# Casey Caruso

> Casey Caruso is a seed investor at topology backing Artificial Intelligence. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [topology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/topology-7869)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-k-caruso/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/caseykcaruso
- Website: https://x.com/caseykcaruso

Casey Caruso is a seed investor at topology in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology. Casey Caruso - Engineer - Research Systems @ Google

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 42% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 25% |
| Apps | 2 | 17% |
| Internet | 2 | 17% |
| Software | 2 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 25% |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 50% |
| France | 1 | 8% |
| Bahrain | 1 | 8% |
| Liberia | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mio | Mio is a Slack-native AI coworker designed to automate daily workflows, summarize company updates, and manage tasks across your existing business tools. It essentially functions as an on-demand, virtual teammate that integrates directly into your workspace to reduce manual, repetitive operations. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 17, 2026 |  |
| Inversion | Inversion is a technology-first investment company that acquires and transforms legacy businesses with blockchain technology. | $26.5M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| OpenMind | OpenMind is a software company that develops an operating system for robots and intelligent machines. | $20M | Series A | Aug 04, 2025 |  |
| Era | Era AI, a startup building a software platform for AI‑powered consumer gadgets and peripherals. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Hyperbolic | Hyperbolic is the open-access AI cloud made for AI developers, providing fast, affordable access to compute, inference, and AI services. | $7M | Seed | Jul 30, 2024 |  |
| MyShell | MyShell is a decentralized and comprehensive platform for discovering, creating, and staking AI-native apps. | $11M | Seed | Mar 27, 2024 |  |
| Munchables | Munchables is an eco-friendly Blast that allows customers to collect Blast prizes. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 13, 2024 |  |
| Dexa AI | Dexa was created to address a bigger shift in how people consume material and search for things online, particularly when they need assistance or direction. | $6M | Seed | Feb 05, 2024 |  |
| Jambo | Jambo is building the world's largest on-chain mobile network powered by the JamboPhone — the most powerful crypto-native mobile device.We have built this vision through support of top investors including Paradigm, Pantera, OKX, Coinbase, and more.With Jambo's hardware foundation of 800,000+ mobile nodes across 120+ countries, Jamboand our Ecosystem partners can achieve decentralization faster and more cost-effectively. Network effects can be achieved instantly for use cases including validators, P2P networking, and other new products.Jambo has onboarded millions into the on-chain economy through the JamboApp which features: - Innovative earning and airdrop opportunities - Jambo Ecosystem dApp store - JamboWallet multi-chain wallet Jambo is transforming lives in all corners of the world particularly in emerging markets by creating the hub for users to secure next generation blockchain use cases while earning real rewards.At the heart of the Jambo economy is the Jambo Token, a utility token fueling rewards, discounts, payouts, and more.Powering the decentralized future. | $30M | Series A | May 10, 2022 |  |
| Jambo | Jambo is building the world's largest on-chain mobile network powered by the JamboPhone — the most powerful crypto-native mobile device.We have built this vision through support of top investors including Paradigm, Pantera, OKX, Coinbase, and more.With Jambo's hardware foundation of 800,000+ mobile nodes across 120+ countries, Jamboand our Ecosystem partners can achieve decentralization faster and more cost-effectively. Network effects can be achieved instantly for use cases including validators, P2P networking, and other new products.Jambo has onboarded millions into the on-chain economy through the JamboApp which features: - Innovative earning and airdrop opportunities - Jambo Ecosystem dApp store - JamboWallet multi-chain wallet Jambo is transforming lives in all corners of the world particularly in emerging markets by creating the hub for users to secure next generation blockchain use cases while earning real rewards.At the heart of the Jambo economy is the Jambo Token, a utility token fueling rewards, discounts, payouts, and more.Powering the decentralized future. | $30M | Series A | May 10, 2022 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Faction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faction-0d34) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Pantera Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pantera-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ParaFi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parafi-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Delphi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delphi-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dragonfly](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dragonfly-capital-partners-eed4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About topology

VC Fund

Topology is an early-stage frontier tech firm

1 contacts available at topology.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Casey Caruso | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/casey-caruso |

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## FAQ

### What does Casey Caruso invest in?

Casey Caruso invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Casey Caruso last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Casey Caruso closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 12 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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