# Perplexity Fund

> Perplexity Fund is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Content. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/perplexity-fund
- Website: https://perplexityfund.ai

Perplexity Fund is an early-stage investment firm

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$14M |
| Series A | $18M–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 43% |
| Content | 1 | 14% |
| Publishing | 1 | 14% |
| Digital Signage | 1 | 14% |
| Business Intelligence | 1 | 14% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joanna Lee Shevelenko | Co-Founder and General Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joanna-lee-shevelenko |
| Kelly Graziadei | Co-Founder & General Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelly-graziadei |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Floqer | Build workflows that leverage 75+ industry-leading data sources and AI-powered web scraping to enrich prospect data, conduct account-based research, and automate sales motion at scale. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| Graphon | Graphon is a company that creates relational representation layers and pre-model intelligence for enterprise AI. | $8.3M | Seed | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Autoscience | Autoscience merges science and tech to automate vehicles, improving safety, efficiency, and performance. It integrates AI, robotics, and materials science to transform transportation. | $14M | Seed | Mar 18, 2026 |  |
| NationGraph | NationGraph is an AI-native intelligence platform designed to help businesses navigate and win public-sector contracts.NationGraph is one of many advancing startups in the public sector technology field. More investment is expected for the companies that provide insight from previously inaccessible information, as all levels of the government tryto modernize. Private sector data analytics companies have matured very quickly, while the public sector data analytics companies have lagged. NationGraph was founded in 2024 by Hamidi and Eden Ding (CTO). NationGraph has already begun gaining early adopters. This is an indication of the confidence growing in the market for new entrants to the state and local government vertical. NationGraph’s success is indicative of the market’s acceptance of new competition. NationGraph is an AI-native intelligence platform designed for businesses that helps to navigate and win public-sector contracts. | $18M | Series A | Feb 25, 2026 |  |
| Forum AI | Forum AI evaluates AI models for bias and makes judgment calls about high-stakes topics | $3M | Seed | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| Parahelp | Parahelp is an AI support agent for software companies, handling tickets like a teammate, including refund requests. | $18M | Series A | Sep 11, 2025 |  |
| Cashmere | Cashmere enables publishers to liberate their premium content for usage in AI platforms by providing tools for monitoring and monetizing data in the agentic AI era. |  | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2025 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alt Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alt-capital-6a95) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aurum Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aurum-partners-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [B37 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bridge-37-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [byFounders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/byfounders) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [f7 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f7-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaia-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Perplexity Fund invest in?

Perplexity Fund invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Content and Publishing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Perplexity Fund's check size?

Perplexity Fund typically joins rounds of $3M–$14M at Seed and $18M–$18M 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 Perplexity Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Perplexity Fund?

Public channels for Perplexity Fund include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Perplexity Fund?

The team at Perplexity Fund includes Joanna Lee Shevelenko (Co-Founder and General Partner) and Kelly Graziadei (Co-Founder & General Partner). 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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