# Carat Venture Partners

> Carat Venture Partners is a VC fund in New York backing Software and Aerospace. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/carat-venture-partners
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CaratVP
- Website: https://www.caratvp.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CARATVenturePartners

Carat Venture Partners is an investment firm that focuses on supporting founders and startup teams. Carat Venture Partners harness innovation, brainpower, and data-driven research to partner with successful leaders. Carat Venture Partners was founded in 2022 and was headquartered in New York, United States.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 50% |
| Open Source | 1 | 50% |
| Space Travel | 1 | 50% |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lars Uffhausen | Managing General Partner | 0 | — |
| Drew Anderson | Managing Director and Founder | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Applied Atomics | Applied Atomics is a Rapid Response Network in Space. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Aarna Networks | Aarna Networks solves enterprise edge and private 5G management complexity through zero-touch edge infrastructure, applications, and network services orchestration at scale. The company provides GPU-as-a-Service through a GPU Cloud Management Software for AI cloud providers. | $6.2M | Series A | Oct 13, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [3Lines](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3lines) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Airbus Defence & Space](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airbus-defense-space) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [Draper University Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-university-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Carat Venture Partners invest in?

Carat Venture Partners invests primarily in Software, Aerospace and Open Source startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Carat Venture Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Carat Venture Partners?

The team at Carat Venture Partners includes Lars Uffhausen (Managing General Partner) and Drew Anderson (Managing Director and Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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