Felicis Ventures

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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 tenth fund, targeting AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and biotech startups. mg21.com
• Jul 2025investment
  Felicis participated in Armada's $131M round, the firm's most recent disclosed investment. mg21.com
• Feb 2026investment
  RapidFort, a software supply chain security company backed by Felicis, closed a $42M Series B. fintech.global
• 2025leadership
  Feyza Haskaraman joined Felicis as a partner after five years at Menlo Ventures, focusing on AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and applications. She was subsequently named to Venture Capital Journal's 2026 Rising Stars in VC list. linkedin.com
• Aug 2025investment
  Ontic, a Felicis portfolio company, raised $230M in a Series C led by KKR to scale its AI-powered connected security intelligence platform. fintech.global
• 2025press
  Felicis portfolio companies Notion, Canva, Armada, and Runway were named to the CNBC AI 50 Disruptor List. linkedin.com
• 2025investment
  LMArena announced a partnership with Felicis, with managing partner Aydin Senkut and partners Peter Deng, Sundeep Peechu, and Astasia Myers cited in the announcement. linkedin.com

Notable investments

• ArmadaGrowthJul 2025mg21.com
• RapidFortSeries BFeb 2026fintech.global
• OnticSeries CAug 2025fintech.global
• Midi HealthSeed2022linkedin.com
• ShopifySeries ADec 2010texau.com
• Notion——boringbusinessnerd.com
• Canva——boringbusinessnerd.com
• Plaid——boringbusinessnerd.com
• VerkadaSeries CJan 2020texau.com
• WarmlySeedFeb 2025mg21.com

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

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