Principal Venture Partners
Principal Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2024. The firm has a global perspective rooted in Silicon Valley and focuses on early-stage, AI-native startups that are developing innovative businesses. The firm invests in a variety of AI startups, including those working on foundation models, developer tools, middleware, applications, consumer technology, and games. Principal Venture Partners aims to support companies that are set to transform industries such as insurance, logistics, and healthcare. The team brings a wealth of experience in AI,
Investing activity
Principal Venture Partners appears in 2 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $30M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $15M. The most recent are Infinity.inc (Seed, $15M, Jul 2026) and Infinity Artificial Intelligence Institute (Seed, $15M, Jan 2026).
Principal Venture Partners most often invests alongside Touring Capital, Inception Studio, Sharon Zhou and Jason Zhao, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Principal Venture Partners
What AI companies has Principal Venture Partners invested in?
Principal Venture Partners's AI investments include Infinity.inc and Infinity Artificial Intelligence Institute. The 2 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Principal Venture Partners based?
Principal Venture Partners is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
What stage does Principal Venture Partners invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, Principal Venture Partners has invested at Seed, with a median round of $15M.
Who does Principal Venture Partners co-invest with?
Principal Venture Partners's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Touring Capital (2 deals), Inception Studio (1 deal), Sharon Zhou (1 deal), Jason Zhao (1 deal) and Sahin Boydas (1 deal).
How can founders reach Principal Venture Partners?
Founders on AI Lounge can see Principal Venture Partners'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 Principal Venture Partners to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.