Invests in
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$2,000,000.00Max Investment:
$8,000,000.00Target Investment:
$4,000,000.00
Skills
Education
- DU
- NC
- NC
Lists including Ankesh
Work Experience
2024
Principal
2024
Obvious is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage, purpose-driven entrepreneurs reimagining trillion-dollar industries. Our three investment pillars are planetary, human, and economic health. Obvious has over $1 billion AUM. Invested in: Zanskar (Series B) Unannounced (Series B) Board Observer: Zanskar
2021
Angel Investor
2021
Stealth - domestic energy Mission Barns - cultivated meat from fat cells TeachMeTo - sports coaching for beginner athletes Captura - direct ocean carbon removal Opine - transforming the buyer-vendor relationship
2020 - 2024
Principal
2023 - 2024
Invested in early-stage startups ($600M AUM) across industrial decarbonization, synbio, CDR, mobility, and energy: Proscia (Series B) inVia Robotics (Series C) Provectus Algae (Pre-Series A) Strangeworks (Series A) Captura (Series A) Pow.bio (Series A) Thea Energy (Series A) unannounced power electronics co (Series A) Board observer: Provectus Algae
Senior Associate
2022 - 2023
Associate
2020 - 2022
2019 - 2020
Venture Associate
2019 - 2020
2016 - 2018
Business Operations Associate
2016 - 2018
2013 - 2016
Co-Founder, former Chief Science Officer
2013 - 2016
- Raised $15M+ from Mark Cuban and other investors to commercialize and launch D2C product for date rape drug detection - Led early R&D, licensing, and IP commercialization efforts, recruited R&D team, established technical milestones and roadmap
2015 - 2015
Summer Associate
2015 - 2015
2013 - 2013
Intern
2013 - 2013