DFX Intelligence
Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Causation Ventures, L.L.C.
Causation Ventures, L.L.C.
name or self-description says seed
Importance
22
moderate
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
57
elevated
Completeness
44
elevated
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
28
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- unknown
- Office address
- unknown
- Business phone
- 6502243017adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://www.irregular.vc/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Feb 27, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 0 (0 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 6502243017adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
149 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, enterprise software, hardware, robotics, space, devtools, media
- Stages
- pre seed, seed, early
- Geography
- australia, france, global, new york
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- seed
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 99%Biotechnology 1%Other Technology 1%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 149
Funds and vehicles
0 reported
No vehicle on record yet. A fund arrives from Form ADV Schedule D 7.B.(1) or a Form D filing.
Investment team
61 current, 1 departed
Renaud Visage
Board or advisorySVP of Advertising Technology & Technical Advisor @ Warner Bros. Discovery , CTO @ CNN , CTO @ Mashable
Alan Warren
Founder or executiveCo-Founder & CTO @ AZmed
Alexandre Attia
Founder or executiveCo-Founder & CEO @ Norbert Health , Founder & CEO @ LTU Technologies , Founder & CEO @ Placemeter
Andrey Akselrod
Founder or executiveCTO and Co-Founder @ Lighty AI , CTO @ Swiftline , CTO @ Thrasio , CTO @ Giphy
Brian Murphy
Founder or executiveCo-Founder and CEO @ Chord , CTO @ Glossier , Co-Founder @ Dynamo
Carlos Aguilar
Founder or executiveCEO @ SaaSy Sales Leadership , Co-Founder & CEO @ Revenue Chemists , Head Coach @ ScaleWise
Dan Preston
Founder or executiveChief Science Officer @ X , Founder and CEO @ Cerebellum Capital
Greg Ratner
Founder or executiveCo-Founder & CTO at AutonomyFinance.ai
Ilan Man
Founder or executiveCEO & Co-Founder @ Band , Founder & Former CTO @ Blue Apron
James Boehmer
Founder or executiveCo-Founder & CTO @ Panjiva (acquired S&P Global)
Kellan Elliott-McCrea
Founder or executiveCo-Founder & CEO @ Shortcut , Co-Founder @ CTO School
Marc Brown
Founder or executiveExecutive Coach and Advisor, Trustee and Advisor Council Chair @ UC Berkeley SkyDeck , Founder @ Tibco
Michele Catasta
Founder or executiveCo-Founder & CEO @ Otti , CTO @ Greenhouse , Software Developer @ Thomson Reuters , Independent Consultant @ LendingTree
Mike Boufford
Founder or executivePresident @ Betterment
Laurent Paris
General partnerEVP of Engineering @ Clari , General Partner @ IA Seed Ventures
Jean Sini
PartnerManager And Member · since Jun 1, 2019
Romain David
PartnerCIO @ Nomura , Co-Founder & CTO @ USREM , CTO @ Barclays
Serkan Kutan
PartnerGlobal Product Lead @ Google , CX Strategy Manager @ The New York Times
Adam Perelman
Platform and operationsCTO @ The Commons Project , CTO @ Oscar Insurance , VP Engineering @ Google
Alex Ingram
Platform and operationsCo-Founder & CTO @ Datadog , Director of Live Operations @Wireless Generation (now Amplify )
Ali Heron
Platform and operationsSenior Staff Software Engineer @ Google , Director of Engineering @ Six Apart
Andrew Bunner
Platform and operationsEngineering Director @ Google , VP Engineering @ Blue Apron , SVP Engineering @ Foursquare
Andrew Hogue
Platform and operationsCo-Founder @Stealth, CTO @ People.ai , Founder & CTO @ Smartling
Arun Nagarajan
Platform and operationsVP of Application Infrastucture @ Datadog , Senior Software Engineering Manager @ BuzzFeed & @ Birchbox
Ben Birnbaum
Platform and operationsCo-Founder & CEO (former CTO) @ DataDome , COO @ Linkfluence , Co-Founder & CTO @ TrendyBuzz
Ben Roberts
Platform and operationsCTO @ SeatGeek , CTO @ Tumblr , VP Engineering @ The New York Times
Benjamin Fabre
Platform and operationsDirector of Data @ Remote , Director of Data & Analytics @ Brooklyn Data Co ., Head of Data & Analytics @ Nested
Berkeley Skydeck
Platform and operationsVP Engineering @ Spotify
Bryan Mahoney
Platform and operationsHead of Engineering & Architecture @ JPMorgan Chase , Head of Platform Engineering @ Two Sigma , CTO @ Rent The Runway
Camille Fournier
Platform and operationsFounder & CEO @ Hashboard , VP of Data Insights Engineering @ Flatiron Health , Systems Engineer @ Amazon Robotics
Danny Morrow
Platform and operationsBoard Member @ Dave , SVP of Strategic Initiatives @ Lemonade , CEO @ Metromile , Software Engineer @ Google
David Andre
Platform and operationsCo-Founder @ Syntracts , Head of Engineering @ Redesign Health , CTO @ Optoro , Co-Founder & CTO @ Uber
Doug Bemis
Platform and operationsCTO @ Paradigm , CTO @ Orchard , VP Engineering @ Flatiron Health , Engineering Manager @ AppNexus
Generative Alpha
Platform and operationsSVP of Engineering @ Datadog , SVP of R&D @ Astronomer , Co-Founder & CEO @ Datakin , CTO @ WeWork
Ilia Papas
Platform and operationsCTO @ Blue Apron , VP Engineering @ XO Group , Executive Director of Engineering @ Amplify
James Turnbull
Platform and operationsVP of Engineering @ Zillow Group
Joel Witten
Platform and operationsVP of Analytics & Business Operations @ MongoDB , Strategy Director @ PepsiCo , Management Consulting @Various Firms
Julie Sommerville
Platform and operationsVP of Engineering @ Datadog , Director of Engineering @ Apple , General Manager @ Microsoft
Junaid Ahmed
Platform and operationsCo-Founder & CTO @ Microblink , Software Engineering @ Racuni.hr
Jurica Cerovec
Platform and operationsHead of API Engineering @ Anthropic , Engineering Leader @ Stripe , Senior Director of Engineering @ Betterment
Katelyn Lesse
Platform and operationsHead of Engineering @ Exos , Senior Director of Product Engineering @ WW , SVP of Product & Engineering @ Aaptiv
Kathleen Yanolatos
Platform and operationsHead of Engineering Frame.io @ Adobe , VP of Engineering @ Dropbox , SVP of Engineering @ Blink Health , CTO @ Etsy
Lighty Ai
Platform and operationsEngineering Leader @ Stripe , Co-Founder & CEO @ Okay , Senior Director of Engineering @ Box , Engineer @ Google
Luro Health
Platform and operationsSVP of Engineering @ BriteCore , SVP of Engineering @ Demandbase , VP IoT & Big Data Applications @ Oracle
Mackenzie Kosut
Platform and operationsCTO @ Caire , Director of Engineering @ Ro , Co-Founder & CTO @ Lever Health
Matt Driscoll
Platform and operationsCTO @ SoundCloud , SVP of Platform Technology, Products & Operations @ Turner
Ori Schnaps
Platform and operationsCo-Founder & CEO @ Objective , Senior Researcher & Engineering Manager @ Apple
Praxis Labs
Platform and operationsCo-Founder @ Farcaster , Senior Director of Platform @ Coinbase , Product Management @ Microsoft
Samuel Rozenberg
Platform and operationsFounder @ Brooklyn Data Co. , Co-Founder @ LocallyOptimistic , VP Data & Analytics @ Casper , Consultant @ L.E.K
Supreet Oberoi
Platform and operationsDirector of Engineering @ Box , Co-Founder @Stealth
Sylvia Isler
Platform and operationsSenior Director of Core Infrastructure Primitives & Storage @ LinkedIn , Senior Director of Platform Services @ Twitter
Taylor Leese
Platform and operationsCRO @ Axiom Space , Executive Engagement & Thought Leadership @ Google , COO @ Explain Everything
Thirty Madison
Platform and operationsGlobal Head of Engineering @ Moon Creative Lab , Founder @ Axle Medical , Tech Lead & Manager @ Verily Life Sciences
Varun Srinivasan
Platform and operationsSoftware Engineer @ NextDoor , Principal @ Irregular Expressions , Software Engineer - Developer Productivity @ MongoDB
Vlad Rachev
Platform and operationsCo-Founder & CTO @ Ernesta , Co-Founder & CTO @ Peloton , Software Engineer @ Skype & @ Cisco
Maria Belousova
PrincipalGroup Product Manager @ Google , Director of Product @ Cadre , Lead Product Manager @ Square
Norbert Health
PrincipalCo-Founder @ Zest , Co-Founder @ Sunlight Health , Director of Product Management @ Flatiron Health
Yony Feng
PrincipalCo-Founder @ Bridge , CPO @ Brex , Director Product Management @ Coinbase, @ Remind , Lead Product Manager @ Square
Antoine Boulanger
Vice presidentProduct Lead @ Bridge , Product Lead @ Shopify , VP of Product @ Petal
Michael Coyne
Vice presidentVP of AI @ Replit , Head of Applied Research @ Google Labs , Head of Applied Research @ X, the moonshot factory
Sameer Jain
Vice presidentVP of Architecture @ Betterment
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Anthony Johnson · Engineering Leader @ Stripe , Co-Founder & CEO @ Okay , Senior Director of Engineering @ Box , Engineer @ Google · ? to Sep 16, 2026 Inference
Investments on record
149 edges, 149 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
40 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Glynn Capital Management, LLC 4 shared · strongSapphire Ventures, LLC 3 shared · recurringSeedcamp Investment Management LLP 3 shared · recurringMillennium Technology Value Partners 2 shared · recurringNEA: New Enterprise Associates 2 shared · recurringFuel Capital 2 shared · recurringMatrix 2 shared · recurringStandard Crypto Management LP 2 shared · recurringAlleycorp Advisers, LLC 2 shared · recurringMV Advisers LLP 2 shared · recurringCrane Venture Partners LLP 2 shared · recurring83North 2 shared · recurringWayfinder Ventures Management, L.L.C. 2 shared · recurringTechstars Ventures 1 shared · one time137 Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeFour Rivers Group 1 shared · one timeOCA Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeMenlo Ventures 1 shared · one timeDecibel Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeDenver Angels 1 shared · one timeTwelve Below 1 shared · one timeThreshold 1 shared · one timeHakluyt Capital Limited 1 shared · one timeMutual Capital Partners Funds 1 shared · one timeK5 1 shared · one timeCNK Equity Partners I, LLC 1 shared · one timeCentana Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeCasa Verde 1 shared · one timeTeamworthy Group LLC 1 shared · one timeNext Frontier Capital Mc, LLC 1 shared · one timeCRV, LLC 1 shared · one timeWestriver Management, LLC 1 shared · one timePruven Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one timeCivilization Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeSilverton Management, L.L.C. 1 shared · one timeGeorgian Partners Growth L.P. 1 shared · one timeStorm Ventures 1 shared · one timeMastry 1 shared · one timeEden Road Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timeDAG Ventures 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
8 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026Frame.io no longer listed on Causation Ventures, L.L.C.'s portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceFrame.ioVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Filtered.ai no longer listed on Causation Ventures, L.L.C.'s portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceFiltered.aiVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Distributed desktop virtualization no longer listed on Causation Ventures, L.L.C.'s portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceDistributed desktop virtualizationVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Arbitrum no longer listed on Causation Ventures, L.L.C.'s portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceArbitrumVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Site no longer listed on Causation Ventures, L.L.C.'s portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceSiteVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Anthony Johnson (Engineering Leader @ Stripe , Co-Founder & CEO @ Okay , Senior Director of Engineering @ Box , Engineer @ Google) no longer on the team page of Causation Ventures, L.L.C.Person leftPeopleInferenceAnthony JohnsonVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 13, 2026Causation Ventures, L.L.C.: INSTITUTIONAL_VC -> SEED_FUND_MANAGER (name or self-description says seed)Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
- Mar 31, 2023Causation Ventures, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 14, 2026Seed fund manager (probable, 80%, cls-1)name or self-description says seed
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (probable, 70%, cls-1)venture manager with no reported fund assets yet (scale unknown)
Evidence
40 observations from 3 sources