8 Founders Backed by Patrick Sturgeon (2026)

Patrick Sturgeon founders (8)

Patrick Sturgeon founders covers 8 founders on Anduril, Embodied and EpiBone and 5 other companies. The most common sectors are Robotics (2), SaaS (2) and AI Infrastructure (1). Members are based in 7 cities, led by Costa Mesa, CA (1), Irvine, CA (1) and Jersey City, NJ (1). The remaining members span Biotech (1), Cybersecurity (1) and Healthtech (1). Companies represented include Gecko Robotics, Menlo Micro, NextRoll, SkyKick and TriClick. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

• Founders listed: 8
• Companies represented: 8
• Top sector: Robotics (2 founders)
• Top location: Costa Mesa, CA (1 founders)
• Sectors represented: 6
• Locations represented: 7

• Brian Schimpf — Anduril
• Jake Loosararian — Gecko Robotics
• Louise Liu — TriClick
• Manny Rivelo — SkyKick
• Nina Tandon — EpiBone
• Paolo Pirjanian — Embodied
• Roli Saxena — NextRoll
• Russ Garcia — Menlo Micro

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