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    Higher Life Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2023

    Higher Life Ventures is an early-stage corporate venture capital fund backed by HL Mando, a global Tier-1 automotive and motion control company. It invests in Seed to Series B companies across deep tech and frontier tech in the broader mobility ecosystem.

    They made 1 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (60% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $13.4M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    5

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    D(

    Dongjoon (DJ) Cha

    Managing Partner

    JC

    Jisoo Chung

    Principal

    JK

    Joseph Kim

    Senior Associate

    JJ

    Jihwa Jang

    Fund Operations

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    5 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Catalyx Space logoCatalyx SpaceSeed$5.4MOct 2025
    Catalyx Space logoCatalyx SpaceSeed$5.4MJan 2025
    Swift Solar logoSwift SolarSeries A$27MJun 2024
    Bump logoBumpSeed$3MApr 2024
    TToutSeries C$26MOct 2016

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    Last updated: 9 September 2026