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    Tess Ventures

    Menlo Park, California, United StatesFounded 2017

    Tess Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm founded by Tess Hau that invests in companies using AI, deep tech, and Web3 to improve the human condition and create economic prosperity.

    Their most common stage is seed (58% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $9.3M (across 12 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    11

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    CZ

    Calvin Zhou

    Tess Ventures Venture Partner Co-Founder of Shrapnel

    TH

    Tess Hau

    Founder, Tess Ventures Venture Capitalist | General Partner

    DP

    Douglas Park

    Tess Ventures Partner, Fintech Mentor General Counsel | Investor | Harvard | Stanford GSB PhD

    JL

    John Lee

    Venture Partner Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker, and Mentor

    ML

    Mark Long

    Tess Ventures Venture Partner CEO of Shrapnel

    WH

    Wayne Hu

    Tess Ventures Partner Venture Partner, Cocoon Ignite Ventures | Wharton MBA

    LS

    Li Sun

    Tess Ventures Venture Fellow Director of Blockchain & Digital Assets, FTI Consulting

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    12 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Roam logoRoamSeries A$24MFeb 2024
    Aethir logoAethirSeed$9MJul 2023
    MMetaverse MagnaSeed$3.2MSep 2022
    YYesportsUnknown$3.8MAug 2022
    AAAG VenturesUnknown$12.5MDec 2021
    IIzumi FinanceUnknown$600KOct 2021
    IIzumi FinanceSeries A$22MJan 2021
    Shrapnel logoShrapnelSeed$20M—
    SSaga.xyzSeed$6.5M—
    Matrix World logoMatrix WorldSeed$5.5M—
    Soundmint logoSoundmintSeed$1.7M—
    UUltradeSeed$2.4M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026