# Anna Patterson

> Anna Patterson is a seed investor at Gradient backing Software. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Gradient](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gradient-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 52%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-patterson-15921ba/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AnnapPatterson

Anna Patterson is a seed investor at Gradient in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Anna Patterson is the Founder of Ceramic. She previously worked at Google as a VP of Engineering. Anna Patterson attended Stanford University.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.3M–$9M |
| Series A | $8.2M–$35M |
| Series B | $20M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 34% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 21% |
| Developer Tools | 4 | 14% |
| Machine Learning | 4 | 14% |
| SaaS | 3 | 10% |

47 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 34% |
| Series A | 10 | 34% |
| Series B | 7 | 24% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 41% |
| Finland | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quilt | 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 | https://www.quilt.com/ |
| Meanwhile | Meanwhile is a licensed and regulated life insurance business. | $19M | Seed | Jun 06, 2023 | https://meanwhile.bm/ |
| Quilt | 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 | https://www.quilt.com/ |
| Flatfile | 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 | https://flatfile.com/ |
| Headroom | 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 | https://www.goheadroom.com/ |
| Headroom | 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 | https://www.goheadroom.com/ |
| Flourish Labs | 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 | https://flourishlabs.net/ |
| Payaut | 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 | https://www.payaut.com/ |
| Unit21 | 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 | https://unit21.ai |
| Vault Platform | 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 | https://vaultplatform.com |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-cloud-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [LDV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ldv-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Morado Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morado-ventures-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Gradient

VC Fund · Mountain View, United States

Gradient is a seed fund that focuses on supporting founders in the artificial intelligence sector. The firm collaborates closely with innovators to integrate AI into various business processes and drive technological advancements. Gradient aims to foster disruptive ideas that can redefine industries and enhance operational capabilities.

5 contacts available at Gradient.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Katy Engle | Talent Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katy-engle |
| Renee Delaplaine | Administrative Business Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renee-delaplaine |
| Vig Sachidananda | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vig-sachidananda |
| Zach Patton | Head of Legal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zach-patton |
| Darian Shirazi | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darian-shirazi |

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## FAQ

### What does Anna Patterson invest in?

Anna Patterson invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Developer Tools startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Anna Patterson's check size?

Anna Patterson typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$9M at Seed, $8.2M–$35M at Series A and $20M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Anna Patterson participates in.

### How do I contact Anna Patterson?

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### When did Anna Patterson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Anna Patterson closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 29 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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