Hemi Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to early-stage startups operating in the autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence applications, robotics, biotechnology and other emerging technology sectors. The firm was founded in 2016 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
Hemi Ventures partners with entrepreneurs whose ideas and projects Hemi Ventures believes could unlock new frontiers for human potential. 'Hemi' (hÄ"mi-) means 'half' in Greek. They work to serve as a complementary half to their founders. In addition to capital, Hemi Ventures helps founders establish pivotal relationships with industry partners and customers to build strong ecosystems that help their portfolio companies grow.
Investment
Hemi Ventures' investments include Apprentice.io, Ample, Tanvas, BioAesthetics, Starsky Robotics, Cypre and Epinomics.
Their exited investments include Scotty Labs and Epinomics.
Timeline
Funded Companies
Nebula Genomics is a genetics company developing a platform for individuals to get their personal genome sequenced, and then enable them to store and control that information through cryptographic encryption on the blockchain.
X-37 is a South San Francisco, California-based drug discovery company.
A spin-out of SRI International in California that focuses on reinventing the driving experience.
A company building deep learning solutions for fraud detection, image recognition and predictive analytics
People
Ada Liu
Operating Partner
Amy Gu
Managing Partner
Fergus Chan
Venture Partner
Joe Xia
Venture Partner
Joel Palathinkal
Venture Partner
Justin Li
Principal
Kate Yuan
Operating Partner
Ken Foo
Advisor
Mohammad Almojel
Venture Partner
Xiaofeng Tang
Venture Partner
Xin Xu
Operating Partner
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Contributors
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Aleksander Holm
Interested in understanding the world we live in. - 2
Melanie Manipula
Researcher, writer and a former librarian - 3
Jed Christiansen
Special Projects & Business Development at Golden, Founder - Seed-DB. - 4
Neelam Jhaveri
Techno Geek + Gamer + Fashionista + Sense of Humor = It's ME - 5
Henry Ogolla
Passionate about reading and writing.