Audacious Ventures
Audacious Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, founded in April 2020 by Nakul Mandan. The firm focuses on partnering with ambitious technology founders, providing support from Pre-Seed and Seed stages through to significant growth. Audacious Ventures employs a unique hybrid model that combines capital investment with hands-on operational recruiting expertise. The firm invests in early-stage technology companies across various sectors, including artificial intelligence, enterprise software, healthcare technology, fintech, climate tech, and constru
Investing activity
Audacious Ventures appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $11M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $11M. The most recent is Ghost (Seed, $11M, Oct 2026).
Audacious Ventures most often invests alongside Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Abstract Ventures and Nova, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI hardware / personal agents.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Audacious Ventures
What AI companies has Audacious Ventures invested in?
Audacious Ventures's AI investments include Ghost. The 1 round on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Audacious Ventures based?
Audacious Ventures is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
What stage does Audacious Ventures invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, Audacious Ventures has invested at Seed, with a median round of $11M.
Who does Audacious Ventures co-invest with?
Audacious Ventures's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Andreessen Horowitz (1 deal), SV Angel (1 deal), Abstract Ventures (1 deal) and Nova (1 deal).
How can founders reach Audacious Ventures?
Founders on AI Lounge can see Audacious Ventures's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Audacious Ventures to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.