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Garuda Ventures

301 Main St, Unit 18B, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States

Overview

Garuda is an angel fund run by full-time operators Rishi Taparia and James Richards. We spend every day on the founder side of the table.

Total investments
27
Lead investments
7
Investments · 12mo
6
Active investors
2
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Investment portfolio

  • Mind Robotics

    Participated · Equity · May 2026

    Founded in 2025 out of a project initially known as “Project Synapse,” Mind Robotics is building industrial robots designed to perform human-like skills and further automate factory operations. The company was spun out of Rivian with RJ Scaringe, Rivian’s CEO, serving as chairman. Mind Robotics has raised over $1 billion to date, including a recent $400 million round led by Kleiner Perkins and a $500 million raise two months earlier, plus a prior $115 million from Eclipse. The latest financing values the company at more than $3 billion. Investors include strategic corporate venture arms such as Volkswagen’s and major investors like Salesforce. The company is using the new capital to continue development and scaling of its industrial robotics technology.

  • Adora

    Participated · Seed · Feb 2026

    Adora offers a product analytics and journey-mapping solution that automatically records every screen, interaction, and user path inside a digital product. Its software produces live, visual maps enriched with analytics and AI-driven usability insights, enabling product teams to diagnose friction points and optimize user experience. Founded by Omar Salem and Nathan Scully and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, the company positions itself as a tool for building world-class product experiences that users love. Adora is currently in private beta and plans to broaden availability in conjunction with accelerated product development. The newly raised capital will be directed toward scaling engineering resources and launching the platform more widely. No revenue, user, or other operating metrics have been publicly disclosed to date.

  • Arkero

    Participated · Seed · Jan 2026

    Arkero is building an AI “executive partner” that sits on top of the existing software stack used by professional sports organizations, integrating data warehouses, ticketing, CRM, Slack, email and more into one coordinated workflow. The platform automates tasks ranging from match-day planning to season-ticket renewals, delivering faster decision-making, fewer errors and clearer cross-team coordination without adding headcount. Early deployments with the Seattle Sounders and Seattle Reign project more than 50% efficiency gains around match-day operations by 2026. Initial customers also include San Diego FC and Bolton Wanderers FC, demonstrating traction across MLS, NWSL and the English Football League. Led by Remitly co-founder Shivaas Gulati alongside former Remitly colleagues Vamsi Narla and Daniel Shi, Arkero aims to capture a share of the $500 billion global sports market by embedding AI into core business processes. The company operates out of Seattle and Los Angeles. To date, Arkero has raised $6 million in pre-seed capital to finance product development and expansion.

  • Moonshot AI

    Participated · Seed · Oct 2025

    Moonshot AI has built a no-code generative AI platform that continuously analyzes user behavior, automatically creates and tests new on-site experiences, and deploys winning variations so that websites evolve without human intervention. Described by the founders as a “new species of website,” the system learns, experiments, and adapts in real time to raise conversions, sales, and revenue. Early e-commerce clients, including Yáneken and DefenAge, have reported a 30 % increase in revenue per visitor within a few months of deployment, demonstrating clear ROI. The product targets both B2B and B2C organizations, launching at a moment when many companies struggle to gain measurable impact from AI tools. Seed funding will be used to expand beyond e-commerce and scale the technology across additional industries. Co-founders Aviv Frenkel, PhD, and Evyatar Segal created the company out of personal frustrations with traditional conversion-rate optimization. As the platform absorbs more data from current and future customers, its autonomous optimization capabilities are expected to strengthen further. No additional revenue, user, or profitability figures were disclosed.

  • Archive Intel

    Participated · Series A · Oct 2025

    Founded in April 2024, Archive Intel offers a SOC 2 Type II–certified platform that captures and supervises communications across iMessage, Android, WhatsApp, social media, web, email, chat, and other channels, enabling regulated firms to meet SEC and FINRA requirements without altering existing workflows. Its AI Marketing Review tool automatically flags high-risk language, suggests compliant edits, and streamlines approvals under SEC Marketing Rules. The company currently serves more than 500 firms and 7,000 users, underscoring early market adoption within wealth management and broader financial services. Planned product expansions include trade-monitoring modules, attestation workflows, and AI agents for proactive compliance. Recent funding will also grow the AI engineering and customer-success teams to support product development and client onboarding. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Archive Intel positions itself at the intersection of fintech, reg-tech, and workflow automation.

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