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Asymmetry Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2018 and led by General Partner Rob Ness. The firm backs transformative early-stage startups with exceptional defensibility and civilization-level impact potential, focusing on technical complexity, proprietary science, and deep engineering across frontier sectors such as AI, biotech, climate, defense, and aerospace.
Average disclosed round size is $17.7M (across 26 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
25
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
VM
Vincent M.
Managing Partner
RN
Rob Ness
General Partner
DG
Daniel Gould
Venture Partner
PS
Philip Saidely
Venture Partner
DD
Drago Dimitrov
Investor
KC
Kelly Carroll
Venture Investor
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
28 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Coreshell | Series B | $24M | Mar 2025 |
 SimCare | Seed | $2M | Feb 2025 |
 SimCare AI | Seed | $2M | Feb 2025 |
 Mast Reforestation | Series B | $25M | Feb 2025 |
| PPersist | Series A | $12M | Jan 2025 |
 Reforged Labs | Seed | $3.9M | Jan 2024 |
 TransCrypts | Pre-Seed | $2.4M | Jan 2023 |
 Namecoach | Series A | $8M | Nov 2022 |
 SmallSmall | Seed | $3M | Oct 2022 |
 Capra | Pre-Seed | $1.8M | Jun 2022 |
 Dapio | Unknown | $3.4M | Mar 2022 |
 NameCoach | Series A | $8M | Jan 2022 |
 Perfekto | Pre-Seed | $1.1M | Jan 2022 |
| Capra | Pre-Seed | $1.8M | Jan 2022 |
 Orbit Fab | Unknown | — | Sep 2021 |
 Stayflexi | Seed | $1.6M | Jun 2021 |
 ViaCyte | Unknown | $45M | Jun 2021 |
| AArcellx, Inc. | Series C | $115M | Jan 2021 |
 Gobillion | Unknown | $2.9M | Jan 2021 |
 Redwing Labs | Seed | $1M | Jan 2021 |
| GGalecto Biotech | Series C | — | Oct 2018 |
| Coreshell | Series A | $12M | — |
 Noteworthy AI | Growth | $3M | — |
 Dice Molecules | Series C | $80M | — |
 Lal10 | Series A | $5.5M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator6 shared
Goodwater Capital5 shared
Techstars4 shared
Soleus Capital4 shared
Singularity Capital3 shared
Entrada Ventures3 shared
Trousdale Ventures3 shared
Foothill Ventures3 shared
SOSV3 shared
E14 Fund3 shared
GS Futures3 shared
Novo Capital3 shared
Transpose Platform2 shared
Alchemist Accelerator2 shared
Helios Climate Ventures2 shared
640 Oxford2 shared
Seabed VC2 shared
Metaplanet2 shared
Impact America Fund2 shared
Forefront Venture Partners2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026