Obvious Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by Ev Williams, James Joaquin, Vishal Vasishth in 2014. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and focuses its investments in early stage companies that are are profitable, as well as socially and environmentally impactful. Types of companies Obvious Ventures invests in are: food & agriculture, artificial intelligence & machine learning, biopharma & biotechnology, education, energy, FinTech, and manufacturing. Notable company investments made by Obvious Venture include: Zymergen, Medium, Beyond Meat, and Recursion Pharma.
Timeline
People
Andre Heinz
Venture Partner
Andrew Beebe
Managing Director
Anna Khuu
Executive Assistant
Ev Williams
Co-Founder
Gabe Kleinman
Director of Portfolio Services & Mktg
Hoolie Tejwani
Vice President
Jack Rothacher
Director of Finance & Operations
James Joaquin
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Joe Blair
Vice President
Nan Li
Managing Director
Shelby Herman
Office Coordinator
Vishal Vasishth
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Further reading
A Venture Capitalist's View on the Promise of Electric Aviation
Stephen Lacey
Web
In good company: How Obvious Ventures is disrupting venture capital
Jennifer Kongs
Web
Obvious Ventures has closed on a funky amount of funding (again) for fund two
Connie Loizos
Web
Sighten Closes $3.5M Series A Funding from Obvious Ventures
Business Wire
Web
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Amply
Sustainable Systems
Anbala
Sustainable Systems
Bakpax
People Power
Beyond Meat
Healthy Living
Boon Supply
People Power
Breezeworks
People Power
Care Zone
Healthy Living
Change.org
People Power
Darwin AI
Sustainable Systems
Devoted Health
Healthy Living
Enervee
Sustainable Systems
Fair
People Power
Good Eggs
Healthy Living
Gusto
People Power
Happiest Baby
Healthy Living
Incredible Health
People Power
Joy
People Power
Keyo
People Power
Lilium
Sustainable Systems
Long Game
People Power
LTSE
People Power
Lucid
Healthy Living
Magic Leap
People Power
Maker Media
People Power
Evan Williams
San Francisco
