# Gradient: investment profile

Published mandate, cheque sizes and source evidence for Gradient. Sources checked 2026-10-12.

Source: https://12inf.ai/resources/funds/gradient-ventures
Updated: 2026-10-14

Independent early-stage fund dedicated entirely to AI, acting as first institutional check at pre-seed and seed and leading rounds for AI-native founders across applications, agents, developer tooling and physical-world AI.

## Published mandate

- **Stage:** Pre-seed, Seed

- **Sectors:** AI

## Notable investments

- [Silverstream](https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/25/googles-gradient-ventures-leads-1-2m-round-silverstream-ai-scale-autonomous-web-agents/) — Seed ($1.2M, Gradient-led per headline), 2025-03-25

- [Ditto](https://www.businessinsider.com/read-pitch-deck-college-ai-matchmaking-dating-app-ditto-seed-2026-2) — Seed ($9.2M), 2026-02

## Sources

Sources checked **2026-10-12**.

- [Gradient — Fund 5](https://www.gradient.com/blog/posts/fund-5/)

- [Gradient — Website](https://www.gradient.com/)

- [Gradient — News](https://www.gradient.com/news/)

- [Gradient — Team](https://www.gradient.com/team/)

- [siliconangle.com — Googles gradient ventures leads 1 2m round silverstream ai scale autonomous web agents](https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/25/googles-gradient-ventures-leads-1-2m-round-silverstream-ai-scale-autonomous-web-agents/)

- [businessinsider.com — Read pitch deck college ai matchmaking dating app ditto seed 2026 2](https://www.businessinsider.com/read-pitch-deck-college-ai-matchmaking-dating-app-ditto-seed-2026-2)

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