Loup Ventures
VC Fund
Minneapolis, United States
Loup Ventures is a research-driven venture capital firm based in Minneapolis and New York investing in frontier technology.
- Total investments:
- 28
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 4%
- Fund size:
- $25M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Loup Ventures invests in
Stages Loup Ventures invests in
Countries Loup Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$10M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.1M–$3M
- Series A
- $6M–$45M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 8 (29%)
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (18%)
- SaaS 4 (14%)
- Machine Learning 3 (11%)
- Information Technology 3 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 15 (54%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (14%)
- Series A 4 (14%)
- Funding Round 3 (11%)
- Series B 2 (7%)
Country
- United States 19 (68%)
- Canada 1 (4%)
- United Kingdom 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Murphy
Managing Partner and Founder
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Managing Partner and Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
David Stokman
Analyst
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Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Doug Clinton
Managing Partner and Founder
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Managing Partner and Founder | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Gene Munster
Managing Partner and Founder
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Managing Partner and Founder | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Steve Van Sloun
Associate
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Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Hydra Host
|
Hydra Host is a tool that provides cross-cloud capabilities to deploy and host apps across public cloud and private cloud providers. In addition to cross-cloud capabilities, Hydra offers high-level advisory, as well as expert implementation work with bespoke service engagements catered to client priorities. Whether security, resilience, orscale-focused. | $10M / Seed / Apr 06, 2022 | |
Inner Cosmos
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The Evolution of Medicine | $10M / Seed / Mar 30, 2022 | |
Rain AI
|
Rain AI is a semiconductor company specializing in developing energy-efficient hardware for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Rain AI focuses on creating neuromorphic chips inspired by the human brain's architecture. The company's hardware is designed to be more energy-efficient than traditional AI processors, addressing thegrowing demand for sustainable computing solutions. Rain AI's technology is adaptable across various AI applications, from data centers to edge devices, facilitating widespread adoption. | $25M / Feb 02, 2022 | |
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Rain AI
|
Rain AI is a semiconductor company specializing in developing energy-efficient hardware for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Rain AI focuses on creating neuromorphic chips inspired by the human brain's architecture. The company's hardware is designed to be more energy-efficient than traditional AI processors, addressing thegrowing demand for sustainable computing solutions. Rain AI's technology is adaptable across various AI applications, from data centers to edge devices, facilitating widespread adoption. | $25M / Series A / Feb 02, 2022 | |
Racket
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Let's make a racket. | $3M / Pre-Seed / Nov 16, 2021 | |
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Racket
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Let's make a racket. | $3M / Seed / Nov 16, 2021 | |
Xwing
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Xwing was founded in 2016 to make air transportation smarter, safer, cleaner, and more accessible for everyone. Our work begins with converting today’s cargo aircraft into fully autonomous airplanes so every person in the world can have greater access to reliable and affordable delivery services no matter where they live. Beyond air cargo, we lookforward to expanding our technology safely, scalably, and sustainably to other areas of commercial aviation. Fast Company recently named us one of the Most Innovative Transportation Companies of 2021 and a 'World Changing Idea' in 2022. We were also featured on TIME Magazine’s 2021 Best Inventions List after completing the world’s first fully autonomous cargo flight and making aviation history. | $40M / Series B / Apr 15, 2021 | |
Farcast
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Farcast (formerly DASH Systems) is a Los Angeles based technology company developing hardware and software to enable precision airdrop deliveries. They take a commercial airplane, open the door, and autonomously release and land packages within a helipad-size area. Its technology allows commercial cargo to be safely delivered in remote, rural, orpreviously inaccessible areas, quickly and affordably. | $8M / Seed / Dec 16, 2020 | |
Rune Labs
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Rune Labs is a software and data platform for neuromodulation and brain therapies of the future. The platform's software-as-a-service platform works with existing and emerging neuromodulation systems to manage complex therapies and get the most value out of available data. Their cloud-based software platform provides these therapy developersthe performance, scalability, and availability they need to run complex therapy algorithms across many patients, deliver precision medicine, and identify likely responders for clinical trials.Rune Labs was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $5M / Seed / Oct 26, 2020 | |
Outrider
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Outrider, the pioneer in autonomous yard operations for logistics hubs, helps large enterprises improve safety and increase efficiency. The only company exclusively focused on automating all aspects of yard operations, Outrider eliminates manual tasks that are hazardous and repetitive. Outrider’s mission is to drive the rapid adoption ofsustainable freight transportation by deploying zero-emission systems. Outrider is a private company backed by NEA, 8VC, Koch Disruptive Technologies, and other top-tier investors. For more information, visit www.outrider.ai | $44.5M / Series A / Feb 19, 2020 | |
| See all 28 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Loup Ventures invest in?
Loup Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 28 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 Loup Ventures's check size?
Loup Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$10M at Seed, $1.1M–$3M at Pre-Seed and $6M–$45M 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 Loup Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Loup Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Loup Ventures?
The team at Loup Ventures includes Andrew Murphy (Managing Partner and Founder), David Stokman (Analyst) and Doug Clinton (Managing Partner and Founder), among 7 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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