Vela Partners is a venture capital firm in California that focuses on B2B startups with investments spanning from seed to Series A. Founded in 2015 in San Francisco, California, United States, it invests in early-stage ventures. Its portfolio companies include ProtoPie, Bear Robotics, Meditopia, Grabango, Firefly, Base Operations, JOBOX.ai, FounderNest, interviewing.io, and Kuika. As of April 2020, Vela Partners has made 13 investments. Their most recent investment was on February 24, 2020, when ProtoPie raised $6.3M. ProtoPie is a tool used to turn your UI/UX design ideas into interactive prototypes for mobile, desktop, web, and IoT.
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Funded Companies
Golden is a company started in San Francisco, USA. The company is building an encyclopedia and knowledge tool. The founder and CEO of Golden is Jude Gomila.
An AI company for professionals to manage jobs and finances.
Copper is a San Francisco-based company founded by Jun (Andrew) Hu, Chris Cheng and Jon Lee.
People
Eli Koen
Partner
Fuat Alican
Partner
Murat Ihlamur
Partner
Yigit Ihlamur
Partner
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Base Operations
Bear Robotics
Firefly
FounderNest
Grabango
interviewing.io
JOBOX.ai
Meditopia
ProtoPie