# Zelda Ventures

> Zelda Ventures is a VC fund in Portola Valley backing Artificial Intelligence and B2B. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portola Valley, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Fund size: $33M
- Last fund: Dec 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zelda-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/zelda_ventures
- Website: https://zelda.vc

Zelda Ventures is an early stage fund venture capital.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.6M–$7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 25% |
| B2B | 1 | 13% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| Gaming | 1 | 13% |
| Robotics | 1 | 13% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 50% |
| Denmark | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eridu | Eridu is the pioneer advancing the frontier in AI networking, breaking through the network wall with a solution built from the ground up for scale-out and scale-up networks in AI data centers. Eridu’s network switch delivers the order-of-magnitude advance in performance, radix and throughput needed to maximize utilization, throughput andefficiency in AI clusters and data centers. Founded by a team of accomplished technology and business innovators and backed by leading investors with over $200M in funding to date, Eridu is solving the network bottlenecks throttling AI. | $200M | Series A | Mar 10, 2026 | https://x.com/EriduAi |
| Jest | Jest offers messaging games that are built for the texting era. Jest allows frictionless, no-download gameplay that is optimized for maximum retention and growth. | $7M | Seed | Feb 26, 2026 | https://about.jest.com/ |
| Andromeda Surgical | Andromeda Surgical is a developer of autonomous robots intended to make surgery more consistent, error-free, and efficient. |  | Seed | Oct 23, 2024 | https://www.andromedasurgical.com/ |
| Synthpop | Synthpop is a healthcare SaaS development company. | $5.6M | Seed | Jun 27, 2024 | https://www.synthpop.ai |
| Field Materials AI | Field Materials is the world’s first material purchasing software powered by AI. General contractors and specialty subcontractors use Field Materials’ web and mobile apps to streamline their material procurement from requesting quotes during pre-construction to managing orders and deliveries to the construction site. Founded by serial entrepreneurswith successful exits, the company is backed by Blumberg Capital, Zacua Ventures, and senior executives from companies like Lowe’s and Google. For more information, please visit www.fieldmaterials.com. | $3.5M | Seed | Jun 04, 2024 | https://fieldmaterials.com |
| Question Base | AI-powered knowledge base on top of Slack | $600K | Pre-Seed | Sep 12, 2023 | https://www.questionbase.com/ |
| Synthpop | Synthpop is a healthcare SaaS development company. | $2.6M | Seed | Aug 15, 2023 | https://www.synthpop.ai |
| Lighty AI | Lighty puts you in control of your most precious asset—time. We're here to supercharge your efficiency and make every minute count. Lighty AI is a dynamic and fast-growing start-up aiming to revolutionize the way people set and achieve goals. Our focus is on harnessing cutting-edge research in agents and large language models to augment theexecutive admin and chief of staff roles. Join us on our mission to reshape the future of work. |  | Pre-Seed | May 15, 2023 | https://www.lighty.ai |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [OVO Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ovo-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Think + Ventures — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Think + Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/think-+) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [468 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/468-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blumberg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blumberg-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Zelda Ventures invest in?

Zelda Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, B2B and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 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 Zelda Ventures's check size?

Zelda Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.6M–$7M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Zelda Ventures participates in.

### When did Zelda Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Zelda Ventures closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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