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Perceptive Ventures
Perceptive Ventures is a firm of founders investing in founders, backing agentic AI companies early. They stay close from idea to exit and keep a selective...
Perceptive Ventures
Perceptive Ventures is a firm of founders investing in founders, backing agentic AI companies early. They stay close from idea to exit and keep a selective portfolio so they can help turn bold ideas into market leaders. The firm invests with operator experience and focuses on transformational agentic AI.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2023
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Laguna Beach
Corporate office
San Francisco, CA, United States
Principals
Camilo Acosta
Founder and Managing Partner
Chris Hubbell
General Partner
Yair Levi
Part-time Partner
Brendan Dowdle
Part-time Partner
Nick Novarro
Investor
Gary Bradski
Venture Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
How does Perceptive Ventures source deals?
Perceptive sources exclusively through warm mutual connections, a practice the firm states explicitly on its website. The firm does not accept cold outreach and maintains no public presence on platforms like LinkedIn. This closed-access model is designed to filter for founders who come referred by networks the firm's operators have built through their own startup-building experience.
Which sectors does Perceptive Ventures explicitly avoid?
Perceptive does not publish a formal exclusion list, but its portfolio reveals a deliberate focus on vertical AI applications — software platforms embedding agents into specific workflows — rather than horizontal infrastructure plays, hardware, or deep-tech research. The firm's materials specifically emphasize 'agentic AI' over broader 'AI/ML' or foundation-model investing.
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