Cerulean Ventures
Cerulean is a pre-seed venture firm investing in physical AI: founders turning the under-digitized physical economy into trusted, machine-readable intelligence. We back capital-light, domain-specific companies that own operational workflows and proprietary physical-world data in food and agriculture, energy systems, supply chains, industrial manufacturing, and oceans. The thesis is the End of Externalities: AI finally makes nature measurable, and what becomes measurable becomes priced, financeable, and investable. AI will finish what software started. Per Crunchbase, Cerulean Ventures has made 24 investments, 3 as lead investor across 24 portfolio companies.
Investing activity
Cerulean Ventures has made 24 investments according to Crunchbase across 24 portfolio companies, and has led 3 rounds.
Cerulean Ventures appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $5M. The most recent is Piq Energy (Seed, $5M, Jul 2026).
Cerulean Ventures most often invests alongside Active Impact Investments, Mobilize AI x Energy VC, Ascent Energy Ventures and Umami Capital, and the companies it backs on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Cerulean Ventures
What AI companies has Cerulean Ventures invested in?
Cerulean Ventures's AI investments include Piq Energy. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Cerulean Ventures based?
Cerulean Ventures is based in Santa Barbara, California, United States.
What stage does Cerulean Ventures invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Cerulean Ventures has invested at Seed, with a median round of $5M.
Who does Cerulean Ventures co-invest with?
Cerulean Ventures's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Active Impact Investments (1 deal), Mobilize AI x Energy VC (1 deal), Ascent Energy Ventures (1 deal), Umami Capital (1 deal) and Cisco Foundation (1 deal).
How can founders reach Cerulean Ventures?
Founders on Lounge can see Cerulean Ventures's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Cerulean Ventures to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.