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At a glance
Elad Gil appears in 5 funding rounds tracked by ValueAddVC since 2025, leading 2. Its most frequent sectors in these rounds are Defense & Space and Enterprise Software, and its most recent tracked deal was Hone's $60M Growth round (Oct 9, 2026). It co-invests most often with Andreessen Horowitz.
Strategy
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
Technology
Geographies
USASan Francisco, CA
Check size
$100K-$10MRecent changes
- Oct 9, 2026Oct 9, 2026Invested in Hone (Growth, $60M) FinSmes
- Sep 9, 2026Sep 9, 2026Invested in Harvey ($550M) TechCrunch
- Aug 1, 2026Aug 1, 2026Invested in Cambridge Aerospace (Series C, $300M) The Next Web
- May 26, 2026May 26, 2026Invested in NavigateAI (Seed, $25M) TechCrunch
- Feb 19, 2025Feb 19, 2025Invested in Saronic (Series C, $600M) TechCrunch
Portfolio
6 totalRecent Investment Activity
5Track record: led 2 and participated in 3 of 5 tracked venture rounds · 4 in the last 12 months · led 1 Seed, 1 Series C
| Date | Company | Event | Role | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | Hone | Growth | Participated | $60M | $285M | Pulse story | |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Harvey | funding round | Participated | $550M | $15.5B | Lightspeed Venture PartnersLeadHarveySapphire VenturesHarveyWhale RockHarveySequoia CapitalunverifiedKleiner PerkinsunverifiedAndreessen HorowitzunverifiedCoatue ManagementunverifiedConvictionunverifiedElad GilunverifiedEvantic CapitalunverifiedGICunverifiedGoldman Sachs AlternativesunverifiedDiffusionVerified CapitalWNDR | TechCrunch |
| Aug 2026 | Cambridge Aerospace | Series C | Participated | $300M | $3.4B | The Next Web | |
| May 26, 2026 | NavigateAI | Seed | Led | $25M | $225M | TechCrunch | |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Saronic | Series C | Led | $600M | $4B | TechCrunch |
Sector / Stage Activity
By sector (portfolio)
Defense
2 · 33%
AI infra
1 · 17%
Legal tech
1 · 17%
Enterprise SaaS
1 · 17%
AI
1 · 17%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series C
2 · 40%
Growth
1 · 20%
Seed
1 · 20%
Co-Investors
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Latest Pulse
- Oct 13, 2026Character.AI Files Chapter 11, Sells Assets To Disney For $20MCharacter.AI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy five years after launch, with Disney agreeing to buy some of its assets for $20 million as the AI chatbot platform winds down under legal and safety pressure.→
- Oct 9, 2026Hone Raises $60M At $285M ValuationHone, a San Francisco startup building autonomous AI systems for enterprise outcomes, raised $60 million at a $285 million valuation in a round led by Benchmark and Index Ventures, with Elad Gil also participating.→
- Sep 9, 2026Harvey Raises $550M At $15.5B ValuationLegal AI startup Harvey raised $550 million at a $15.5 billion valuation, nearly doubling in nine months across two rounds while building its own open-weight model instead of depending solely on OpenAI or Anthropic.→
- Sep 7, 2026Opendoor's Founder Built NavigateAI to Sell AI to ElectriciansNavigateAI, the construction-labor AI startup from Opendoor founder Eric Wu, raised a $25 million seed at a $225 million valuation from Elad Gil, Khosla Ventures and a roster of operator angels.→
- Aug 12, 2026Cognition Nears $40B Valuation, Up 50%+ Since SpringAI coding startup Cognition is in early talks for a new round that could value it above $40 billion, more than 50% above the $26 billion mark it set in May, as it approaches a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate.→
- Aug 10, 2026Anduril Backers Give Cambridge Aerospace $3.4B ValuationCambridge Aerospace, a British drone-and-missile interceptor startup, raised a $300 million Series C led by DFJ Growth at a $3.4 billion valuation, taking its total raised past $630 million in under two years.→
- Jun 17, 2026Odyssey Raises $310M at $1.45B -- Amazon and AMD Bet on World Models for Physical AIOdyssey, the Los Angeles startup founded by self-driving veterans Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke, raised a $310 million Series B at a $1.45 billion valuation to build 'world models' -- AI systems that simulate physical environments with real-world physics for robotics, autonomy, and interactive media. The round was led by Natural Capital, with Amazon, AMD Ventures, GV, Jeff Dean, Elad Gil, Garry Tan, Guillermo Rauch, and Kyle Vogt participating, and notably routes the company onto AWS Trainium after it had earlier taken Nvidia's money.→
Elad Gil FAQ
What companies has Elad Gil invested in?
Elad Gil's portfolio includes Hone, Harvey, Cambridge Aerospace, NavigateAI, Saronic, Decagon.
Who does Elad Gil co-invest with most?
In the rounds Value Add tracks, Elad Gil most often invests alongside Andreessen Horowitz (3 shared deals), Accel (2 shared deals), Coatue Management (2 shared deals), Index Ventures (2 shared deals), Kleiner Perkins (2 shared deals).
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