Liquid 2 Ventures
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Liquid 2 Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Liquid2 Ventures provides technology startups with seed-stage investments and is based in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma.
- Total investments:
- 917
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 1%
Last updated:
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Industries Liquid 2 Ventures invests in
Stages Liquid 2 Ventures invests in
Countries Liquid 2 Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$10M
- Pre-Seed
- $125k–$3M
- Series A
- $6M–$50M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 111 (12%)
- Artificial Intelligence 54 (6%)
- Information Technology 50 (5%)
- SaaS 35 (4%)
- FinTech 34 (4%)
Stage
- Seed 262 (29%)
- Series A 55 (6%)
- Pre-Seed 54 (6%)
- Funding Round 15 (2%)
- Series B 8 (1%)
Country
- United States 278 (30%)
- Mexico 11 (1%)
- Canada 9 (1%)
- India 6 (1%)
- United Kingdom 6 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Benjamin Sun
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Elizabeth Montana-Luciano
Director of Operations
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Director of Operations | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Joe Montana
Founder and Managing Partner
|
Founder and Managing Partner | Total investments: 73 | Find email | |
Matt Mulvey
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
Michael Ma
Partner and Founder
|
Partner and Founder | Total investments: 35 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Naive
|
Naïve provides infrastructure for AI agents and applications, including compute, databases, identity, payments, communications, model routing, and tool integrations. Its platform enables users to deploy AI agents, build and host applications, automate business operations, and manage agent permissions, spending, credentials, and workflows through aunified infrastructure layer. | $28.5M / Series A / Aug 07, 2026 | |
Coverwatch
|
Insurance brokerage built for modern businesses. Powered by a team of experts and world-class AI. We start by understanding your unique risk profile, then leverage deep insurance market access to find the best coverage at the right price. Think of us as your in-house Risk Management team. | $4.5M / Pre-Seed / Jul 23, 2026 | |
Venice
|
Venice provides private, uncensored AI chat and image generation, with API and token-based access for developers and users. | $65M / Series A / Jul 01, 2026 | |
HUD
|
HUD is a platform that evaluates and enhances computer use agents across diverse environments and tasks. | $14M / Series A / Jun 18, 2026 | |
Saris AI
|
Saris AI is an artificial intelligence company that builds agent-based workflow automation systems for financial institutions, particularly banks and credit unions. The company develops AI “agents” that handle back-office operations such as lending workflows, document processing, compliance checks, data extraction, and internal operational tasks.Its platform integrates directly with existing banking systems like core banking software and loan origination systems, allowing institutions to automate processes without replacing their current infrastructure. The system is designed to reduce manual workload by executing multi-step workflows such as data validation, case handling, and administrative processing while keeping humans in control of approvals and oversight.Saris AI focuses on improving operational efficiency by reducing processing costs and increasing output capacity through automation of repetitive and rules-based tasks. The company positions its technology as a way for financial institutions to streamline operations, improve compliance tracking, and enhance customer service responsiveness. | $28.8M / Series A / May 28, 2026 | |
Handle
|
Handle.com powers the largest credit and finance teams in construction. Fortune 500 material suppliers and contractors trust Handle software on a daily basis to provide their credit and finance departments with an end-to-end solution. Handle is the new modern technology approach to better manage online payments, waivers and lien management forconstruction. | $27M / Series B / May 22, 2026 | |
Furientis
|
We believe that the future of warfare is dictated by production capacity, and that our current system of manufacturing critical defensive munitions cannot meet the demand.Modern conflict has highlighted the need for cost-effective systems to complement our most exquisite ones — in the thousands per year.Furientis is building this critical massof next generation systems and is rapidly flight testing demonstrators today. | $5M / Pre-Seed / May 14, 2026 | |
Greenboard
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Greenboard is a financial technology company. | $15.5M / Series A / May 12, 2026 | |
Thea
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Thea is an AI-powered skincare and dermatology app that gives personalized skincare advice, product recommendations, and treatment guidance using computer vision and chat-based assistance. | $4M / Pre-Seed / May 08, 2026 | |
Rilian Technologies
|
Rilian develops cybersecurity and defense technology platforms that enable organizations to deploy, integrate, and operate advanced security tools across complex and regulated environments. The company provides an AI-driven security orchestration platform that unifies multiple cybersecurity tools into a single interface, allowing analysts toautomate workflows, monitor threats, and respond to incidents more efficiently. Its offerings include systems for automated deployment and compliance that allow security technologies to operate in air-gapped, sovereign, and highly regulated environments without relying on traditional cloud infrastructure. The company also maintains a curated ecosystem of cybersecurity tools that are pre-integrated and validated for use in mission-critical settings, reducing complexity in adoption and integration. | $17.5M / Seed / Apr 23, 2026 | |
| See all 917 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Liquid 2 Ventures invest in?
Liquid 2 Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 917 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Liquid 2 Ventures's check size?
Liquid 2 Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$10M at Seed, $125k–$3M at Pre-Seed and $6M–$50M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Liquid 2 Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Liquid 2 Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Liquid 2 Ventures?
The team at Liquid 2 Ventures includes Benjamin Sun (Partner), Elizabeth Montana-Luciano (Director of Operations) and Joe Montana (Founder and Managing Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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