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    Obvious Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2014

    Obvious Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in world-positive startups reimagining trillion-dollar industries. The firm focuses on three investment pillars: planetary health, human health, and economic health.

    Average disclosed round size is $49.2M (across 107 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    101

    Fund Size

    $360.4M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    9

    Team

    JJ

    James Joaquin

    Co-Founder & Managing Director

    VV

    Vishal Vasishth

    Co-Founder & Managing Director

    AB

    Andrew Beebe

    Managing Director

    KS

    Kahini Shah

    Partner

    MI

    Mo Islam

    Partner

    RG

    Rohan Ganesh

    Partner

    AD

    Amanda Denney

    Marketing Director

    JF

    Joycelyn Feng

    Finance Senior Associate

    SB

    Sarah Beresford

    Head of Investor Relations

    EW

    Ev Williams

    Co-Founder

    AS

    Anico Steffen

    Senior Executive Assistant

    CK

    Cristina Kilmartin

    Office Manager

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    120 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Inceptive logoInceptiveSeed$100MAug 2026
    Zanskar logoZanskarSeries C$115MJan 2026
    Zanskar logoZanskarSeries C$115MJan 2026
    Zanskar logoZanskarSeries C$115MJan 2026
    ZZanskarSeries B$115MJan 2026
    Fleetzero logoFleetzeroSeries A$43MJan 2026
    Fleetzero logoFleetzeroSeries A$43MJan 2026
    RRadical NumericsSeed$50MJan 2026
    OObelloSeed$8.5MNov 2025
    Inductive logoInductiveSeries A$25MMay 2025
    Ataraxis AI logoAtaraxis AISeries A$20.4MMar 2025
    Baton logoBatonSeries A$10MJan 2025
    Pyka logoPykaSeries B$40MSep 2024
    Pyka logoPykaSeries B$40MSep 2024
    aifleet logoaifleetSeries B$17MSep 2024
    LabGenius Therapeutics logoLabGenius TherapeuticsSeries BMay 2024
    Zanskar logoZanskarSeries BMay 2024
    Lightship logoLightshipSeries B$34MJan 2024
    Pi Health logoPi HealthSeries A$30MJan 2024
    Gray Swan logoGray SwanSeries A$40MJan 2024
    aifleet logoaifleetSeries B$16.6MJan 2024
    GGray Swan AIUnknown$40MJan 2024
    Arbor logoArborSeedSep 2023
    Octave logoOctaveSeries C$52MJun 2023
    Halcyon logoHalcyonSeries A$50MApr 2023
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    Last updated: 9 September 2026