Maria Palma
General Partner @ Freestyle Capital
New York, United States
Maria Palma is a seed investor at Freestyle Capital in New York focused on Robotics and Software. Maria Palma is the General Partner at Freestyle. Previously, she was a general partner at Kindred Capital VC.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 44%
Last updated:
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Industries Maria Palma invests in
Stages Maria Palma invests in
Countries Maria Palma invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.3M–$11M
- Series A
- $14M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Robotics 3 (17%)
- Software 3 (17%)
- Financial Services 3 (17%)
- B2B 2 (11%)
- Mobile 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (50%)
- Series A 5 (28%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (6%)
- Private Equity 1 (6%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 8 (44%)
- United Kingdom 2 (11%)
- Canada 1 (6%)
- The Netherlands 1 (6%)
Investments
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Dash Bio is a modern automated platform. It is redesigning drug development from the ground up, using AI, robotics, and fully integrated software to fundamentally change the way medications are brought to market. | $30M / Series A / Aug 03, 2026 | |
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Maneva develops video-to-action artificial intelligence systems for manufacturing environments, using computer vision and deep learning to analyze production processes and support operational decision-making in real time. Its platform helps manufacturers address quality assurance, downtime reduction, productivity monitoring, and workplace safety byconverting visual data from factory-floor cameras into actionable insights and automated responses. The company offers solutions such as VITA for defect detection, product verification, and equipment monitoring, as well as ALIS, an AI-powered line supervision system that tracks production efficiency and safety compliance. Maneva's technology is designed to work with existing camera infrastructure and can be applied across industries, including food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, electronics, automotive, steel, and distribution operations. The company focuses on helping manufacturers improve production consistency, identify operational issues, and monitor factory processes through AI-driven visual analysis. | $27M / Series A / Jun 10, 2026 | |
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Infinity Constellation is an AI-focused startup holding company and incubator that builds and launches service-based businesses leveraging artificial intelligence. Their mission is to empower visionary founders to create the next generation of impactful, tech-enabled companies, emphasizing long-term growth and sustainable value creation. | $24M / Series A / Jun 08, 2026 | |
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Searchable offers tools that track brand visibility on AI search platforms and search engines. The platform shows how often a brand is mentioned and where it appears in search results. Searchable provides content tools that help users create written material based on brand data and writing style. The service includes audits that point out siteissues that may affect how AI systems read a website. Searchable also gives competitive reports that compare a brand’s presence with other brands. The platform connects with traffic and search data so users can view performance in one place. | $5.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 01, 2025 | |
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Dash Bio is a modern automated platform. It is redesigning drug development from the ground up, using AI, robotics, and fully integrated software to fundamentally change the way medications are brought to market. | $11M / Seed / Jul 23, 2025 | |
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Infinity Constellation is an AI-focused startup holding company and incubator that builds and launches service-based businesses leveraging artificial intelligence. Their mission is to empower visionary founders to create the next generation of impactful, tech-enabled companies, emphasizing long-term growth and sustainable value creation. | $12M / Seed / May 27, 2025 | |
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Maneva develops video-to-action artificial intelligence systems for manufacturing environments, using computer vision and deep learning to analyze production processes and support operational decision-making in real time. Its platform helps manufacturers address quality assurance, downtime reduction, productivity monitoring, and workplace safety byconverting visual data from factory-floor cameras into actionable insights and automated responses. The company offers solutions such as VITA for defect detection, product verification, and equipment monitoring, as well as ALIS, an AI-powered line supervision system that tracks production efficiency and safety compliance. Maneva's technology is designed to work with existing camera infrastructure and can be applied across industries, including food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, electronics, automotive, steel, and distribution operations. The company focuses on helping manufacturers improve production consistency, identify operational issues, and monitor factory processes through AI-driven visual analysis. | $10M / Seed / Mar 05, 2025 | |
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Staris employs AI to develop virtual security engineers and build an "immune system" for applications. | $5.7M / Seed / Jan 27, 2025 | |
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Dash Bio is a modern automated platform. It is redesigning drug development from the ground up, using AI, robotics, and fully integrated software to fundamentally change the way medications are brought to market. | $6.5M / Seed / Oct 16, 2024 | |
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Embed is a Payments Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider built for software platforms. We enable companies to integrate embedded payments and complex money flows directly into their products—without needing a financial license.As embedded finance becomes the norm, platforms can unlock new revenue and better user experiences by owning the fullpayment lifecycle. Embed makes this possible with a fully licensed, developer-first platform that unifies merchant onboarding, payment orchestration, compliance, and reconciliation.Unlike legacy processors, Embed gives platforms full control over user experience, data, and economics. With low-code APIs, flexible architecture, and a white-label solution, platforms can launch fast—often in under 24 hours—and scale confidently across Europe and soon the UK.Licensed by the Dutch Central Bank and passported across the EEA, Embed is building the payment infrastructure we always wished existed—for the platforms shaping the future. | $2.7M / Pre-Seed / Jun 06, 2022 | |
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Co-Investors
About Freestyle Capital
Freestyle Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology companies at the seed stage. Founded by serial entrepreneurs, the firm leverages its extensive experience to support market leaders and enhance diversity in the investment landscape.
Freestyle Capital Contacts
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David Bill
CTO
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David Samuel
Founding General Partner
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Jenny Lefcourt
General Partner
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Josh Felser
Co-Founder and Board Partner
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Joyce Kim
Principal
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FAQ
What does Maria Palma invest in?
Maria Palma invests primarily in Robotics, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 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 Maria Palma's check size?
Maria Palma typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$11M at Seed and $14M–$30M 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 Maria Palma participates in.
When did Maria Palma last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Maria Palma closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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