# Felicis

> Felicis is a Menlo Park venture-capital firm founded by former Google product manager Aydin Senkut. It invests primarily at seed and Series A, across AI, infrastructure, cybersecurity, health and bio, fintech, enterprise software, consumer products, and resilience. Its signature offer goes beyond capital: Felicis commits an additional 1% of every first check to founder development and says it has never cast a board vote against a founder.

- **Founded:** 2006
- **Headquarters:** Menlo Park, United States
- **Founders:** Aydin Senkut (Founder and Managing Partner)
- **Team size:** Approximately 82-84 people in third-party and LinkedIn employee counts; LinkedIn lists the organization in its 11-50 company-size band.
- **Products:** Early-stage venture investment, Founder Pledge, Founder and company support, Felicis Fellows
- **Notable:** Raised 10 funds and reported more than $4.1 billion in assets under management by 2025., Reported 125+ portfolio exits and more than $285 billion in market value created by Felicis-backed companies., Backed 50+ companies that reached valuations of at least $1 billion.

## Products & services

- **Early-stage venture investment** — The firm primarily invests at seed and Series A, often leading or co-leading, with capacity to continue through Series C and later rounds.
- **Founder Pledge** — Felicis commits an additional 1% on top of every first check for personalized founder performance support, including coaching, therapy and peer groups.
- **Founder and company support** — Portfolio support includes executive recruiting, customer and corporate introductions, go-to-market guidance, market research and leadership development.
- **Felicis Fellows** — A program connecting leading computer-science students with AI building opportunities and a prize-backed builders week.

## Achievements

- Raised 10 funds and reported more than $4.1 billion in assets under management by 2025.
- Reported 125+ portfolio exits and more than $285 billion in market value created by Felicis-backed companies.
- Backed 50+ companies that reached valuations of at least $1 billion.
- Made early investments in Shopify, Adyen, Canva, Credit Karma, Twitch, Notion and Plaid.
- Reported that 11% of backed companies became unicorns after investment, versus a cited 1% industry average.
- Founder Aydin Senkut appeared on the Forbes Midas List for 12 consecutive years from 2014 through 2025.
- Built an active portfolio that was 70% AI-native when Fund X was announced in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Felicis announced an investment in air-defense startup Singularity Defense.
- **2026-06** — The firm published new theses on AI-native enterprise adoption and investments including Runlayer, Endurance Energy and Adaptive Innovations.
- **2026-05** — Felicis released its 2026 forecast, arguing that AI security, packaged AI applications and physical infrastructure are emerging bottlenecks.
- **2026-02** — James Detweiler became a general partner, Eric Flaningam became a partner and Michael Chen joined as a venture partner.
- **2025-06** — Felicis announced its largest fund, the $900 million Fund X.

## Links

- Website: https://www.felicis.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/felicis-ventures
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/felicis
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmFwmhvsXEWQ7CW_fSc44Sg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Felicis-Ventures/107766342587492

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Last updated: 2026-08-15