Granite Ventures

Granite Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 1992 that concentrates on seed, Series A and Series B investments in technology companies. It backs early-stage startups across the United States, with interests in cloud infrastructure and applications, mobility, internet applications, and software, as well as communications components, wireless, network and application security, storage, digital media, and related technologies. The firm typically leads investments and aims to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. Initial investments commonly range from about $0.5 million to $4 million, with potential follow-on capital bringing total commitments up to roughly $10 million over the life of a company. Granite Ventures has backed numerous startups, reflecting a track record of supporting founders toward category leadership.