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R136 Ventures Activity

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Investment

R136 Ventures invested in Bright Machines, an industrial technology firm automating electronics assembly through software and robotics, as of September 2026.

Bright Machines

Bright Machines R136 Ventures

pitchbook.comSEP 1, 2026

SEP 1, 2026

Essay

Victor Orlovski published an essay arguing the AI agent economy lacks a payment system, drawing on his experience as CTO of a major financial institution, and discussing the infrastructure gap for machine-to-machine payments.

R136 Ventures

R136 VenturesR136 Ventures

r136ventures.substack.comAUG 13, 2026

AUG 13, 2026

Investment

R136 Ventures participated in Digital Asset's $355M funding round led by a16z crypto, scaling the Canton Network as onchain infrastructure for capital markets.

Digital Asset

Digital Asset R136 Ventures

blog.digitalasset.comJUN 11, 2026

JUN 11, 2026

Essay

Victor Orlovski analyzes enterprise AI adoption patterns showing code, support, and search as leading use cases, with infrastructure providers positioned to win.

What 29% of the Fortune 500 figured out about AI that the rest haven't

R136 Ventures

r136ventures.substack.comJUN 10, 2026

JUN 10, 2026

Essay

Victor Orlovski published an essay on the 'SaaSpocalypse' - how AI agents and vibe coding are dismantling the traditional SaaS model, arguing value is moving from infrastructure to applications.

R136 Ventures

R136 VenturesR136 Ventures

r136ventures.substack.comAPR 15, 2026

APR 15, 2026

Exit

Portfolio company GridGain acquired by MariaDB in in-memory data platform consolidation.

GridGain

GridGain R136 Ventures

r136.vcAPR 10, 2026

APR 10, 2026

Exit

GridGain, an R136 Ventures portfolio company, had an exit on March 20, 2026.

GridGain

GridGain R136 Ventures

pitchbook.comMAR 20, 2026

MAR 20, 2026

Essay

Ratan Manehani explains R136's thesis for Deepgram: voice AI infrastructure as the critical interface layer for enterprise AI agent deployments at scale.

Why We Invested in Deepgram

R136 Ventures

r136ventures.substack.comMAR 12, 2026

MAR 12, 2026

Investment

R136 Ventures participated in Deepgram's $130M round at a $1.3B valuation, backing the voice AI infrastructure platform for enterprise AI agents at scale.

DeepGram

DeepGram R136 Ventures

r136ventures.substack.comJAN 2026

JAN 2026

Essay

Analysis by Denis Efremov ranking top-20 AI B2B companies by scaling metrics across October-November 2025.

Uncovering the AI B2B Scaling Stars: The Top-20 Leaderboard

R136 Ventures

r136ventures.substack.comDEC 2025

DEC 2025

New Fund

R136 Ventures closed its third fund at over $400M (now $500M+ AUM) to back growth-stage B2B software and fintech companies, with focus on AI application layer and global financial infrastructure.

R136 Ventures

R136 VenturesR136 Ventures

r136ventures.substack.comNOV 25, 2025

NOV 25, 2025

Essay

Victor Orlovski reflects on Fund III thesis: AI applications over infrastructure, financial infrastructure in emerging markets, growth-stage valuation opportunities.

A Note on R136's New Fund

R136 Ventures

r136ventures.substack.comNOV 2025

NOV 2025

Essay

Victor Orlovski shared 18 lessons from his journey from software engineer to VC, covering fundraising, LP management, startup investing, and operational leadership.

R136 Ventures

R136 VenturesR136 Ventures

r136ventures.substack.comAPR 24, 2025

APR 24, 2025