Frontier Ventures

Frontier Ventures, based in Cupertino, California, operates as a venture capital firm with a stated focus on investing in early-stage Artificial Intelligence companies that exhibit strong network effects. The firm aims to connect these portfolio companies to global markets, leveraging its international network. Founded by Dmitry Alimov, Frontier Ventures in Cupertino appears to be a specialized arm or extension of the broader Frontier Ventures entity, which has a more extensive history of investments across various technology sectors, primarily in Eastern Europe and the CIS region.

While Frontier Ventures in Cupertino explicitly targets "early-stage" AI ventures, public data regarding its specific investment activities for this focus is limited. For instance, the Crunchbase profile associated with the Cupertino entity lists only one known investment: AppZen, a Series C round amounting to $35 million. This particular investment, being a later-stage Series C, does not align with the typical definition of an "early-stage" first check, making it challenging to infer the firm's standard initial investment sizes for its stated early-stage AI thesis.

The broader Frontier Ventures fund, associated with Dmitry Alimov, has historically participated in Series A and B rounds, with reported typical check sizes ranging from $2 million to $10 million. However, this general investment range from the parent entity does not provide precise or reliable figures for the first checks specifically deployed by the Cupertino arm into early-stage AI companies. Due to the scarcity of specific, publicly available data on their early-stage AI investments, particularly regarding typical initial check sizes, it is not possible to reliably determine the minimum and maximum first check sizes for Frontier Ventures' Cupertino-based AI focus.