Bow Capital
Venture capital investor; participated in Perseus Defense's $6M seed round.
Bow Capital (bowcapital.com) is a Menlo Park, CA-based early-stage venture fund founded in 2016 by Vivek Ranadivé, positioning itself as bridging academia (via a University of California partnership), sports/entertainment, and business — 'a different kind of venture fund' aiming to 'shorten the path of innovation from science to society.' Other General Partners include Rafi Syed and Murray Rode. It provided the largest check in Perseus Defense's $6M seed round (Sept 2025), alongside Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Rebel Fund, and others.
Overview
- Firm
- Bow Capital
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, CA
- Founded
- 2016
- AUM
- Stages
- Seed, Series A
- Thesis
- Bow Capital (bowcapital.com) is a Menlo Park, CA-based early-stage venture fund founded in 2016 by Vivek Ranadivé, positioning itself as bridging academia (via a University of California partnership), sports/entertainment, and business — 'a different kind of venture fund' aiming to 'shorten the path of innovation from science to society.' Other General Partners include Rafi Syed and Murray Rode. It provided the largest check in Perseus Defense's $6M seed round (Sept 2025), alongside Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Rebel Fund, and others.
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- What is Bow Capital?
- Bow Capital (bowcapital.com) is a Menlo Park, CA-based early-stage venture fund founded in 2016 by Vivek Ranadivé, positioning itself as bridging academia (via a University of California partnership), sports/entertainment, and business — 'a different kind of venture fund' aiming to 'shorten the path of innovation from science to society.' Other General Partners include Rafi Syed and Murray Rode. It provided the largest check in Perseus Defense's $6M seed round (Sept 2025), alongside Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Rebel Fund, and others.
- What stages does Bow Capital invest at?
- Bow Capital invests at Seed, Series A.
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Bow Capital is a Menlo Park, CA-based early-stage venture fund founded in 2016 by Vivek Ranadivé, partnered with the University of California.
Bow Capital: HomepageVerified2026-08-08 - 2
Bow Capital provided the largest check in Perseus Defense's $6 million seed round, alongside Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Rebel Fund, Multimodal Ventures, Lobster Capital, Pioneer Fund, Batch Ventures, and Paul Graham.
Tectonic Defense: Exclusive: YC-backed Perseus Defense closes $6M seed roundVerified2025-09-18