Carya Ventures is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm backed by founders and operators, investing in U.S. startups from pre-seed through seed and early-stage rounds. The firm takes a founder-focused approach to backing unconventional founders building transformational businesses, with portfolio exposure across AI and machine learning, AI infrastructure, blockchain, gaming, computing, fintech, advertising technology and cybersecurity. Carya Ventures has acted as a lead investor at pre-seed.