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Jeff Dean

North America, California, United States, Palo Alto

Description

Jeff Dean joined Google in 1999 and is currently a Google Senior Fellow in Google's Research Group, where he leads the Google Brain team, Go...

Investor Profile

Jeff Dean has backed more than 61 startups, with 24 new investments in the last 12 months alone. The firm has led 3 rounds, about 5% of its total and boasts 1 exits across its portfolio.

Investment Focus Highlights

  • Concentrates on Seed, Series A, Pre Seed rounds (top funding stages).
  • Majority of deals are located in United States, United Kingdom, Japan.
  • Strong thematic focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Biotechnology, Information Technology.
  • Led 1 rounds in the past year.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (39%)
  • Series A (30%)
  • Pre Seed (15%)
  • Series B (8%)
  • Series Unknown (5%)
  • Series C (2%)
  • Series D (2%)

Country Focus

  • United States (87%)
  • United Kingdom (5%)
  • Japan (2%)
  • Australia (2%)

Industry Focus

  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Biotechnology
  • Information Technology
  • Software
  • Machine Learning
  • Health Care
  • Internet
  • Life Science
  • Generative Ai
  • Property Management
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Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Jeff Dean frequently co-invest with?

Refactor
North America, California, United States, Burlingame
Co-Investments: 4
Valor Equity Partners
North America, Illinois, United States, Chicago
Co-Investments: 3
AIX Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 5
Felicis
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 4
Y Combinator
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Co-Investments: 5
SV Angel
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 3
Radical Ventures
North America, Ontario, Canada, Toronto
Co-Investments: 5
Fifty Years
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 5
Andreessen Horowitz
North America, California, United States, Menlo Park
Co-Investments: 9
Coatue
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 3

Which angels does Jeff Dean often collaborate with?

GR
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 4
ES
North America, California, United States, Mountain View
Shared Deals: 4
MB
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
AM
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 5
RH
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
MC
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
AD
North America, California, United States, Palo Alto
Shared Deals: 3
YL
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 3
TP
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 3
EG
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 5

What are some of recent deals done by Jeff Dean?

AISLE

San Francisco, California, United States

AISLE was built by security leaders and AI scientists who've seen both the scale of the threat and the limits of today's tools firsthand.

Cyber Security
AngelOct 16, 2025
Supermemory

Warrington, Warrington, United Kingdom

Supermemory is an open-source AI platform that enables users to organize, search, and understand all the saved content on the internet.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)DatabaseDeveloper APIsInformation TechnologyOpen SourceSoftware
Pre SeedOct 6, 2025
Amount Raised: $3,000,000
Moonlake AI

San Francisco, California, United States

An artificial intelligence research lab building AI models for creating real-time interactive content

SeedOct 1, 2025
Amount Raised: $28,000,000
Periodic Labs

San Francisco, California, United States

Periodic Labs develops artificial intelligence systems that simulate and predict the properties of materials using machine learning.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMachine Learning
SeedSep 30, 2025
Amount Raised: $300,000,000
Belfort

San Francisco, California, United States

Belfort is specialising in technology that accelerates encrypted data processing.

Data Storage
SeedSep 25, 2025
Amount Raised: $6,000,000
Emergent

Pleasanton, California, United States

Emergent is a platform for agentic vibe-coding.

Information TechnologyInternet
Series ASep 24, 2025
Amount Raised: $23,000,000
Huxe

San Jose, California, United States

Huxe enables users to explore subjects in depth by automatically generating podcasts featuring multiple AI.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)AudioAudiobooks
SeedSep 23, 2025
Amount Raised: $4,600,000
Sophont

Dover, Delaware, United States

Multimodal foundation models for healthcare

Health CareMedicalSoftware
SeedSep 11, 2025
Amount Raised: $9,220,000

Empowering America's Most Critical Workforce.

ManufacturingRecruitingStaffing Agency
SeedAug 28, 2025
Amount Raised: $5,800,000
Terraton

San Francisco, California, United States

Terraton is a biochar platform that provides equipment, design, and financing to agribusiness operators.

BiopharmaFinanceManufacturing
SeedAug 27, 2025
Amount Raised: $11,500,000