San Jose, California · EARLY STAGE VC
We back exceptional founders building AI, SaaS and IoT at Seed and Series A.
Events & Networking
10 Year Angel Track Record
Sunmeet Jolly is ranked No. 1 in Individual Angel Investors in San Jose, California on Crunchbase
Intros that close
Warm paths to customers, angel investors, accelerators, VCs, family offices across a 29K+ network.
Operator experience
26 years in Silicon Valley high tech, $200M+ of B2B deals signed, 6 Fortune 500 customers.
Product & IP
Multiple US patents and a registered trademark; hands-on product, UX and GTM feedback.
Co-investing
Alongside leading funds, accelerators and angel networks
Portfolio
Investments made by Jolly VC Fund I, LP
25 investments across AI, SaaS and IoT.
Decile Group
- Invested in
- 2024, 2025, 2026
- Founders
- Adeo Ressi, Mike Suprovici
- Other Notable Investors
- Tim Draper, Javelin Venture Partners, Founders of YouTube, Docusign, Udemy, Many VCs & Angels
Lincode
- Invested in
- 2024
- Founders
- Rajesh Iyengar, Ritika Nigam
- Other Notable Investors
- Accel Partners, Alumni Ventures, Nurture Ventures, Tech Coast Angels, Sand Hill Angels, Geek Ventures
Posh
- Invested in
- 2024
- Founders
- Karan Kashyap, Matt McEachern
- Other Notable Investors
- Canapi Ventures, Curql, TruStage Ventures, Human Capital, JAM FINTOP, ABA (American Banker’s Association)
Sprouts.ai
- Invested in
- 2025, 2026
- Founders
- Karan Chaudhry, Kapil Chaudhry, Avinash Nagla
- Other Notable Investors
- Accel, True Global Ventures, Altair Capital, Alumni Ventures, Incubated out of StartX
Pinnacle
- Invested in
- 2024
- Founders
- Alexei Dunaway
- Other Notable Investors
- eLab ventures, Alchemist Accelerator, Sarah Smith Fund, MassChallenge, StartX
Elo Health
- Invested in
- 2025
- Founders
- Ari Tulla, Tapio Tolvanen, Miklu Silvanto
- Other Notable Investors
- Octopus Ventures, Will Ventures, Re:Food Ventures, US Fertility, Petteri Lahtela (Oura ring Founder)
Adrich
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Adhithi Aji, Harish Mandya
- Other Notable Investors
- Sony, XRC Labs, Idea Fund Partners, Plug and Play, Alchemist Accelerator
Zime
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Sanchit Garg
- Other Notable Investors
- Z21 Ventures, Aum Ventures, Nivesha Ventures, Falconx. Angels from Salesforce, Snowflake, Hubspot, Chargebee, Capillary, Skan
Dopple
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Lisa Marino
- Other Notable Investors
- McClatchy Media, NJEDA, Jeremy Liew, Neal Dempsey
Acceler8
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Chinmay Chauhan, Trisha Pathak
- Other Notable Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), Golden Gate Ventures, Deel Ventures, Florida funders, Many other VCs and Angels from OpenAI, Google AI, Meta AI
Amdahl
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Annette Sung, Robert Khoury, Arya Soltanieh
- Other Notable Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), Precursor Ventures, Palm Drive Capital, Graham & Walker
Cedar
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Greg Gunn, Beier Cai
- Other Notable Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), Angel Investors and Advisors from Senior Management of Uber, Google, Stripe, Meta etc.
FetchyFox
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Christina Apatow, Cha Li
- Other Notable Investors
- Bram Cohen, Dag Kittlaus, Matt Ocko, Cara Whitehill, Michael Minerva
Hotbox
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Harpriya Bagri
- Other Notable Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), Peak XV (Formerly Sequoia Asia), Snowball, Plug and Play, Dream Fund
Parrot Finance
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Nikki Varanasi, Lucy Yang, Victoria Yang
- Other Notable Investors
- Harlem Capital, Lightspeed, Plug and Play, Techstars, Western Union, Hustle Fund, Connetic Ventures, Druid Ventures, Uniborn VC
Puller AI
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Zac Choi, Joji John
- Other Notable Investors
- Collab+Currency, Capital F, Village Global, GFC, ENIAC, DCG, Alumni Ventures, Franklin Templeton, CEAS Inv.
Quanto
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Anderson Petergeorge, Kajanth Nithiyananthan
- Other Notable Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), Sterling Road, Good News Ventures, Flair Ventures, Scale shift ventures, Accelerator Ventures, Praxis Ventures
ServiceMob
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Anuj Bhalla, Marcel Barrera
- Other Notable Investors
- Future Communities Capital, Mucker Capital, Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab, MIT
SmartBricks
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Mohamed Mohamed
- Other Notable Investors
- Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), 500 Global, Techstars, Cornerstone VC, South Loop Ventures, Cento Ventures, Anker Capital, Harvard B-School Angels
Variabl
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Alex Kulik, Alex Gaputin, Jaspal Bhamra
- Other Notable Investors
- Armory Square Ventures, Nevada Battle Born Growth Escalator, PS27 Titan Fund, 1864 Fund
VoicePlug
- Invested in
- 2026
- Founders
- Jay Ruparel, Shweta Ruparel
- Other Notable Investors
- Brainstorm Ventures, Altelan Fund, Paganini Revocable Trust, Villaman Family Trust, Edmondo Sarti, Thomas Ferdinandi Jr.
Bizly
- Invested in
- 2018 (DW)*, 2024, 2025
- Founders
- Ronak Shah, Tor Miller
- Other Notable Investors
- Eric Yuan (Founder of Zoom), JetBlue Technology Ventures, Altair capital, FJ Labs, Expansion VC, Convene
Caspar.AI
- Invested in
- 2024
- Founders
- Ashutosh Saxena, David Cheriton
- Other Notable Investors
- SV Angel, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs, WVV Capital, Third Act Ventures, Samuel Lombardo, PreAngel
Quest Analytics
- Invested in
- 2017 (DW)*
- Founders
- Ari Tulla
- Other Notable Investors
- Vestar Capital, NEA, Uncork Capital, Lifeline Ventures
Virtuix
- Invested in
- 2016 (DW)*
- Founders
- Jan Goetgeluk
- Other Notable Investors
- Mark Cuban, Maveron, Scout Ventures, JC Team Capital
Fund partners & advisors
How we screen
Deal qualification checklist
We see 1,000+ founder pitches and connections a year through events, accelerators, networks and investor clubs. These are the filters we screen our winners with.
Large addressable market
Bottom line benefit to customer
IP (Patents) and/or Marquee customer base, or other Moats
Disruptive technology challenging old systems and processes
Wasn’t possible before recent technical advances in computation / or was overlooked
Great unit economics with good gross margins
Awesome team that demonstrates understanding of problem and solution
Ambitious Founders
Can figure out a perfect distribution and growth model
Founders can do a lot with less investment dollars and make company profitable
Ethical Founders, manage investor’s money well
High Probability of M&A or IPO – A path to exit
Traction thus far with limited resources – MVP, Early customers, Co-investors, pilot projects
Value add
How Jolly VC helps founders win
Besides capital, we bring hands-on operator experience, enterprise relationships, and a network built over 26 years in Silicon Valley.
Investor & customer intros
Founders regularly ask for paths to customers, angels and VCs in our network. We've helped companies raise follow-on capital and land new customers through those intros.
Intellectual property
Sunmeet Jolly is founder and inventor of the GROTU app, holding multiple US patents and a registered trademark.
Ideas to IPOs
25 years of experience with ten $1B+ valued companies — six invested in, four worked in.
B2B sales
Ten years in enterprise sales, with over $200 million of deals signed including six Fortune 500 direct customers.
Product & marketing
Certifications from Google and Product School; hands-on product feedback, UX review and beta testing support.
Fund operations
Partnered with Decile Partners, veteran VC operators from Sequoia, Wilson Sonsini, Carta, AngelList and 500 Global.
Angel track record
44 investments. 10 exits returning 3.3X the fund. 4.6X MOIC and growing.
Sunmeet Jolly's angel portfolio (2016–2026): 6 IPOs, 3 M&A, 1 buy back, 21 active companies and 6 that reached $1B+ valuations.
Heliogen
AI · Computer Vision · Clean Tech
- Exit type
- IPO
- Valuation markup
- 100X
- MOIC
- 29X
- IRR
- 131%
Co-investors: Bill Gates, Steve Case, Patrick Soon-Shiong, Bill Gross, Kittu Kolluri
CleanCapital
FinTech · SaaS · Clean Tech
- Exit type
- Buy Back
- Valuation markup
- 80X
- MOIC
- 8.1X
- IRR
- 33%
Co-investors: John Hancock, Manulife Investment Management
StartEngine
FinTech · Software Platform · Marketplace
- Exit type
- Private
- Valuation markup
- 16X
- MOIC
- 10.1X
- IRR
- 87%
Co-investors: Howard Marks, Kevin O'Leary, BAM Ventures, Hohertz Technologies
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