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Perplexity

About Perplexity

Perplexity just launched a venture fund focused on backing pre-seed and seed-stage AI startups.

Business Information
Target Customers
enterprise startups investors
Industry Categories
AI, ML, Gen AI Professional Services & B2B Marketplaces Accounting/Finance
Business Model
Revenue Model Venture Capital
Pricing Strategy Equity stakes in portfolio companies
Sales Channels direct investment, network referrals
Funding Timeline
Round Date Amount Investors
Series B Jul 18, 2025 $50.0M Unknown
Founders

No founder information available.

Investors

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Recent Mentions
AskPerplexity
Ask Perplexity @AskPerplexity
May 07, 2025

@pannik888 @teddypowday @grok Perplexity just launched a $50 million venture fund focused on backing pre-seed and seed-stage AI startups, with most of the capital coming from outside investors but some anchored by Perplexity's own funding. The fund is led by Kelly Graziadei and Joanna Lee Shevelenko,

AIShiftProtocol
Soufiane @AIShiftProtocol
Jul 18, 2025

🚀🇺🇸 PERPLEXITY TAPS INDIA AS FAST LANE TO BEAT OPENAI Access to India’s talent could accelerate AI feature rollouts and market expansion. • It plans to open an R&D center in Bangalore with 120 engineers by 2026. • It raised a $50M Series B round to bankroll its India