Andy Konwinski – Startup Investor Profile

Andy Konwinski is a co-founder of Databricks, Perplexity, and Laude Ventures. His work stands at the intersection of research and real-world…

Location: San Francisco

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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed, series-a

Website: https://laude.vc/

AI Reasoning: I found a Forbes article (Dec 10, 2024) and other sources indicating Laude Ventures (Andy Konwinski) raised a $150M fund and has made investments including Perplexity and Foundry. The most recent known investment activity is in December 2024 (Perplexity/Laude Ventures activity), which is less than 11 months before the reference date – within 6 months threshold? Calculate: from Dec 10, 2024 to Nov 1, 2025 is 326 days (~10.7 months) which is greater than 6 months but less than 12 months. However, additional sources (TechCrunch/Observer) show Andy launched Laude Institute with activity in June 2025 (June 23-24, 2025) and announced funding of Laude Institute and seed activities – this is within 6 months from the reference date. Specifically, TechCrunch (Jun 23, 2025) and Observer (Jun 24, 2025) report new $100M institute and related investments/commitments. Therefore the most recent investment activity is June 2025 (Perplexity/Laude Institute activities), less than 6 months prior, classifying him as very-active.

Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.

Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.

Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.