Felicis Ventures

Quick read

Felicis Ventures is a generalist VC firm founded in 2006 by Aydin Senkut, headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm backs companies from Seed through Series C, with roughly 70% of its active portfolio now classified as AI-native startups. It closed its tenth fund, Fund X, at $900M in June 2025, bringing total capital raised across all funds to $3.8B.

Key facts

Founded

2006

Founders

Aydin Senkut

Employees

11-50

Sectors

generalist, ai, healthcare, security, fintech, saas

Website

felicis.com

Investment thesis

Felicis backs founders reinventing large existing markets with 10x-better products and those building frontier technologies in AI, security, infrastructure, and health. The firm is geo-agnostic, invests from Seed through Series C, votes shares in line with founders on all board matters, and provides 1% non-dilutive capital on top of every first check for founder development.

Recent activity

• Jun 2025fundraise
  Felicis closed Fund X at $900M, its largest fund to date and tenth flagship vehicle. Over 93% of capital targets seed and Series A deals led or co-led by Felicis, with focus areas including AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure, global resilience, health, and vertical SaaS. everythingstartups.com
• 2025leadership
  Peter Deng, former Consumer VP on OpenAI's ChatGPT team, joined Felicis as a partner to deepen the firm's AI focus. everythingstartups.com
• 2025press
  Forbes included founder and managing partner Aydin Senkut on its Midas List of the World's Best Venture Capital Investors for the 12th consecutive year. en.wikipedia.org
• Jul 2025investment
  Felicis participated in Armada's $131M round, its most recent disclosed investment as of late July 2025. mg21.com
• Feb 2025investment
  Felicis made a follow-on investment in Warmly, which raised $6M. mg21.com
• 2025leadership
  Feyza Haskaraman, who joined Felicis as a partner in 2025 after five years at Menlo Ventures, was named to Venture Capital Journal's 2026 Rising Stars in VC list. She focuses on AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and applications. linkedin.com
• Feb 2025investment
  Felicis co-led a $120M Series B into Prenuvo alongside Forerunner Ventures and other investors including Anne Wojcicki and Tony Fadell. signal.nfx.com
• Nov 2025investment
  Felicis led a $5.3M seed round in Luminal, an AI and cloud software company, alongside angel investors Paul Graham and Guillermo Rauch. texau.com
• Oct 2025investment
  Portfolio company Mercor raised a $350M Series C. Felicis had backed the AI talent-matching startup through its earlier rounds. signal.nfx.com
• Jul 2025investment
  Felicis participated in a $53M Series A for Slingshot AI, having previously backed the company's $30M seed in August 2024. signal.nfx.com
• 2025investment
  Peter Deng, GP at Felicis and former VP of Consumer Product at OpenAI, joined the board of LMArena following a fundraise Felicis co-led with UC Investments, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, The House Fund, LDV Partners, and Laude Ventures. linkedin.com
• Jun 2025fundraise
  Felicis closed Fund X at $900M, its tenth fund, targeting AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and biotech startups. mg21.com

Notable investments

• ArmadaUnknownJul 2025mg21.com
• WarmlyUnknown ($6M)Feb 2025mg21.com
• MercorSeries COct 2025signal.nfx.com
• LuminalSeedNov 2025texau.com
• Slingshot AISeries AJul 2025signal.nfx.com
• PrenuvoSeries BFeb 2025signal.nfx.com
• LMArenaUndisclosed2025linkedin.com
• PharosSeedOct 2024signal.nfx.com
• Slingshot AISeedAug 2024signal.nfx.com
• ArmadaGrowthJul 2025mg21.com
• RapidFortSeries BFeb 2026fintech.global
• OnticSeries CAug 2025fintech.global

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Aydin Senkut · Founder & Managing Partner
  LinkedIn
• Sundeep Peechu · General Partner
• Astasia Myers · General Partner
• Victoria Treyger · Partner
• Jake Storm · Partner
• Feyza Haskaraman · Partner
• Dasha Maggio · Partner & Head of Founder Success

Sources

• Felicis Ventures 公司百科 - mg21.com
• Felicis LinkedIn
• Aydin Senkut - Wikipedia
• RapidFort secures $42m - FinTech Global
• Ontic secures $230m - FinTech Global
• Jake Storm - Felicis Ventures / VC Sheet
• Astasia Myers - Felicis Ventures / VC Sheet
• Sundeep Peechu Investing Profile - Signal
• Felicis Ventures - Startup Intros
• How Much Did Shopify Raise - TexAu
• https://www.texau.com/profiles/luminal
• https://www.everythingstartups.com/vc-funds/felicis-ventures
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicis

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