# Juniper Ventures

> Juniper Ventures is a San Francisco venture capital firm investing in AI safety and assurance infrastructure, from interpretability and hardware security to audits, governance and insurance. Founded in 2024, it combines capital with founder support and public research.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Nick Fitz (Co-founder and General Partner), Griff Bohm (Co-founder and Founding Managing Partner)
- **Products:** Venture investing, Founder support, AI Assurance Technology Report, Juniper Jobs, AI Neolab Tracker
- **Notable:** Launched its first fund in 2024., Attracted a $2.5 million commitment from DNV Ventures to Fund II, announced May 2026., Portfolio includes Goodfire, Apollo Research, AIUC, Lucid Computing and Gray Swan.

## Products & services

- **Venture investing** — Investments in AI safety and assurance companies; the current website states checks of $1 million to $100 million, with portfolio participation from pre-seed through Series B.
- **Founder support** — Help with fundraising, hiring, growth, product, governance, culture and well-being.
- **AI Assurance Technology Report** — Public research and a venture landscape for AI risk mitigation technologies, including safeguarding, auditing, governing and verifying.
- **Juniper Jobs** — Curated roles at AI safety and assurance teams.
- **AI Neolab Tracker** — Public tracker of emerging AI labs, their founders, financing and focus areas.

## Achievements

- Launched its first fund in 2024.
- Attracted a $2.5 million commitment from DNV Ventures to Fund II, announced May 2026.
- Portfolio includes Goodfire, Apollo Research, AIUC, Lucid Computing and Gray Swan.
- Goodfire named Juniper among existing investors participating in its February 2026 $150 million Series B.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published Esben Kran’s guide to mission-lock structures for early-stage AI startups on September 30.
- **2026-05** — DNV announced its $2.5 million Fund II commitment on May 20.
- **2026-05** — Published Griff Bohm’s guide to pitching a new AI research lab on May 29.
- **2026-02** — Goodfire announced a $150 million Series B with Juniper participating.

## Links

- Website: https://juniper.xyz/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/juniperventures

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Last updated: 2026-10-27