Karan Mehandru
Investing Profile
Madrona Ventures thesis
For the founders committed to turning the improbable into the inevitable. inspirational. proven. exceptional. inevitable. Backing founding teams in seed, early, and acceleration stages in Seattle, the Bay Area, and beyond. Initial Investment Early Statsig’s Vijaye Raji on using data to build better products Initial Investment Acceleration Runway’s Cristóbal Valenzuela on AI-driven art and lifelong learning Initial Investment Seed Yoodli’s Varun Puri and Esha Joshi on helping people find their voice Initial Investment Early Rover’s Aaron Easterly on the love of pets and finding the right partne
Sector and stage focus
- Seed: Security, Cloud Infrastructure, Future of Work, SaaS
- general: San Francisco Bay Area
- Pre-seed: Security, Future of Work, Cloud Infrastructure, SaaS
Recent investments by Karan Mehandru
Karan Mehandru has 8 named past investments in the public record. The most recent:
| Company | Stage | Date | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fyxer AI | Series B | Sep 2025 | $30M |
| Wisdom AI | Series A | Nov 2025 | $50M |
| GrowthX AI | Series A | May 2025 | $12M |
| Doss | Series B | Mar 2026 | $55M |
| Unstructured Technologies | Series B | Mar 2024 | $40M |
| Impart Security | Series A | Jun 2025 | $12M |
| Shaped | Series A | Jul 2024 | $8M |
| Deepgram | Series C | Jan 2026 | $130M |
Frequent co-investors
Karan Mehandru has co-invested with: George Hoyem.
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