A venture firm · Seed & Series A

For founders
building what
comes next.

Los Altos Partners invests in technical founders building durable companies in the age of AI. We write first checks and lead Seed and Series A rounds.

↓ Scroll Palo Alto, CA · Melbourne, AU

Thesis

Software is being rewritten. The next generation of category-defining companies is being founded this decade.

01

Frontier, not fashion.

We back companies that compound through depth — proprietary data, distribution, and product velocity that grow year over year.

02

Conviction over coverage.

We hold a small, deliberate portfolio. Every investment is led by a partner who is reachable, prepared, and accountable.

03

Operators in the room.

We have built, sold, and scaled software companies. We know the difference between advice that helps and advice that distracts.

04

Global by default.

AI does not respect geography. Our companies are built across San Francisco, New York, London, Sydney, Singapore, and everywhere in between.


The firm

Los Altos Partners was founded to serve a narrower kind of founder — the ones building software that does work, not software that describes it.

We invest at Seed and Series A and we lead. Our typical first check is between one and six million dollars. We reserve meaningfully for follow-on and we participate through to growth.

We are not generalists. We focus on companies where artificial intelligence is the product, not a feature — applied software, infrastructure, and the new categories that emerge from both.

Stage
Seed · Series A
First check
$1M – $6M
Lead or co-lead
Always
Cheques / yr.
6 – 8

Offices
United States

Palo Alto

530 Lytton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301

37.4419° N · 122.1430° W

Australia

Melbourne

101 Collins Street Melbourne, VIC 3000

37.8136° S · 144.9631° E


Contact

If you are building, we would like to hear from you.

We read every inbound. Expect a written reply within five business days.

We read every inbound.