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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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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?

Nomadic

San Francisco, California, United States

NomadicML develops visual reasoning AI Agents for Autonomous Systems

AnalyticsGenerative AIInformation TechnologySoftwareVideo
SeedMar 31, 2026
Amount Raised: $8,400,000
RunSybil

San Francisco, California, United States

RunSybil is an AI-powered offensive security platform designed to continuously test applications and infrastructure for vulnerabilities.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity
SeedMar 18, 2026
Amount Raised: $40,000,000
HydraDB

San Francisco, California, United States

HydraDB provides the developer tools and infrastructure to give agents context and memory.

AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)DatabaseSoftware
SeedMar 12, 2026
Amount Raised: $6,500,000
Standard Kernel

Palo Alto, California, United States

Standard Kernel builds AI technology that makes the core software running on GPUs and other accelerators faster and more efficient.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud InfrastructureSoftware
SeedMar 11, 2026
Amount Raised: $20,000,000
Basis

New York, New York, United States

Basis provides an AI agent platform that automates accounting workflows for professionals.

AccountingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Information Technology
Series BFeb 24, 2026
Amount Raised: $100,000,000
Archimetis

South San Francisco, Pennsylvania, United States

Archimetis provides an AI-powered operational reasoning system for energy, chemical, pharma, and industrial plants.

Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)ChemicalEnergyEnterprise SoftwareIndustrialMachine LearningManufacturingPharmaceuticalPredictive Analytics
Series UnknownFeb 11, 2026
Amount Raised: $11,500,000
depthfirst

San Francisco, California, United States

Applied AI lab focused on cybersecurity

Software
Series AJan 14, 2026
Amount Raised: $40,000,000
Onepot.ai

South San Francisco, California, United States

Onepot.ai offers automated synthesis of small molecules from basic building blocks using a unified, end-to-end process.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)ChemicalChemical Engineering
SeedNov 19, 2025
Amount Raised: $13,000,000
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

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