Honeystone Ventures
Honeystone Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2020. The firm combines academic research and industry expertise to support startups, leveraging insights from a team of serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and Stanford University academics. Honeystone Ventures focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage investments, primarily in the United States, with a typical investment range of $100,000 to $5 million, often around $1.5 million. The firm offers a range of services to nurture startups, including capital investment, research-driven due dilig
Investing activity
Honeystone Ventures appears in 3 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $15M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $6M and the largest at $15M. The most recent are Multifactor (Seed, $15M, Jul 2026), Idilio (Seed, $5.5M, Jun 2026) and TESS (Seed, $4.8M (BRL 25.0M), Mar 2026).
Honeystone Ventures most often invests alongside Nexus Venture Partners, Padma Warrior, Gokul Rajaram and Liquid 2 Ventures, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Honeystone Ventures
What AI companies has Honeystone Ventures invested in?
Honeystone Ventures's AI investments include Multifactor, Idilio and TESS. The 3 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Honeystone Ventures based?
Honeystone Ventures is based in Palo Alto, California, United States.
What stage does Honeystone Ventures invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, Honeystone Ventures has invested at Seed, with a median round of $6M.
Who does Honeystone Ventures co-invest with?
Honeystone Ventures's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Nexus Venture Partners (1 deal), Padma Warrior (1 deal), Gokul Rajaram (1 deal), Liquid 2 Ventures (1 deal) and Flex Capital (1 deal).
How can founders reach Honeystone Ventures?
Founders on AI Lounge can see Honeystone 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 Honeystone Ventures to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.