I/VC  Obvious Ventures

https://obvious.com/





     Office Locations:

220 Halleck Street, Suite 120
San Francisco, CA 94129
Phone: 415-987-4414

 

Stages:

  • Early
  • Growth
  • Seed


 

Industries:

  • Business Services
  • Consumer Products & Services
  • Information Technology
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Founded 2006, Obvious Corporation is a venture capital partnership founded by Biz Stone, Ev Williams and early Twitter employee Jason Goldman. Initially, Twitter grew within the startup incubator called Obvious Corp. before the service was spun off. The Obvious Corporation is dedicated to developing systems that help people work together to improve the world. Obvious Ventures is a principal investment firm specializing in startups and growth capital. Obvious Ventures has a goal to bring experience, capital, and focus to companies combining profit and purpose for a better world. Obvious Ventures closed its second fund (May of 2017) with $191,919,191 million in commitments. The firm's three investment pillars are Sustainable Systems, Healthy Living, and People Power.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Andre Heinz Venture Partner
    Andrew Beebe Managing Director
    Evan Williams Co-founder
    Jack Rothacher Chief Financial Officer
    James Joaquin Co-Founder and Managing Director

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      09/23/2024


      Pyka


      CA


      $40,000,000


      Series B


      07/24/2024


      Joy


      CA


      $10,000,000


      Seed


      03/14/2024


      Pi Health


      MA


      $30,000,000


      Series A


      01/17/2024


      Lightship


      CO


      $34,000,000


      Series B


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      AMPLY Power
        web link


      Anagenex
        web link


      Breezeworks
        web link


      Brightside


      Canvas Robotics
        web link


      Devoted Health
        web link


      Dexterity
        web link


      Enbala Power Networks
        web link


      Enervee
        web link


      Flux


      Forum Mobility
        web link


      Good Eggs
        web link


      Howdy
        web link


      Incredible Health


      Iterative Scopes
        web link


      Joy
        web link


      Lightship


      Lynx
        web link


      Maker Media
        web link


      Medable


      Mosaic


      Nectar


      NewCo
        web link


      Nue Life Health
        web link


      Octave


      One Finance
        web link


      Openly
        web link


      Pi Health
        web link


      Plant Prefab


      Prism Data
        web link


      Pyka
        web link


      Recursion Pharmaceuticals
        web link


      Sighten


      SINAI Technologies
        web link


      Tentrr
        web link


      Tomorrow Health


      Torch


      Virta Health
        web link


      ZenPayroll
        web link


      Zymergen


     

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