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Latest Jeff Fagnan News
Jun 27, 2023
Patented.ai , a San Francisco, CA-based provider of intellectual property software built on AI-first principles, raised $4M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Steve Anderson of Baseline Ventures, Nicole Stata of Boston Seed Capital, Jeff Fagnan of Accomplice, Naval Ravikant and Cooley LLP. Founded by Wayne Chang, Patented.ai is an intellectual property engine provider committed to safeguarding intellectual property and protecting it. The company works to empower innovators and businesses in a rapidly changing digital landscape with its product, LLM Shield, which provides an essential tool to help individuals and companies protect against inadvertently sharing personal identifying information, trade secrets and all other sensitive data with virtually all LLMs. A proactive approach to filtering data before it goes into LLMs allows individuals, companies and governments to leverage AI, without risking a catastrophic leak. The company intends to use the funds to to continue improving LLM Shield’s capabilities for the enterprise, disseminate resources to prevent AI data loss and continue developing AI-powered software to protect IP. Building on its launch, the company launched the LLM Shield personal version, which now offers free on-device sensitive data checks and protection for individuals across all industries. Users will benefit from the same multi-layered security features of the enterprise version, shielding sensitive information from large language models. FinSMEs
Jeff Fagnan Investments
11 Investments
Jeff Fagnan has made 11 investments. Their latest investment was in Patented as part of their Pre-Seed on August 8, 2023.

Jeff Fagnan Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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8/9/2023 | Pre-Seed | Patented | $4M | Yes | Cooley, Jeff Fagnan, Naval Ravikant, Nicole Stata, Steve Anderson, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 1 |
11/3/2022 | Seed VC | Darwinium | $10M | Yes | 3 | |
8/16/2022 | Series A | Cruisebound | $10M | Yes | Alumni Ventures, Dave Blundin, Flybridge Capital Partners, Jeff Boyd, Jeff Fagnan, Joel Peterson, PAR Capital, Plug and Play Ventures, Ryan Moore, Steve Kaufer, Steve Singh, and Undisclosed Investors | 3 |
5/17/2022 | Series B | |||||
5/12/2022 | Seed VC |
Date | 8/9/2023 | 11/3/2022 | 8/16/2022 | 5/17/2022 | 5/12/2022 |
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Round | Pre-Seed | Seed VC | Series A | Series B | Seed VC |
Company | Patented | Darwinium | Cruisebound | ||
Amount | $4M | $10M | $10M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Cooley, Jeff Fagnan, Naval Ravikant, Nicole Stata, Steve Anderson, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | Alumni Ventures, Dave Blundin, Flybridge Capital Partners, Jeff Boyd, Jeff Fagnan, Joel Peterson, PAR Capital, Plug and Play Ventures, Ryan Moore, Steve Kaufer, Steve Singh, and Undisclosed Investors | |||
Sources | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Jeff Fagnan Portfolio Exits
2 Portfolio Exits
Jeff Fagnan has 2 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Rekindle on March 24, 2015.