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    Obvious Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2014

    Obvious Ventures is a "world positive" venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies solving humanity's biggest problems. Their strategy focuses on three core pillars: planetary health (sustainable systems), human health (healthy living), and economic health (people power), aiming for both significant financial returns and positive societal impact.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months vs 5 prior). Average disclosed round size is $50.6M (across 66 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    70

    Fund Size

    $1B

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    JJ

    James Joaquin

    Co-Founder and Managing Director

    VV

    Vishal Vasishth

    Co-Founder and Managing Director

    RG

    Rohan Ganesh

    Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    70 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Zanskar logoZanskarSeries C$115MJan 2026
    Fleetzero logoFleetzeroSeries A$43MJan 2026
    Obello logoObelloSeed$8.5MNov 2025
    AAtaraxis AISeries A$20.4MMar 2025
    Baton logoBatonSeries A$10MJan 2025
    Pyka logoPykaSeries B$40MSep 2024
    LabGenius logoLabGeniusSeries B$40.1MMay 2024
    Zanskar logoZanskarSeries B$30MMay 2024
    Lightship logoLightshipSeries B$34MJan 2024
    Arbor logoArborSeed$9MSep 2023
    Octave logoOctaveSeries C$52MJun 2023
    IInatoSeries A$20MMar 2023
    Forum Mobility logoForum MobilitySeries A$15MJan 2023
    Nectar logoNectarSeries A$16.5MDec 2022
    Plant Prefab logoPlant PrefabSeries B$42MDec 2022
    Brightside logoBrightsideSeries B$33MNov 2022
    SINAI Technologies logoSINAI TechnologiesSeries A$22MSep 2022
    Incredible Health logoIncredible HealthSeries B$80MAug 2022
    SSynopSeed$10MJun 2022
    MycoMedica Life Sciences, PBC logoMycoMedica Life Sciences, PBCSeries C$60MJun 2022
    Parallel Learning logoParallel LearningSeries A$20MMay 2022
    PParallelSeries A$20MMay 2022
    NNue Life HealthSeries A$23MApr 2022
    Lynx logoLynxSeries A$15MMar 2022
    CConcertoCareSeries B$105MFeb 2022
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    Top Co-Investors

    Lux Capital4 shared
    BoxGroup3 shared
    Y Combinator3 shared
    Giant Ventures3 shared
    Greycroft3 shared
    Atomico3 shared
    Stardust Equity2 shared
    S2G Ventures2 shared
    Wireframe Ventures2 shared

    Last updated: 13 March 2026