AI Investing
Early Stage and Growth Investing in AI and Deep Tech across Silicon, Systems, Software, and Services.
Investment Thesis
Stage:
- Early Stage (Pre-Seed/Seed)
- Growth Stage (Series A)
Focus:
- Intersection of AI / Deep Tech and High Potential Segments (Industrial, Health, Consumer, Finance)
Exits Last 2 Years:
- ChroniFi (acq by Acorns): April 2024
- Science IO (acq by Veradigm): March 2024
- Darwin AI (acq by Apple): February 2024
- Capbase (acq by Deel): March 2023
INVESTMENT APPROACH
Active Investor as the Founder and Managing Partner of 2468 Ventures
- Direct investments with Focus on Accelerating the AI Ecosystem
- LP investments across a Range of Funds to diversify across stage, sector, and fund managers
Investment Criterion
- TAM: Market Size and Growth
- Team: Founding Team
- Technology: Potential for 100x Disruption
- Traction: Early customer and market validation
Proven Investment Track Record
- Public Markets: Early investor in NVDA, AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, and TSLA
- CVC: Spear-headed BD and DD for the Intel Capital Wireless Sector (30+ investments)
- Angel Investor: Built a healthy portfolio in the mobile space (40+ investments)
- VC and Angel Investor: Currently focused on AI (40+ investments)
2468 Ventures: Founder and Managing Partner
Early Stage AI Investing
Long Journey Ventures: Limited Partner
Early Stage Investing for the long term led by Cyan Banister, Lee Jacobs, and Arielle Zuckerberg.
Launch Fund & Syndicate: Investor and Limited Partner
Directly investing in early stage deals & operating a syndicate with 10,000+ accredited investors.
Behind Genius Ventures: Senior Advisor and Limited Partner
Early Stage Firm investing in the Future or Work and Play.
NuFund Venture Group: AI Chair, Limited Partner, and Board Member
New wave of angel investors with a new fund model investing in new technology leaders.
Mighty Capital: Limited Partner
Series A venture investing capitalizing on the growing influence of product management.
Interlock Capital: Venture and Limited Partner
Community Driven Start-up Fund focused on Early-Stage
VU Venture Partners: Venture Partner and Syndicate Investor
Multi-Stage global venture capital fund focused on Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Frontier, Healthtech & PropTech.
Park Rangers Capital: Limited Partner
Investing in the concept of the Elephant startup – a new archetype that maps to the behaviors and traits of the most interesting companies operating today.
Wharton Alumni Angels: Chief Operating Officer and Syndicate Investor
Early-Stage angel investing for Wharton Alumni.
Recent updates
Are we in the AI Bubble? — VC Perspective on AI Trends
👉🌍We had an incredible conversation with VC Pankaj Kedia, founder and managing partner of 2468 Ventures, and his insights were mind-blowing.
Two years ago, he predicted AI would surpass the internet, smartphone, and cloud revolutions combined.
Today? He says we underestimated it.
Here are the highlights:
🔹 $6–7 trillion in global AI data-center investment this decade
🔹 AI is transforming every industry — from healthcare to mining
🔹 Agentic AI + physical AI (robots/humanoids) are moving faster than anyone expected
🔹 This is a global wave, not just a Silicon Valley phenomenon
🔹 “We are not in an AI bubble. Demand is real — and we can’t deploy fast enough.”
Top opportunities he’s excited about:
⚡ New cooling & energy solutions for data centers
🤖 Robotics + humanoids going mainstream
📱 A brand-new AI-native wearable device designed for agentic AI
🏭 Applied AI disrupting long-stagnant sectors like construction, manufacturing & healthcare
His predictions for 2026:
✨ The Year of Applications — applied AI goes mainstream
🚗 Autonomous vehicles scale into the hundreds of thousands
🏢 First fully autonomous, agent-run zero-human company
🎬 First feature-length film created entirely by AI
⌚ Breakthrough AI wearable hits the market
Pankaj summed it up perfectly:
“We are barely getting started. This is a once-in-a-century transformation.”
The next decade belongs to builders. Let’s go. 💥
PanIIT USA Podcast: Pankaj Kedia
Podcast with Pankaj Kedia, IIT Roorkee Alumnus, 1984-1988, on his journey over the last 35 years.
Future of Product: AI will be Bigger than the Internet
Pankaj Kedia is a tech intrapreneur turned early-stage AI / deep tech investor, venture partner, CXO advisor, and board member. Pankaj
