Obvious Ventures
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A venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs who are reimagining trillion-dollar industries. Threads/Bluesky: https://t.co/Z64pE0f45Y
San Francisco, CA
Joined June 2011
We founded Obvious Ventures to invest in companies solving humanity's biggest challenges. In this year’s World Positive Report, we’re sharing with you 25 companies that are solving these problems, one piece of the puzzle at a time. #worldpositive
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We are excited to announce our latest #generativescience investment!.
Big news: Inductive has raised a $25M Series A to democratize AI that transforms small molecule drug discovery. Our Compass platform, powered by our pre-competitive data consortium, predicts ADMET properties before synthesis - helping find higher quality drugs for patients,.
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RT @inductive_bio: Big news: Inductive has raised a $25M Series A to democratize AI that transforms small molecule drug discovery. Our Com….
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We are proud to support @kyosu and the team at Inceptive. They are building AI models on the languages of biology and computer science, and using them to produce new mRNA therapies and vaccines.
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Inceptive sees life’s languages fully encapsulated in RNA, a molecule that intermediates how our genetic code (DNA) gets actualized to proteins, which in turn carry out important cellular functions....
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In 2014, we founded Obvious with the simple idea that venture capital could be a force for positive change. Our next chapter will center on #GenerativeScience and the companies using AI to discover new technologies in climate, healthcare, and robotics.
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In 2014, we founded Obvious with the simple idea that the most valuable companies of our time would be the ones solving humanity’s biggest problems. We set out to invest across three huge surface...
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Generative science is already rewiring every field of science, from physics to biology, with enormous potential for the future of our species and our planet. Our co-founder, @JamesJoaquin, on how it will help us solve the unsolvable. #GenSci.
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Credit card points are funded by small businesses. @bytandym issues private label cards with processing fees that are less than 1%, allowing merchants to bypass the big banks and fund their own rewards programs that build customer loyalty.
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RT @LightshipRV: In our debut episode, "Our Electric Journey Unveiled," we sit down with our co-founders, Toby and Ben, to discuss Lightshi….
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Join us in November! We’re partnering with @norrsken_org to bring you Impact Week 2024: two days of inspiration and networking in Barcelona with 1,000+ of the world’s top impact founders and investors.
Let’s put an end to dull, boring VC events once and for all. This November, we are gathering 1000+ of the world’s top impact founders, investors and enablers for two days of inspiration and networking at a truly unforgettable location - Europe’s biggest hub for tech and impact.
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Howdy is an Austin-based hiring startup that connects developers in Latin America with jobs at companies in North America. Since the beginning, @howdy's mantra has been “the devs come first.” And it’s obvious from their retention that it’s paying off.
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Engineering shortages have long plagued the U.S. tech sector. Big tech companies point to immigration restrictions that hamper their efforts to find employees. The idea to co-found a company to help...
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VSCO was founded on the belief that you can do anything with the right creative tools, inspiring resources, and a supportive community. This ethos is the throughline in everything it does, and its new product, @vsco Pro, is no exception.
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Many factors interfere with a good night’s sleep, but too much screen time and caffeine are the big ones. Since its founding, @beam_wellness has been helping the Seventy percent of adults in America who have trouble getting enough rest.
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In the U.S., 1 in 5 students faces similar challenges with learning differences. That’s where @joinparallel_us comes in. Their mission is to support all learning styles so that every student can access the resources they need to reach their full potential
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It can take years of testing and 3,000 to 6,000 compounds to go from the discovery stage to identifying a drug for clinical trials. @Gandeeva_Tx can do the same thing by testing 200. It’s the difference between using a floodlight and a laser pointer.
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Our energy supply will not be able to keep up with the demands of AI/crypto, reshoring of manufacturing, and the electrification of everything. @Andrewbeebe explains how geothermal is THE stopgap solution + bridge to better technology like nuclear fusion.
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The world is waking up to a powerful fact about the future: we need substantially more energy than anyone thought, and we need it soon.
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Using state-of-the-art lab automation, machine learning, and one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, @RecursionPharma can advance a drug into the early stages of discovery about 80% faster than and at half the cost of industry averages.
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There were three pivotal moments in the journey that led @deprimer to co-found @taikacoffee.
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In this World Positive Report, you’ll discover how our portfolio companies are creating new solutions to humanity’s most significant challenges and building a better world around us, from accelerating
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Sometimes, the cure is worse than the disease. Chemotherapy takes a nuclear approach, obliterating healthy cells along with cancerous ones. So, how do you develop therapeutics that leave healthy cells unharmed? That's what @labgeni_us is here to answer.
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In this World Positive Report, you’ll discover how our portfolio companies are creating new solutions to humanity’s most significant challenges and building a better world around us, from accelerating
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Healthcare that actually cares: @DevotedHealth is a company serving seniors with a simple mission: to provide the same kind of healthcare its employees would want for their own family members.
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In this World Positive Report, you’ll discover how our portfolio companies are creating new solutions to humanity’s most significant challenges and building a better world around us, from accelerating
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In March 2023, @happiestbaby's SNOO received De Novo authorization for its ability to keep babies safely on the back, making it the only bassinet to receive this designation. This is the first step in getting insurance companies to help cover its cost.
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In this World Positive Report, you’ll discover how our portfolio companies are creating new solutions to humanity’s most significant challenges and building a better world around us, from accelerating
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A new way to buy and sell carbon credits: @senken_io removed the usual intermediaries by directly connecting buyers to sellers. They've already listed 3% of the voluntary carbon market supply and are the world’s biggest voluntary carbon platform.
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