Craft Ventures

Craft Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017. Specializing in early-stage and growth investments, the firm focuses on building innovative companies across various sectors, including consumer products, enterprise solutions, financial services, information technology, e-commerce, and blockchain. With a team of 15 experienced investors and operators, Craft Ventures combines entrepreneurial experience with investment expertise to identify and support promising startups. The firm values strong founding teams with clear visions and scalable business models, demonstrating a commitment to nurturing the next generation of impactful companies while respecting the founders behind them.

Sarah Blanchard

Operating Partner, Community and Executive Briefing Center

Margarita Del Coto

Chief of Staff to Jeff Fluhr and General Partner

Kevin Gabura

Vice President

Jessica Hoffman

Operating Partner and Head of Platform Team

Ryan Hrabak

Principal

Bill Lee

Co-Founder and Venture Partner

Kindle Van

Vice President

Arra Malekzadeh

Principal

Mike Marg

Partner and Investor

Lainy Painter

Partner

Sitara Ramesh

Associate and Investor

Bryan Rosenblatt

Partner

Ethan Ruby

Partner, Analytics

Jennifer Sui

Associate and Investor

Sean R. Whitney

Principal

Jeff Fluhr

Co-Founder and Partner

Past deals in Search Engine

ParadeDB

Series A in 2025
ParadeDB is an Elasticsearch alternative built on Postgres. We're modernizing the features of Elasticsearch's product suite, starting with real-time search and analytics.

Primer

Venture Round in 2022
Primer is a company that provides audience automation, Linkedln automation, and marketing and sales automation. Primer Serve ads only to pre-qualified leads from CRM, boosts ad budget efficiency and conversion rates, and extends reach with nearly identical audiences in FB, Google, and LinkedIn.

Grata

Series A in 2022
Grata Inc. is a technology company that specializes in Software-as-a-Service solutions designed to enhance B2B research processes. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York with an additional office in Boston, the company operates a search engine that assists private equity, sales, and marketing teams in locating and targeting private companies. Utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence, Grata's platform enables users to find similar companies, automate personalized outreach, and analyze market conditions. It also offers tools for voice of customer diligence and competitive intelligence, providing valuable insights from online reviews. Grata's solutions are particularly useful for business development professionals engaged in middle market private equity deals, staffing and recruiting, and targeted sales and marketing campaigns.
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