# Heretic Ventures

> Heretic Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/heretic-ventures
- Website: https://heretic.ventures/

Heretic Ventures is a venture studio ideating and launching new businesses in the creator economy, including those that capitalize on blockchain / NFT technology.

## Contacts

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## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mariam Naficy | Founder and Managing Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mariam-naficy |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arcade | Arcade is a B2C platform that transforms the jewelry market through its prompt-to-product solution, allowing users to create unique designs using AI. The marketplace supports various user roles, enabling customers, designers, and influencers to engage and collaborate. | $5M | Seed | Sep 20, 2024 |  |
| Arcade | Arcade is a B2C platform that transforms the jewelry market through its prompt-to-product solution, allowing users to create unique designs using AI. The marketplace supports various user roles, enabling customers, designers, and influencers to engage and collaborate. | $17M | Seed | Sep 20, 2024 |  |
| Cartwheel | Cartwheel is a powerful text-to-animation platform. Type animate characters for video, game, app, ad, social, AR, or VR projects simply. It builds to help tell stories faster, and more creatively. | $5.6M | Seed | Jun 05, 2024 |  |
| Arcade | Arcade is a B2C platform that transforms the jewelry market through its prompt-to-product solution, allowing users to create unique designs using AI. The marketplace supports various user roles, enabling customers, designers, and influencers to engage and collaborate. | $5M |  | Jan 01, 2024 |  |

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## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel-india) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Correlation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/correlation-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Human Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/human-ventures-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MVP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/modern-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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### Who are the partners at Heretic Ventures?

The team at Heretic Ventures includes Mariam Naficy (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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