Palumni VC

Palumni VC is a Miami, Florida-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Founding Partner Luba Lesiva with a narrow, proprietary thesis: invest exclusively in the next generation of companies founded and led by Palantir alumni. SEC-registered as PALUMNI VC, LLC (Firm #321066), the firm draws on a private investor network of more than 600 operators, founders, and angels, almost all of them ex-Palantir, to serve as the connective tissue of the Palantir diaspora. The goal is to be the most value-add investor per dollar on the cap table of every portfolio company, through strategic introductions, operator-driven advice, and follow-on support along the full founder journey. Palumni is not constrained by stage, sector, or geography, though its sweet spot is high-signal seed and Series A rounds in software, analytics, AI and machine learning, enterprise SaaS, and HR and recruiting. Typical check sizes are $200,000, with an overall range of roughly $150,000 to $1 million. The firm also operates an AngelList syndicate to enable its alumni network to co-invest pro rata. Across 80 investments, named portfolio companies include Adyton, Kairos, Kolena, Kurtosis, Little Otter (children's mental health), Metaview (AI interviewing), and Mural (collaborative whiteboarding). The most recent publicly recorded investment is Digger, a software development applications company, in June 2025. Palumni VC's edge is sourcing: founders who are Palantir alumni have a demonstrated track record of building complex data and analytics infrastructure, and the firm's alumni network provides a pre-vetted funnel of high-caliber operators building their own companies.