Anna Patterson
Founder & Managing Partner @ Gradient
San Francisco, United States
Anna Patterson is a Series A investor at Gradient in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Anna Patterson is based out of Silicon Valley, California and is the Founder & CEO of Ceramic. Anna previously worked at Google as a Vice President of Engineering. Anna Patterson attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Anna Patterson has been awarded the Technical Leadership ABIE Award.
- Total investments:
- 30
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 53%
Last updated:
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Industries Anna Patterson invests in
Stages Anna Patterson invests in
Countries Anna Patterson invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2.3M–$9M
- Series A
- $8.2M–$35M
- Series B
- $20M–$50M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 10 (33%)
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (23%)
- Machine Learning 5 (17%)
- Developer Tools 4 (13%)
- SaaS 3 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 11 (37%)
- Seed 10 (33%)
- Series B 7 (23%)
Country
- United States 13 (43%)
- Finland 1 (3%)
- United Kingdom 1 (3%)
- The Netherlands 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Quilt's mission is to move humanity off fossil fuel heating, starting with the home. 20% of US global warming emissions come from homes (that’s more than cars!). The largest driver of home emissions is burning fossil fuels for heat. Quilt's first product is a next generation heating and cooling system that makes homes more comfortable,healthier and more efficient, based on all-electric heat pump technology. | $20M / Series B / Dec 08, 2025 | ||
| Meanwhile is a licensed and regulated life insurance business. | $19M / Seed / Jun 06, 2023 | ||
| Quilt's mission is to move humanity off fossil fuel heating, starting with the home. 20% of US global warming emissions come from homes (that’s more than cars!). The largest driver of home emissions is burning fossil fuels for heat. Quilt's first product is a next generation heating and cooling system that makes homes more comfortable,healthier and more efficient, based on all-electric heat pump technology. | $9M / Seed / May 16, 2023 | ||
| Flatfile provides software products that focus specifically on solving the problem of data onboarding, the process businesses use to accept data from other organizations. Flatfile automatically learns how imported data should be structured and cleaned, enabling customers and teams to spend more time using their data instead of fixing it. | $50M / Series B / Sep 27, 2022 | ||
| Headroom is a virtual meeting interface that empowers people to do what they do best -- form relationships, think creatively, solve problems -- while letting AI take care of the rest. | $9M / Seed / Aug 25, 2022 | ||
| Headroom is a virtual meeting interface that empowers people to do what they do best -- form relationships, think creatively, solve problems -- while letting AI take care of the rest. | $9M / Series A / Aug 24, 2022 | ||
| Flourish Labs is a purpose-driven startup combining cutting edge mental health science and technology to foster flourishing and good mental health. Our mission is to mobilize and scale professional peer support with tech to address the mental health crisis. | $6.4M / Seed / Jul 20, 2022 | ||
| Payaut offer an automated payment solution for online marketplaces. Payaut provides a PSD2-compliance and automation of the payout process. The solution helps online marketplaces platforms with automated seller onboarding and KYC, split payment and payouts while being PSP agnostic. this allows marketplaces to work with any PSP or multiplePSP's at the same time. | $8.7M / Seed / Apr 13, 2022 | ||
| Unit21 is the leader in AI Risk Infrastructure for fraud prevention and AML monitoring. Trusted by over 200 institutions, including Intuit, Chime, and Sallie Mae, our platform unifies detection, investigation, and decisioning in a single system built on data-agnostic architecture. Powered by agentic AI, Unit21 doesn’t just summarize alerts; itexecutes the full investigation workflow, reducing false positives by up to 93% and accelerating handle times by 80%. By automating repetitive tasks while maintaining full regulator-ready auditability, Unit21 empowers banks and fintechs to operate proactively and focus on real risk. | $34M / Series B / Jul 07, 2021 | ||
| Vault empowers employees to feel confident to report misconduct and employers to take meaningful actions to reach a resolution. | $8.2M / Series A / Jun 07, 2021 | ||
| See all 30 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Gradient
Gradient is the seed fund designed for founders in AI.
Gradient Contacts
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Katy Engle
Talent Principal
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Renee Delaplaine
Administrative Business Partner
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Vig Sachidananda
Investor
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Zach Patton
Head of Legal
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Darian Shirazi
Managing Partner
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FAQ
What does Anna Patterson invest in?
Anna Patterson invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Anna Patterson invest in?
Anna Patterson typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$9M at Seed, $8.2M–$35M at Series A and $20M–$50M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Anna Patterson's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Anna Patterson took part in.
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When did Anna Patterson last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Anna Patterson closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 30 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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