San Jose, California · EARLY STAGE VC
We back exceptional founders building AI, SaaS and IoT at Seed and Series A.
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10 Year Angel Track Record
Sunmeet Jolly is ranked No. 1 in Individual Angel Investors in San Jose, California on Crunchbase
Intros that close
Warm paths to customers, angel investors, accelerators, VCs, family offices across a 29K+ network.
Operator experience
26 years in Silicon Valley high tech, $200M+ of B2B deals signed, 6 Fortune 500 customers.
Product & IP
Multiple US patents and a registered trademark; hands-on product, UX and GTM feedback.
Co-investing
Alongside leading funds, accelerators and angel networks
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Portfolio
Investments made by Jolly VC Fund I, LP
25 investments across AI, SaaS and IoT.
Decile Group
Helps venture fund managers launch and scale through specialized training, AI-powered tools and comprehensive fund administration services.
- Invested in
- 2024, 2025, 2026
- Founders
- Adeo Ressi, Mike Suprovici
- Other Notable Investors
- Tim Draper, Javelin Venture Partners, Founders of YouTube, Docusign, Udemy, Many VCs & Angels
Lincode
AI-powered visual inspection software that helps manufacturers detect defects in real time and improve production quality and efficiency.
- Invested in
- 2024
- Founders
- Rajesh Iyengar, Ritika Nigam
- Other Notable Investors
- Accel Partners, Alumni Ventures, Nurture Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, Sand Hill Angels, Geek Ventures
Posh
Conversational AI and automation purpose-built for banks and credit unions to improve customer service and streamline financial workflows.
- Invested in
- 2024
- Founders
- Karan Kashyap, Matt McEachern
- Other Notable Investors
- Canapi Ventures, Curql, TruStage Ventures, Human Capital, JAM FINTOP, ABA (American Banker’s Association)
Sprouts.ai
AI-native demand generation platform that helps B2B sales teams identify qualified accounts, contacts and opportunities for pipeline growth.
- Invested in
- 2025, 2026
- Founders
- Karan Chaudhry, Kapil Chaudhry, Avinash Nagla
- Other Notable Investors
- Accel, True Global Ventures, Altair Capital, Alumni Ventures, Incubated out of StartX
Pinnacle
AI coaching companion for Slack and Teams that gives employees and managers personalized guidance within their daily workflows.
- Invested in
- 2024
- Founders
- Alexei Dunaway
- Other Notable Investors
- eLab ventures, Alchemist Accelerator, Sarah Smith Fund, MassChallenge, StartX
Elo Health
Creates science-backed personalized nutrition products and programs designed to support recovery, metabolism and long-term health goals.
- Invested in
- 2025
- Founders
- Ari Tulla, Tapio Tolvanen, Miklu Silvanto
- Other Notable Investors
- Octopus Ventures, Will Ventures, Re:Food Ventures, US Fertility, Petteri Lahtela (Oura ring Founder)
Adrich
Connected-product platform that captures real-time usage data, enabling automated replenishment and actionable consumer insights for brands.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Adhithi Aji, Harish Mandya
- Other Notable Investors
- Sony, XRC Labs, Idea Fund Partners, Plug and Play, Alchemist Accelerator
Zime
AI sales enablement platform that helps enterprises reinforce effective selling behaviors through automated coaching and performance tracking.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Sanchit Garg
- Other Notable Investors
- Z21 Ventures, Aum Ventures, Nivesha Ventures, Falconx. Angels from Salesforce, Snowflake, Hubspot, Chargebee, Capillary, Skan
Dopple
Financial support platform connecting families with matching grants and government benefits for essential needs such as childcare and diapers.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Lisa Marino
- Other Notable Investors
- McClatchy Media, NJEDA, Jeremy Liew, Neal Dempsey
Acceler8
AI workforce intelligence platform providing visibility into talent strength, skill gaps and succession readiness across enterprise teams.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Chinmay Chauhan, Trisha Pathak
- Other Notable Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), Golden Gate Ventures, Deel Ventures, Florida funders, Many other VCs and Angels from OpenAI, Google AI, Meta AI
Amdahl
AI customer intelligence platform that evaluates go-to-market content against deal history to improve sales and marketing effectiveness.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Annette Sung, Robert Khoury, Arya Soltanieh
- Other Notable Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), Precursor Ventures, Palm Drive Capital, Graham & Walker
Big Context & Company
AI-native data firm formed by Puller AI and Fig Labs, making enterprise data legible to AI through its Pragmatics operating system.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Zac Choi, Joji John
- Other Notable Investors
- Collab+Currency, Capital F, Village Global, GFC, ENIAC, DCG, Alumni Ventures, Franklin Templeton, CEAS Inv.
Cedar
AI career and talent platform that conducts employee interviews and enriches professional histories to support better hiring decisions.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Greg Gunn, Beier Cai
- Other Notable Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), Angel Investors and Advisors from Senior Management of Uber, Google, Stripe, Meta etc.
FetchyFox
AI-powered airport operating system that unifies fragmented data to improve commercial revenue and personalize the passenger experience.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Christina Apatow, Cha Li
- Other Notable Investors
- Bram Cohen, Dag Kittlaus, Matt Ocko, Cara Whitehill, Michael Minerva
Hotbox
AI sales platform that researches, qualifies and engages leads from Instagram comments and direct messages to generate revenue.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Harpriya Bagri
- Other Notable Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), Peak XV (Formerly Sequoia Asia), Snowball, Plug and Play, Dream Fund
Parrot Finance
Investment platform that lets retail investors automatically mirror expert hedge fund portfolios within their own brokerage accounts.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Nikki Varanasi, Lucy Yang, Victoria Yang
- Other Notable Investors
- Harlem Capital, Lightspeed, Plug and Play, Techstars, Western Union, Hustle Fund, Connetic Ventures, Druid Ventures, Uniborn VC
Quanto
AI sales and marketing platform helping accounting firms find ideal clients, book qualified calls and automate QuickBooks onboarding.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Anderson Petergeorge, Kajanth Nithiyananthan
- Other Notable Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), Sterling Road, Good News Ventures, Flair Ventures, Scale shift ventures, Accelerator Ventures, Praxis Ventures
ServiceMob
AI-driven customer experience analytics that helps companies optimize support operations and proactively prevent avoidable service demand.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Anuj Bhalla, Marcel Barrera
- Other Notable Investors
- Future Communities Capital, Mucker Capital, Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab, MIT
SmartBricks
Agentic AI platform for real estate investing that automates property discovery, underwriting and transaction execution for investors.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Mohamed Mohamed
- Other Notable Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), 500 Global, Techstars, Cornerstone VC, South Loop Ventures, Cento Ventures, Anker Capital, Harvard B-School Angels
Variabl
AI-native sales commission software that automates incentive plan management, calculations and workflows while reducing spreadsheet errors.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Alex Kulik, Alex Gaputin, Jaspal Bhamra
- Other Notable Investors
- Armory Square Ventures, Nevada Battle Born Growth Escalator, PS27 Titan Fund, 1864 Fund
VoicePlug
Conversational voice commerce for restaurants that automates phone ordering, drive-thru interactions and reservations with POS integration.
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Jay Ruparel, Shweta Ruparel
- Other Notable Investors
- Brainstorm Ventures, Altelan Fund, Paganini Revocable Trust, Villaman Family Trust, Edmondo Sarti, Thomas Ferdinandi Jr.
Bizly
AI-powered corporate meeting and event platform that simplifies venue sourcing, registration and invitations for teams and planners.
- Invested in
- 2018 (DW)*, 2024, 2025
- Founders
- Ronak Shah, Tor Miller
- Other Notable Investors
- Eric Yuan (Founder of Zoom), JetBlue Technology Ventures, Altair capital, FJ Labs, Expansion VC, Convene
Caspar.AI
Ambient intelligence that uses continuous sensing to improve senior safety and care outcomes without cameras or wearable devices.
- Invested in
- 2024
- Founders
- Ashutosh Saxena, David Cheriton
- Other Notable Investors
- SV Angel, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs, WVV Capital, Third Act Ventures, Samuel Lombardo, PreAngel
Quest Analytics
Provider network management software helping health plans monitor network adequacy, maintain accurate data and meet regulatory requirements.
- Invested in
- 2017 (DW)*
- Founders
- Ari Tulla
- Other Notable Investors
- Vestar Capital, NEA, Uncork Capital, Lifeline Ventures
Virtuix
Develops omni-directional VR treadmills for natural 360-degree movement across gaming, enterprise training and defense applications.
- Invested in
- 2016 (DW)*
- Founders
- Jan Goetgeluk
- Other Notable Investors
- Mark Cuban, Maveron, Scout Ventures, JC Team Capital
Fund partners & advisors
How we screen
Deal qualification checklist
We see 1,000+ founder pitches and connections a year through events, accelerators, networks and investor clubs. These are the filters we screen our winners with.
Large addressable market
Bottom line benefit to customer
IP (Patents) and/or Marquee customer base, or other Moats
Disruptive technology challenging old systems and processes
Wasn’t possible before recent technical advances in computation / or was overlooked
Great unit economics with good gross margins
Awesome team that demonstrates understanding of problem and solution
Ambitious Founders
Can figure out a perfect distribution and growth model
Founders can do a lot with less investment dollars and make company profitable
Ethical Founders, manage investor’s money well
High Probability of M&A or IPO – A path to exit
Traction thus far with limited resources – MVP, Early customers, Co-investors, pilot projects
Value add
How Jolly VC helps founders win
Besides capital, we bring hands-on operator experience, enterprise relationships, and a network built over 26 years in Silicon Valley.
Investor & customer intros
Founders regularly ask for paths to customers, angels and VCs in our network. We've helped companies raise follow-on capital and land new customers through those intros.
Intellectual property
Sunmeet Jolly is founder and inventor of the GROTU app, holding multiple US patents and a registered trademark.
Ideas to IPOs
25 years of experience with ten $1B+ valued companies — six invested in, four worked in.
B2B sales
Ten years in enterprise sales, with over $200 million of deals signed including six Fortune 500 direct customers.
Product & marketing
Certifications from Google and Product School; hands-on product feedback, UX review and beta testing support.
Fund operations
Partnered with Decile Partners, veteran VC operators from Sequoia, Wilson Sonsini, Carta, AngelList and 500 Global.
Angel track record
44 investments. 10 exits returning 3.3X the Angel Portfolio. 4.6X MOIC and growing.
Sunmeet Jolly's angel portfolio (2016–2026): 6 IPOs, 3 M&A, 1 buy back, 21 active companies and 6 that reached $1B+ valuations.
Heliogen
AI · Computer Vision · Clean Tech
- Exit type
- IPO
- Valuation markup
- 100X
- MOIC
- 29X
- IRR
- 131%
Co-investors: Bill Gates, Steve Case, Patrick Soon-Shiong, Bill Gross, Kittu Kolluri
CleanCapital
FinTech · SaaS · Clean Tech
- Exit type
- Buy Back
- Valuation markup
- 80X
- MOIC
- 8.1X
- IRR
- 33%
Co-investors: John Hancock, Manulife Investment Management
StartEngine
FinTech · Software Platform · Marketplace
- Valuation
- Private, $2 Billion Valuation
- Valuation markup
- 16X
- MOIC
- 10.1X
- IRR
- 87%
Co-investors: Howard Marks, Kevin O'Leary, BAM Ventures, Hohertz Technologies
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