# Fellows Fund

> Fellows Fund is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 40 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sunnyvale, United States
- Total investments: 40
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last fund: Jul 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fellows-fund/
- Website: https://www.fellowsfundvc.com/

Fellows Fund is a VC fund in Sunnyvale focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Fellows Fund brings together AI pioneers and offers early-stage AI founders the capital, strategic advice, and critical connections. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 19 | 48% |
| Software | 14 | 35% |
| Machine Learning | 7 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 15% |
| SaaS | 5 | 13% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 43% |
| Series A | 9 | 23% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 23 | 57% |
| Singapore | 2 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lilian Weng | Distinguished Fellow | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lilian-weng-0865 |
| Alex Ren | Founding Managing Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-ren |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nura Studios | Nura Studios operates as an animation platform built by artists, engineers, and producers. |  | Seed | Apr 30, 2026 |  |
| Harper | Harper automates insurance workflows with AI, ensuring businesses get the best coverage quickly and competitively. | $47M | Series A | Feb 25, 2026 |  |
| LISA | LISA is an LLM-based smart security analysis platform that focuses on Solidity smart contracts, providing automated, intelligent vulnerability detection and in-depth code analysis for blockchain developers. | $12M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| M.AI Unbound | AI Agent built for Marketing to automate Marketer's workflows and maximize ROI. | $25M | Seed | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| Hyperbound | Hyperbound is a simulated AI Sales Roleplay platform that turns ICP descriptions into interactive AI buyers in less than 2 minutes. It helps your sales team onboard 50% faster and boosts your team's conversions on cold, warm, & discovery calls.Every sales team wants to do more roleplays, but it's often unscalable and biased. Insteadof having your sellers practice on real prospects and burn leads in the process, Hyperbound allows your reps to get realistic at-bats with an AI buyer. Sellers can finally gain call confidence and mastery in a simulated environment that doesn't put your pipeline at risk and gives time back to your managers. Interested in trying it out today? Start a free demo simulation at hyperbound.ai and contact us at founders@hyperbound.ai for next steps. | $15M | Series A | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Motion | Motion is an AI time management platform that provides real-time interventions, reminders, and analytics. Motion mark sites as distracting to limit the time on them in the future.The company's tool keeps users from becoming distracted while browsing the web by providing real-time interventions, reminders, and analytics, as well as calendar,tab management, and focus tools. | $8.1M | Series C | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Bond | Bond is an AI-powered productivity platform that provides a real-time pulse on company operations without the need for regular status meetings or manual updates. |  | Seed | Jul 07, 2025 |  |
| General Counsel AI | General Counsel AI is web-based legal AI copilot for in-house counsel | $10M | Series A | May 29, 2025 |  |
| Artisan AI | Artisan AI creates digital workers, called Artisans. The company's first Artisan, Ava, automates the entire outbound sales process and can be set up with a 10-minute conversation. Ava creates TCPs, and prospects with her database of over 270,000,000 contacts, crafts & sends highly bespoke email sequences, and books meetings into yourcalendar. And, you can manage all features & settings by talking to Ava via Slack. | $25M | Series A | Apr 09, 2025 |  |
| Evidently | Evidently is a creative agency that renders content, digital campaigns, animation and brand planning services. | $15M | Series A | Dec 09, 2024 |  |

10 of 40 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GGV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ggv-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [LongHash Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/longhash) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Fellows Fund invest in?

Fellows Fund invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 40 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 Fellows Fund?

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### Who are the partners at Fellows Fund?

The team at Fellows Fund includes Lilian Weng (Distinguished Fellow) and Alex Ren (Founding Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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