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Obvious Ventures

Founders James Joaquin Vishal Vasishth u0110u1ec7 Phan

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Total investments 163
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$40M
Portfolio companies 94
Rounds per year 16.30
Lead investments 23
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.42
Exits 7
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Biotechnology
Summary

Obvious Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 2014. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the San Francisco.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 6-7 participants. Despite the Obvious Ventures, startups are often financed by Data Collective DCVC, SV Angel, Kleiner Perkins. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Lux Capital, Data Collective DCVC, Kleiner Perkins. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by General Catalyst, Data Collective DCVC, Kleiner Perkins.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are E-Commerce, Travel. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Magic Leap, Devoted Health, Beyond Meat

This organization was formed by Ev Williams, James Joaquin, Vishal Vasishth. We also calculated 3 valuable employees in our database.

The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The real fund results show that this VC is 2 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The important activity for fund was in 2015. The typical startup value when the investment from Obvious Ventures is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Opposing the other organizations, this Obvious Ventures works on 27 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Lightship

Automotive
Electric Vehicle
Recreational Vehicles
Travel
$34M17 Jan 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

Prism Data

Information Technology
Software
$5M23 Oct 2023 New York, New York, United States

Inceptive

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$100M07 Sep 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

Octave

Health Care
Personal Health
Wellness
$52M15 Jun 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Inato

Artificial Intelligence
Clinical Trials
Health Care
Machine Learning
Pharmaceutical
$20M29 Mar 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Forum Mobility

$15M17 Jan 2023 Oakland, California, United States

Howdy

Employment
Human Resources
Software
Staffing Agency
$5M10 Jan 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

Nectar Lifesciences

Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$16M20 Dec 2022 -

Brightside

Financial Services
FinTech
Health Insurance
$33M10 Nov 2022 San Francisco, California, United States
News
One Raises $40M in Series B Funding

– One is a financial technology company which provides families and individuals with an account combining saving, spending, sharing, budgeting, and borrowing.
– The company raised $40m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Progressive Investment Company and attracted new investor – Obvious Ventures as well as existing investors Foundation Capital and Core Innovation Capital.
– The new investment will be aimed at scaling the internal team and expanding its product offerings.

XpertSea Raises $20 Million Series B to Transform the Seafood Economy through Finance and Technology

– XpertSea, a Canadian company transforming how seafood is farmed and traded, announced it has closed a $20M USD Series B funding round.
– The round was led by QED Investors and Atlantico with Investissement Quebec joining previous investors Obvious Ventures, Aqua-Spark, Tony Fadell’s Future Shape, Real Ventures and edō Capital.
– QED partner Lauren Morton will join XpertSea’s board, resulting in both an executive team and a board where women are in the majority.
– By 2050 our planet will need 70% more food production to feed 10 billion people. Aquaculture represents one of the most efficient and sustainable ways to supply that quality protein, but technology gaps and the lack of financial services to underbanked farmers are major barriers to growth.

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Total investments 163
Average round size 40M
Rounds per year 16.30
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 23
Follow on index 0.42
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 0.93

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Lightship

Automotive
Electric Vehicle
Recreational Vehicles
Travel
$34M17 Jan 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

Prism Data

Information Technology
Software
$5M23 Oct 2023 New York, New York, United States

Inceptive

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$100M07 Sep 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

Octave

Health Care
Personal Health
Wellness
$52M15 Jun 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Inato

Artificial Intelligence
Clinical Trials
Health Care
Machine Learning
Pharmaceutical
$20M29 Mar 2023 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Forum Mobility

$15M17 Jan 2023 Oakland, California, United States

Howdy

Employment
Human Resources
Software
Staffing Agency
$5M10 Jan 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

Nectar Lifesciences

Health Care
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$16M20 Dec 2022 -

Brightside

Financial Services
FinTech
Health Insurance
$33M10 Nov 2022 San Francisco, California, United States
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