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Firms / Grdnt LLC
Grdnt LLC
Gradient has been investing at the forefront of artificial intelligence since 2017. We are led by former founders, technical experts, and domain specialists, who have supported hundreds of AI founders from the beginning.
name or self-description says seed
Importance
35
elevated
Active deployment
55
elevated
Emerging
87
high
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
40
elevated
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 560 DAVIS ST. SUITE 150, San Francisco, CA, 94111adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 415-347-6409adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://www.gradient.com/
- 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
- Mar 16, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $162Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business phone
- 415-347-6409adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
131 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai
- Stages
- seed, early
- Geography
- global
- 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 92%Other Technology 4%Other 3%Other Health Care 1%Telecommunications 1%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 131
Funds and vehicles
1 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gradient Fund V LP | Fund | 2025 form d first sale | Newly closed | $162M Sep 12, 2026 | 119 | $227M of $227M | Jun 16, 2026 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
13 current, 1 departed
Braden Harrison
AssociateAssociate
Darian Shirazi
General partnerGeneral Partner
Zach Bratun-Glennon
General partnerGeneral Partner
Kyle Duffy
Operating partnerOperating Partner
Andrew Brackin
PartnerPartner
Clayton Petty
PartnerPartner
Darian Shirazi
PartnerManaging Director · since Jan 1, 2025
Denise Teng
PartnerPartner
Vig Sachidananda
PartnerPartner
Zachary Bratun-Glennon
PartnerManaging Director · since Jan 1, 2025
Devon Buford
Platform and operationsOperations Manager
Erin Drooks
Platform and operationsHead of Talent
Jarred Morales-Mckinzie
Platform and operationsHead of Finance & Operations
1 departed (kept with end dates)
- Jackie Eicholz · Head of Finance & Operations · ? to Sep 16, 2026 Inference
Investments on record
131 edges, 131 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
Scribble Ventures Management, LLC 4 shared · strongECV Il Manco Limited 3 shared · recurringMXV Capital, LLC 3 shared · recurringVillage Global Management, L.L.C. 3 shared · recurringSilverton Management, L.L.C. 2 shared · recurringCanaan Partners 2 shared · recurringConstruct Capital Management, LLC 2 shared · recurringWonder Ventures Management, LLC 2 shared · recurringUpper90 2 shared · recurringAlumni Ventures 2 shared · recurringExceptional Capital, LLC 2 shared · recurringXYZ Venture Capital 2 shared · recurringDbafc, L.L.C. 2 shared · recurringDiagram Corporation 2 shared · recurringPioneer Square Investment Advisor, LLC 2 shared · recurringFika Ventures 2 shared · recurringFirstmark Capital, LLC 2 shared · recurringOpen Opportunity Management, LLC 2 shared · recurringCore Venture Capital 2 shared · recurringMatrix 1 shared · one timeWalden Catalyst 1 shared · one timeProject a 1 shared · one timeShrug, LLC 1 shared · one timeMotive Partners 1 shared · one timeSeedcamp Investment Management LLP 1 shared · one timeRPM Ventures 1 shared · one timeZelkova Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeQED Investors, LLC 1 shared · one timeSapphire Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeMenlo Ventures 1 shared · one timeCivilization Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeJ2 Ventures Advisors, LLC 1 shared · one timeE14 Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeBeliade 1 shared · one timeSavano Direct Capital Partners, LLC 1 shared · one timeMatter Venture Partners 1 shared · one timeFJ Labs 1 shared · one timeActivant Capital Group LLC 1 shared · one timeHeadline 1 shared · one timeShadow Ventures, LLC 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
6 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026Global Privacy Control no longer listed on Grdnt LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceGlobal Privacy ControlVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Reclaim.ai no longer listed on Grdnt LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceReclaim.aiVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026BackOps-ai Inc. no longer listed on Grdnt LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceBackOps-ai Inc.Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Jackie Eicholz (Head of Finance & Operations) no longer on the team page of Grdnt LLCPerson leftPeopleInferenceJackie EicholzVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 14, 2026Grdnt LLC: INSTITUTIONAL_VC -> SEED_FUND_MANAGER (name or self-description says seed)Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
- Aug 26, 2025Grdnt LLC appears on the SEC adviser roster (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers)
Classification history
- Sep 14, 2026Seed fund manager (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)name or self-description says seed
- Sep 13, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $162M across 1 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 70%, cls-1)venture manager with no reported fund assets yet (scale unknown)
Evidence
31 observations from 3 sources
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why admitted | vc_exemption,vc_funds_reported | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| SEC exemption claimed | venture_capital_fund_adviser | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| SEC adviser type | exempt_reporting_adviser | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2026-03-16 | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| Adv pdf loaded | adv-pdf-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | IAPD Form ADV Part 1 PDF per firm (current filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) and Schedule A) |
| SEC status | ERA - Active | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| SEC status effective | 2025-08-26 | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| Business phone | 415-347-6409 | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| Description | Gradient has been investing at the forefront of artificial intelligence since 2017. We are led by former founders, technical experts, and domain specialists, who have supported hundreds of AI founders from the beginning. “meta description” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Description | Gradient has been investing at the forefront of artificial intelligence since 2017. We are led by former founders, technical experts, and domain specialists, who have supported hundreds of AI founders from the beginning. “meta description” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| Office address | 560 DAVIS ST. SUITE 150, San Francisco, CA, 94111 | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| Self-described type | seed “The seed fund designed for founders in AI” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Self-described type | seed “The seed fund designed for founders in AI” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Legal form | Limited Liability Company | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| Portfolio page | https://gradient.com/portfolio/ “128 entries read” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Portfolio page | https://gradient.com/portfolio/ “131 entries read” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Private funds reported | 1 | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $162M | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| Stated geography | global “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Stated geography | global “geography words on the home page” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Stated sectors | ai “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Stated sectors | ai “sector words on the home page” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Stated stages | seed,early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Stated stages | seed,early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Team page | https://gradient.com/team/ “11 name/title pairs read” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Team page | https://gradient.com/team/ “10 name/title pairs read” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Venture funds reported | 1 | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| Website | https://www.gradient.com/ | Mar 16, 2026 | Fact | SEC Form ADV monthly roster (registered + exempt reporting advisers) |
| Site title | Gradient “title tag” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Site title | Gradient “title tag” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |