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    Tess Ventures

    Menlo Park, California, United StatesFounded 2017
    www.tessventures.xyzLinkedIn
    AICrypto & Web3

    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 (71% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.4M (across 7 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    7

    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

    7 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Roam logoRoamSeries A$24MFeb 2024
    Aethir logoAethirSeed$9MJul 2023
    May.Social logoMay.SocialUnknown$6MJan 2023
    Shrapnel logoShrapnelSeed$20M—
    SSaga.xyzSeed$6.5M—
    Matrix World logoMatrix WorldSeed$5.5M—
    Soundmint logoSoundmintSeed$1.7M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Animoca Brands3 shared
    Big Brain Holdings1 shared
    Mirana Ventures1 shared
    Beam Ventures1 shared
    Maelstrom1 shared
    Acton Capital1 shared
    HashKey Capital1 shared
    U.S. International Development Finance Corporation1 shared
    Crew Capital1 shared
    Equator1 shared
    One Small Planet1 shared
    Act One Ventures1 shared
    Franklin Templeton1 shared
    IOSG Ventures1 shared
    Brevan Howard1 shared
    Polychain Capital1 shared
    Griffin Gaming Partners1 shared
    Figment Capital1 shared
    Samsung Next1 shared
    LongHash Ventures1 shared

    Last updated: 9 September 2026