Laude Ventures — Portfolio, Funds & Investment Activity

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Strategy

Stages

Pre-Seed

Sectors

AIData Infrastructure

Geographies

Berkeley, CA

Recent changes

Sep 5, 2026Sep 5, 2026Sectors updated: AI, Data Infrastructure laude.vc/about
Sep 5, 2026Sep 5, 2026Stages updated: Pre-Seed laude.vc
Jan 6, 2026Jan 6, 2026Invested in Arena (Series A, $150M) Wikipedia
Jan 1, 2024Jan 1, 2024New fund: Laude Ventures Fund I ($150M) Value Add VC funds tracker

Funds

Fund	Vintage	Size	Strategy	Source
Laude Ventures Fund I	2024	$150M	Flagship	As of 2024Value Add VC funds tracker

Portfolio

1 total

Arena

Recent Investment Activity

Track record: led 0 and participated in 1 of 1 tracked venture round · 1 in the last 12 months

Date	Company	Event	Role	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Source
Jan 6, 2026	Arena	Series A	Participated	$150M	~$1.7B	Felicis VenturesLeadUC InvestmentsLeadAndreessen HorowitzThe House FundLDVPKleiner PerkinsLightspeed Venture PartnersLaude Ventures	Wikipedia

Co-Investors

01 Advisors · 1 shared Andreessen Horowitz · 1 shared Dell Technologies Capital · 1 shared Endeavor Catalyst · 1 shared Felicis Ventures · 1 shared FJ Labs · 1 shared Hanwha Asset Management · 1 shared Khosla Ventures · 1 shared Paradigm · 1 shared Scout Ventures · 1 shared The House Fund · 1 shared UC Investments · 1 shared

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Latest Pulse

Jun 29, 2026Arena, the AI Leaderboard Everyone Uses, Hits $100M Revenue Run-RateArena -- the crowdsourced AI-model leaderboard born as a UC Berkeley research project and now relied on across the industry -- has reached a $100 million annualized revenue run-rate, up from $30 million in January, on the back of its commercial AI-evaluations business. The company raised a $150 million Series A in January at a $1.7 billion valuation and has turned 10 million-plus human model comparisons into a paid product for labs and enterprises.→

Laude Ventures FAQ

What companies has Laude Ventures invested in?

Laude Ventures' portfolio includes Arena.

Who does Laude Ventures co-invest with most?

In the rounds Value Add tracks, Laude Ventures most often invests alongside 01 Advisors (1 shared deal), Andreessen Horowitz (1 shared deal), Dell Technologies Capital (1 shared deal), Endeavor Catalyst (1 shared deal), Felicis Ventures (1 shared deal).

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