IV, L.P. (CIK 0001677743)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Darwin Ventures

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Darwin Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds VII, L.P. (CIK 0002021287)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Darwin Ventures

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Darwin Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds V, L.P. (CIK 0001759310)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Darwin Ventures

How to pitch Darwin Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $300K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Charlie Jadallah, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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