# Garuda Ventures

> Garuda Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 42 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 42
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last fund: Oct 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/garuda-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/taps
- Website: https://garudaventures.com

Garuda Ventures is a B2B focused pre-seed fund, most often leading a founder's initial round of financing as their first true believer.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 17% |
| SaaS | 6 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 12% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 17% |
| Series A | 6 | 14% |
| Series B | 2 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 24 | 57% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arpan Punyani | Co-Founder and GP | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arpan-punyani |
| James Richards | Co-founder & Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-richards-2 |
| Rishi Taparia | Co-Founder | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rishi-taparia |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mind Robotics | Mind Robotics is an industrial AI and robotics venture. | $400M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 13, 2026 |  |
| Adora | Adora automatically maps all of your screens and routes as they appear in production, in real-time, to build a comprehensive product library. | $7M | Seed | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Arkero | Arkero is an AI-native operations platform tailored for professional sports businesses, such as teams in MLS, NWSL, and the English Football League. It integrates seamlessly with existing tools like ticketing systems, CRM, data warehouses, Slack, and email to automate workflows, provide real-time insights, and drive decisions. | $6M | Pre-Seed | Jan 29, 2026 |  |
| Moonshot AI | Moonshot AI is a No-code solution that optimizes e-commerce stores automatically. The platform utilizes the power of generative AI to enable brands to constantly iterate on CRO experiments, without requiring design, analysis, or developer resources. | $10M | Seed | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| Archive Intel | Archive Intel is an innovative artificial intelligence archiving and surveillance Software as a Service (SaaS) company dedicated to assisting financial institutions in optimizing their ecomms compliance processes. Our comprehensive solution seamlessly captures emails, social media content, text messages, podcasts, and website data, all within auser-friendly platform tailored for compliance officers. With pricing starting at just $99 per month for the initial three users, and a nominal $10 per month for additional connectors, our AI-driven solution offers unparalleled value and efficiency. | $6.3M | Series A | Oct 02, 2025 |  |
| Mesta | Mesta, a fintech company changing global payment networks with hybrid fiat and stablecoin payment rails, has launched its cross-border payment platform. | $5.5M | Seed | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| FlexPoint | LendARR provides a digital payments platform that modernizes the way technology is bought and sold. | $12M | Series A | May 13, 2025 |  |
| Arena | Arena accelerates testing, debugging, and optimization for the world’s most advanced hardware. Atlas is an AI hardware engineer grounded in applied physics with an understanding of the real-world environment. | $30M | Series B | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| Arcade.dev | Arcade.dev is an AI tool-calling platform that enables users to connect AI with various integrations, allowing it to act on their behalf through authenticated tools, facilitating tasks such as managing emails, files, calendars, and APIs, while providing pre-built connectors and a custom SDK for users to create their own assistants. The platformsupports seamless interactions between AI and existing workflows, streamlining processes for sales teams and sales development representatives, enhancing productivity by automating routine tasks, and simplifying the management of multiple applications in one environment. Additionally, Arcade.dev offers comprehensive documentation and support to assist users in maximizing the functionality of their AI integrations. | $12M | Seed | Mar 18, 2025 |  |
| Mesta | Mesta, a fintech company changing global payment networks with hybrid fiat and stablecoin payment rails, has launched its cross-border payment platform. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 22, 2025 |  |

10 of 42 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Village Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-global-2) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Far Out Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/far-out-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Oceans](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oceans-9747) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bling Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bling-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Fika Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fika-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Garuda Ventures invest in?

Garuda Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 42 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 Garuda Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Garuda Ventures?

The team at Garuda Ventures includes Arpan Punyani (Co-Founder and GP), James Richards (Co-founder & Venture Partner) and Rishi Taparia (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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