Felicis Ventures

Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2006 by Aydin Senkut. The firm invests globally across seed to growth stages, with a current focus on artificial intelligence, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and digital health. Felicis has made more than 700 investments with over 125 exits. The firm is known for its founder-aligned approach and early investments in companies such as Shopify, Canva, Adyen, and Credit Karma. Felicis emphasizes a founder-centric strategy, often working closely with entrepreneurs from the earliest stages. For example, Felicis includes a clause in its term sheets promising not to vote against a founder, thereby contractually aligning it with the entrepreneur. Additionally, it was the first venture firm to allocate 1% of every new investment toward founder support services, such as mental health resources and executive coaching, paid from the partners’ management fees. Felicis has backed over 50 unicorns and participated in more than 125 exits. The firm's current portfolio includes Notion, Plaid, and Canva, along with AI-focused startups such as Supabase, Mercor, Runway, Poolside, Revel, and Skild AI. Notable early-stage investments include Shopify, Adyen, Canva (led Series A), Notion, Cruise, Flexport, Credit Karma, and Rovio. The firm has also led or participated in recent high-profile rounds, including a $50 million Series C in Runway ML, Series B in Mercor, $50 million Series A in Chalk, and a $17 million seed round in Browser Use. Felicis is also an investor in Crusoe Energy, Verkada, and Weights & Biases.

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