Vermilion Cliffs Ventures | Activity

Essay

Ashley Smith published 'Hello Atomic, Goodbye Git: Rebuilding Software Collaboration for the AI Era with Lee Faus' on the Vermilion Substack.

Hello Atomic, Goodbye Git

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

vermilioncliffs.substack.comOCT 11, 2026

OCT 11, 2026

Investment

Vermilion participated in Aranya's $11M round ($9M seed led by First Round + $2M pre-seed). Aranya turns bare metal into production GPU clusters.

Aranya

Aranya Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

prnewswire.comSEP 15, 2026

SEP 15, 2026

Investment

Vermilion participated in Neurometric's $4M seed round. Neurometric builds an automated token engineering platform for agentic AI.

Neurometric

Neurometric Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

prnewswire.comSEP 15, 2026

SEP 15, 2026

Investment

Vermilion participated in Lemma's $2.3M pre-seed round led by Matrix, with Y Combinator and others. Lemma reads live production traffic for AI agent failures.

Lemma

Lemma Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

techfundingnews.comSEP 15, 2026

SEP 15, 2026

Essay

Ashley Smith published September 2026 newsletter covering portfolio updates including investments in Probably, Lemma, Neurometric, Aranya, and East River Source Control.

Sept 2026: Vermilion Cliffs Notes

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

vermilioncliffs.substack.comSEP 15, 2026

SEP 15, 2026

Essay

Ashley Smith published 'The Young Founder Experience' on backing founders under 20, the pressures they face, and predatory incubators.

The Young Founder Experience

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

vermilioncliffs.substack.comJUL 25, 2026

JUL 25, 2026

New Fund

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures closed $25M Fund II to back technical founders building AI infrastructure, security, and developer tooling.

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures Fund II

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

vermilioncliffs.substack.comJUL 8, 2026

JUL 8, 2026

New Fund

Closed a $25M second fund focused on AI infrastructure, security, and developer tooling.

Fund II close

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

linkedin.comJUL 8, 2026

JUL 8, 2026

Talk

Hosted an AI infrastructure event with Amplify in July 2026.

AI Infra After Dark | Amplify + Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

luma.comJUL 1, 2026

JUL 1, 2026

Talk

Co-hosted an AI infrastructure social with DigitalOcean in June 2026.

Deploy, Scale, Score: Digital Ocean + Vermilion AI Infra Social

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

luma.comJUN 30, 2026

JUN 30, 2026

Essay

Ashley Smith published VC Hot Takes, Vol. 1, collecting hot takes from 12 VCs on AI, narrative, and early-stage venture.

VC Hot Takes, Vol. 1

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

vermilioncliffs.substack.comJUN 29, 2026

JUN 29, 2026

Investment

Vermilion participated in Probably's $9M seed round co-led by a16z and Accel. Probably builds a data agent that checks its own work for hallucinations.

Probably

Probably Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

techcrunch.comJUN 16, 2026

JUN 16, 2026

Talk

Ran a private fundraising session for portfolio founders in May 2026.

Series A+ Fundraising: A Private Session for Vermilion Portfolio Founders

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures

luma.comMAY 20, 2026

MAY 20, 2026

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures Activity

Ashley Smith published 'Hello Atomic, Goodbye Git: Rebuilding Software Collaboration for the AI Era with Lee Faus' on the Vermilion Substack.

Meghan Murphy published 'The reason to be on Reddit isn't for AEO' on the Vermilion Substack about community building and being perpetually online.

Vermilion participated in Aranya's $11M round ($9M seed led by First Round + $2M pre-seed). Aranya turns bare metal into production GPU clusters.

Vermilion participated in Neurometric's $4M seed round. Neurometric builds an automated token engineering platform for agentic AI.

Vermilion participated in Lemma's $2.3M pre-seed round led by Matrix, with Y Combinator and others. Lemma reads live production traffic for AI agent failures.

Ashley Smith published September 2026 newsletter covering portfolio updates including investments in Probably, Lemma, Neurometric, Aranya, and East River Source Control.

Ashley Smith published 'The Young Founder Experience' on backing founders under 20, the pressures they face, and predatory incubators.

Vermilion Cliffs Ventures closed $25M Fund II to back technical founders building AI infrastructure, security, and developer tooling.

Closed a $25M second fund focused on AI infrastructure, security, and developer tooling.

Hosted an AI infrastructure event with Amplify in July 2026.

Co-hosted an AI infrastructure social with DigitalOcean in June 2026.

Ashley Smith published VC Hot Takes, Vol. 1, collecting hot takes from 12 VCs on AI, narrative, and early-stage venture.

Vermilion participated in Probably's $9M seed round co-led by a16z and Accel. Probably builds a data agent that checks its own work for hallucinations.

Ran a private fundraising session for portfolio founders in May 2026.