Awesome Ventures

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Feb 17, 2026 ·

About

Awesome Ventures invests at the inflection point where new technologies disrupt industries and create entirely new markets. They partner with founders to accelerate transformative shifts in adoption across ClimateTech, MedTech, FinTech, SpaceTech, and Enterprise Software.

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Mar 1, 2025	Allen Control Systems	$30.0M Series A	—	Afore Capital, Alumni Ventures, Craft Ventures, FirstMark Capital, NFX, Y Combinator, Cullen McAlpine, Elia Montanari, Kulveer Taggar, Nate Matherson, Oleg Rogynskyy, Rob Meyerson, Todd Pedersen
Feb 1, 2025	CompScience	$28.0M Series B	—	Afore Capital, Alumni Ventures, NFX, Working Capital Fund, Christian Wenger, Elia Montanari, Rob Meyerson
Jan 1, 2025	Buk	$50.0M Series B	—	10D, 9Yards Capital, Accel, Adeyemi Ajao, Base10 Partners, foobar.vc, Giant Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Jetstream, Journey Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, PICO Venture Partners, TCV, Leonardo DiCaprio, Manu Ginobilli, Nicholas Francis, Pedro Arnt, Richard Branson, Tom Blomfield
Oct 1, 2024	kapa.ai	$3.0M Seed	—	2xN, Banyan Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Cubit Capital, Helium-3 Ventures, Immeasurable, Initialized Capital, Jetstream, LombardStreet Ventures, Preston-Werner Ventures, Saxena Capital, Shield Capital, SNR, Summit Partners, Y Combinator, Daniel Kan, Guy Podjarny, Immad Akhund, James Park, Julian Shapiro, Keith Masback, Matt Bellamy, Nate Cavanaugh
Jun 1, 2024	Learn to Win	$30.0M Series A	—	2xN, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Cubit Capital, Helium-3 Ventures, Immeasurable, Initialized Capital, Jetstream, LombardStreet Ventures, Shield Capital, SNR, Daniel Kan, Immad Akhund, James Park, Julian Shapiro, Keith Masback, Matt Bellamy, Nate Cavanaugh
May 1, 2024	Rize	$14.0M Series A	—	2xN, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Cubit Capital, Helium-3 Ventures, Immeasurable, Initialized Capital, Jetstream, LombardStreet Ventures, Shield Capital, SNR, Daniel Kan, Immad Akhund, James Park, Julian Shapiro, Keith Masback, Matt Bellamy, Nate Cavanaugh
Apr 1, 2024	Arbol	$60.0M Series B	—	Adeyemi Ajao, foobar.vc, Giant Ventures, Jetstream, Liquid 2 Ventures, Leonardo DiCaprio, Manu Ginobilli, Nicholas Francis, Pedro Arnt, Richard Branson, Tom Blomfield
Apr 1, 2024	Knostic	$3.0M Seed	—	2xN, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Cubit Capital, Endeavor Venture Funds, Helium-3 Ventures, Hummingbird Ventures, Immeasurable, Initialized Capital, Jetstream, LombardStreet Ventures, MSM, Notion Capital, Passion Capital, Shield Capital, SNR, Speedinvest, Adam Knight, Daniel Kan, Immad Akhund, James Park, Jonathan Lenson, Julian Shapiro, Keith Masback, Matt Bellamy, Mike Hudack, Nate Cavanaugh, Tom Blomfield
Nov 1, 2023	Radiant Security	$15.0M Series A	—	Aya, B Capital Group, Next47, Sapphire Ventures, S Capital VC
Nov 1, 2023	Liquid AI	$38.0M Seed	—	7BC Venture Capital, Accel, Audrey Capital, Bain Capital, Bold Capital Partners, Creandum, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Andrew Wheeler, Lightspeed India Partners, Lux Capital, M13, NextView Ventures, Outrun Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Preston-Werner Ventures, RET Ventures, Safar Partners, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Seaside Ventures, Serena Ventures, The Hit Forge, Amjad Masad, Bill Ackman, Bob Young, Christian Reber, Fredrik Björk, Jayant Kadambi, Kerry Ritz, Lukas Biewald, Marc Baghadjian, Nicolas Pinto, Susan Standiford, Tobias Lutke
Aug 1, 2023	Weights & Biases	$50.0M Venture Round	—	Aya, B Capital Group, Bond, C2 Investment, Costanoa Ventures, DFJ, Felicis Ventures, G2VP, Heroic Ventures, Insight Partners, Matias Ventures, Next47, Open AI Startup Fund, Point72 Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, S Capital VC, Tiger Global Management, WorkLife Ventures, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Patrick Collison
Jul 1, 2023	Trebellar	$4.0M Seed	—	2xN, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Cubit Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Everywhere Ventures (The Fund), FirstHand Alliance, First Star Ventures, Geek Ventures, Haystack, Helium-3 Ventures, Humba Ventures, Immeasurable, Initialized Capital, Jetstream, LombardStreet Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Shield Capital, SNR, Charlie Songhurst, Daniel Kan, Immad Akhund, James Park, Julian Shapiro, Juney Ham, Keith Masback, Matt Bellamy, Nate Cavanaugh, Rayn Ong, Roger Dickey
May 1, 2023	Firmbase	$12.0M Seed	—	Aya, B Capital Group, btov Partners, C2 Investment, Cherry Ventures, Crane Venture Partners, Cyberstarts VC, Entrée Capital Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meron Capital, MMC Ventures, Mouro Capital, Next47, NFX, Sapphire Ventures, S Capital VC, Sequoia Capital Israel, Team8, Viola Ventures, Yext, Adam Wiggins, Ariel Maislos, Assaf Hefetz, Charlie Songhurst, Doron Alter, Gil Shai, Matthias Hilpert, Nir Eyal, Ofir Ehrlich, Omer Kaplan, Shai Morag, Tom Blomfield, Yair Weinberger, Yevgeny Dibrov, Yuval Shahar
Feb 1, 2023	Buk	$35.0M Series A	—	9Yards Capital, Adeyemi Ajao, Base10 Partners, foobar.vc, Giant Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Jetstream, Liquid 2 Ventures, TCV, Leonardo DiCaprio, Manu Ginobilli, Nicholas Francis, Pedro Arnt, Richard Branson, Tom Blomfield
Dec 1, 2022	Axiom	$7.0M Seed	—	Aleph VC, Aya, Bain Capital Ventures, B Capital Group, Cyberstarts VC, Mango Capital, Next47, Sapphire Ventures, S Capital VC, Assaf Hefetz, Yevgeny Dibrov
Dec 1, 2022	Eigen Therapeutics	$7.0M Seed	—	2xN, Addition, AirAngels, Alumni Ventures, Amino Collective, backtrace capital, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, BoxOne Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Builders VC, Cubit Capital, First Round Capital, Floodgate, Andrew Wheeler, Helium-3 Ventures, Immeasurable, Initialized Capital, Jetstream, LombardStreet Ventures, Moonfire Ventures, Motier Ventures, SeaX Ventures, Shield Capital, SNR, Speedinvest, Talis Capital, Trucks Venture Capital, ZAKA Ventures, Charles Gorintin, Daniel Kan, Immad Akhund, James Park, Jean Charles Samuelian, Julian Shapiro, Keith Masback, Mathilde Collin, Matt Bellamy, Nate Cavanaugh, Riccardo Zacconi, Roxanne Varza, Sebastian Knutsson, Varsha Rao
Jul 1, 2022	Simplifyber	$4.0M Seed	—	AgFunder, At One Ventures, Adeyemi Ajao, Cyberstarts VC, Earth and beyond ventures, Entrée Capital Ventures, foobar.vc, Giant Ventures, Jetstream, Liquid 2 Ventures, Mayfield, Metaplanet, SOSV, Unusual Ventures, Benny Schnaider, Guy Fighel, Guy Podjarny, Hubert Thieblot, Leonardo DiCaprio, Manu Ginobilli, Nicholas Francis, Pedro Arnt, Richard Branson, Tom Blomfield
Feb 1, 2022	Gradient Health	$3.0M Seed	—	Nitay Joffe, Scot Wingo
Feb 1, 2022	Rupa Health	$20.0M Series A	—	ACME Capital, Amazon Alexa Fund, Adeyemi Ajao, Bessemer Venture Partners, Convoz, Cowboy Ventures, Craft Ventures, Draper Associates, First Round Capital, Floodgate, foobar.vc, Generative Ventures, Giant Ventures, Jetstream, Kapor Capital, LGF, Lightbank, Liquid 2 Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Maveron, Motier Ventures, Ravelin Capital, Silicon Valley Connect, Spark Capital, Stash Ventures, The Fintech Fund, TQ Ventures, Viola Ventures, Alexis Bonillo, Andrew Robb, Brad Lewthwaite, Charlie Songhurst, Colin Carrier, Gloria Baeuerlein, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Justin Mateen, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Colas, Kevin Weil, Koen Bok, Leonardo DiCaprio, Manu Ginobilli, Nicholas Francis, Paul Veugen, Pedro Arnt, Richard Branson, Ron Pragides, Russell Smith, Scott Belsky, Shervin Pishevar, Steven Sinofsky, Stewart Butterfield, Thomas Vu, Tom Blomfield, Tuomas Artman, William Miller
Jan 1, 2022	NLX	$5.0M Seed	—	Afore Capital, Alumni Ventures, NFX, Elia Montanari
Dec 1, 2021	Parrot	$3.0M Seed	—	Also Capital, Alumni Ventures, Adeyemi Ajao, Caffeinated Capital, Daft Capital, DST Global, foobar.vc, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Giant Ventures, Iporanga Ventures, Jetstream, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, Lux Capital, Mischief Venture Capital, monashees, Paradox Capital, Saga, Stellar Capital, The Hit Forge, Virginia Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi, Austin Ogilvie, Dylan Field, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Justin Mateen, Leonardo DiCaprio, Manu Ginobilli, Mattia Astori, Nicholas Francis, Pedro Arnt, Richard Branson, Roger Laughlin Carvallo, Sahin Boydas, Sohila Zadran, Stewart Butterfield, Tom Blomfield, Vineet Jain, William Miller
Dec 1, 2021	Mendel	$15.0M Series A	—	Activant Capital, Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Balderton Capital, Adeyemi Ajao, Better Tomorrow Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, Bond, Buckley Ventures, Company Capital, CrunchFund, Curated, Flex Capital, Floodgate, foobar.vc, Founder Collective, General Catalyst, Giant Ventures, Greylock, GSV Asset Management, Haystack, Indeed.com, Infinity Ventures, Jetstream, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Liquid 2 Ventures, Lux Capital, Matrix, Menlo Ventures, Next Play Ventures, NFX, Ride Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Tribe Capital, Valor Capital Group, Venture Highway, Bradley Horowitz, Elad Gil, Henry Kravis, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Manu Ginobilli, Nicholas Francis, Nico Rosberg, Richard Branson, Rob Theis, Tom Blomfield, Vipul Ved Prakash, William Hockey
Nov 1, 2021	Rescale	$55.0M Series C	—	2045 ventures, 8VC, Altalurra Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Backstage Capital, Adeyemi Ajao, Chingona Ventures, DST Global, Eclipse Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, First Round Capital, foobar.vc, Founders Fund, Gaingels, Ganas Ventures, General Atlantic, Giant Ventures, Han Hua, Hitachi Ventures, Jetstream, K2 Global, Khosla Ventures, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, M13, Scott Sandell, Operator Collective, OVO Fund, Prelude Ventures, Quiet Capital, Saga, Scribble Ventures, Shine Capital, Softbank Group, Supply Change Capital, Third Prime, Trajectory Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Vamos Ventures, Vitalize Venture Group, Walden Catalyst Ventures, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Anthony Pompliano, Dylan Field, Emil Michael, Eric Wu, Jason Citron, Jawed Karim, Leonardo DiCaprio, Manu Ginobilli, Nicholas Francis, Pedro Arnt, Rich Miner, Ron Pragides, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Steve Lee, Tim Griffin, Tom Blomfield
Nov 1, 2021	Maker Wine	$2.0M Seed	—	040 Capital, 1/1 Capital, 1776, 2xN, 9Yards Capital, AirAngels, Alchemy Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Archetype, Baukunst, BBG Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Beta Boom, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Blockchain.com Ventures, Bolt, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Capital Today, Climate Capital, Cowboy Ventures, CRV, Cubit Capital, Deciens Capital, DNX Ventures, Firework Ventures, Flex Capital, Flexsteel Industries Inc., Flybridge Capital Partners, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, Geek Ventures, gener8tor, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, GSV Acceleration, Hack VC, Harrison Metal, Helium-3 Ventures, Heretic Ventures, Immeasurable, Incisive Ventures, Index Ventures, Initialized Capital, Jetstream, Kleiner Perkins, LAUNCHub Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LombardStreet Ventures, MAGIC Fund, Main Sequence Ventures, Mantis VC, Mosaic Ventures, Offline Ventures, Owl Ventures, Pear VC, Penny Jar Capital, Pillar VC, Precursor Ventures, Recharge Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital China, Serena Ventures, Shield Capital, SNR, Tet Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Twenty Seven Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Unpopular Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vera Equity, Vista Venture Partners, Wellington Management, Yes VC, Alex Pack, Anastasia Andrianova, Andre Iguodala, Andy Katz - Mayfield, Carlos Julio Garcia, Charles Delingpole, Chris Fanini, Curtis Lee, Daniel Kan, Darrell Silver, David Vélez, Elliott Cohen, Fernando Martinelli, Gabriel Braga, Gabriel Jarrosson, George Ruan, Henry Davis, Immad Akhund, James Beshara, James Park, Julian Shapiro, Keith Masback, Kyle Vogt, Louis Beryl, Manish Chandra, Mark Ghermezian, Matt Bellamy, Nate Cavanaugh, Nick Green, Odell Beckham Jr., Pablo Gonzalez, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Ricardo Weder, Scott Tannen, Stani Kulechov, TJ Parker, Tom Blomfield, Tracy Sun, Vikas Sabnani, Vince Thompson, William Hockey
Oct 1, 2021	Rad Security	$650K Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Aviso Ventures, Blu Venture Investors, Jetstream, M13, Moving Capital, Preface Ventures, Resolute Ventures, Scale Asia Ventures, SNR, Sweater Ventures, Ten Eleven Ventures, True Ventures, Curtis Chambers, Oleg Rogynskyy, Thomas Noonan, Tom McInerney, Tom Williams

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Leadership Team

Key people at Awesome Ventures.

YekSoon Lok

Managing Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at Awesome Ventures.

YekSoon Lok

Managing Partner

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Awesome Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments (Seed to Series A) in deep tech sectors such as ClimateTech, FinTech, MedTech, SpaceTech, and Enterprise Software. Their mission centers on partnering with B2B founders who are developing groundbreaking technologies that disrupt industries and create new markets. They provide rapid funding decisions, typically deploying $500K to $2M initially, and emphasize a growth partnership model that extends beyond capital to include technical diligence, go-to-market strategies, and access to a strong co-investor network. With over $50M deployed and a portfolio of 20+ companies, Awesome Ventures aims to accelerate transformative technology adoption and support startups in scaling effectively[1][5].

Origin Story

Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and investors, Awesome Ventures emerged with a focus on deep tech startups at the inflection point of technological disruption. While the exact founding year and key partners are not explicitly stated in the available sources, the firm’s evolution reflects a shift from earlier tech investment eras (e.g., dotcom) toward deep AI and complex technology sectors. This evolution underscores their conviction in backing founders solving hard problems with innovative technology. Their portfolio includes notable companies like Coreshell Technologies, Starfish Space, and TrustPortal, which have achieved significant milestones such as Series A funding rounds led by prominent investors and enterprise contracts[1].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Rapid evaluation process with swift initial review and focused diligence involving direct partner engagement, enabling quick funding decisions within approximately four weeks[1].
Network Strength: Access to a robust Series A/B co-investor network and strategic partnerships with enterprise sales veterans and technical experts[1].
Track Record: Over $50M deployed with a 30% success rate in companies reaching Series B or beyond, demonstrating effective portfolio support and growth[1].
Operating Support: Beyond capital, they provide deep technical diligence, strategic technology roadmaps, mentorship from proven deep tech founders, and go-to-market playbooks tailored for enterprise sales[1].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Awesome Ventures operates at the nexus of emerging deep technologies and industry disruption, capitalizing on trends such as AI, climate innovation, space technology, and digital transformation in finance and healthcare. The timing is critical as these sectors face increasing demand for scalable, sustainable, and efficient solutions. By focusing on B2B startups with category-defining potential, Awesome Ventures influences the broader ecosystem by accelerating the commercialization of complex technologies and fostering innovation that addresses global challenges. Their involvement helps bridge the gap between early technical validation and market adoption, which is vital for deep tech success[1].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Awesome Ventures is positioned to deepen its impact by continuing to back ambitious founders in frontier technology sectors. Trends such as AI integration, climate resilience technologies, and space commercialization will likely shape their investment focus. Their model of combining rapid funding with hands-on operational support and a strong network will remain a competitive advantage. As deep tech startups mature, Awesome Ventures’ influence may grow as a key enabler of transformative innovation, helping to scale solutions that redefine industries and address pressing global needs[1]. This forward momentum ties back to their founding ethos of investing with conviction at the inflection point of technological disruption.

Sources

High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Rapid evaluation process with swift initial review and focused diligence involving direct partner engagement, enabling quick funding decisions within approximately four weeks[1].
Network Strength: Access to a robust Series A/B co-investor network and strategic partnerships with enterprise sales veterans and technical experts[1].
Track Record: Over $50M deployed with a 30% success rate in companies reaching Series B or beyond, demonstrating effective portfolio support and growth[1].
Operating Support: Beyond capital, they provide deep technical diligence, strategic technology roadmaps, mentorship from proven deep tech founders, and go-to-market playbooks tailored for enterprise sales[1].