Day One Ventures

Day One Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs customer-obsessed companies and spearheads their communications.

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Updated: Feb 17, 2026 ·

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2025	SenseNet Inc.	$14.0M Series A	—	Fusion Fund, Hummingbird Ventures, Indicator Ventures, Valhalla Ventures, Matt Mickiewicz
Sep 1, 2025	Inversion	$27.0M Seed	—	6th Man Ventures, Adjacent, DST Global, Embedded Ventures, Emergence Capital, Aniq Kassam, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Iterative, Kohala Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Matrix, Otherwise Fund, Paradigm, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Theory Forge Ventures, Tribe Capital, Y Combinator, Andrew Steinwold, Azeem Azhar, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Tossell, Kulveer Taggar, Kyle Vogt, Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
Aug 1, 2025	Oway	$4.0M Seed	—	10100, Alumni Ventures, Comal Ventures, Family Office, Fuel Capital, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Gradient Ventures, Maple VC, Jonathan Golden, OpenCapital.vc, Pioneer Fund, Predictive VC, Runa Capital, Soma Capital, Summit Partners, Y Combinator, Alexander Zhuravlev, Alex Zhuravlev, Dharmesh Shah, Diego Oppenheimer, Furqan Rydhan, Hubert Thieblot, Jean Charles Samuelian, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Oliver Jung, Paul Graham, Pete Koomen, Sahin Boydas, Sergei Anikin, Tom Blomfield
Aug 1, 2025	Pronto	$11.0M Series A	—	Alumni Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Glade Brook Capital Partners, LGF, Rajan Anandan, Soma Capital, Venture Highway, Y Combinator, Alexander Zhuravlev, Alex Zhuravlev, Frederic Kerrest, Oliver Jung, Pete Koomen, Pratyus Patnaik, Sahin Boydas, Stanley Druckenmiller
Jul 1, 2025	Apolink	$4.0M Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Jump Crypto, Soma Capital, Unshackled Ventures, Y Combinator, Alexander Zhuravlev, Alex Zhuravlev, Oliver Jung, Pete Koomen, Sahin Boydas
Jul 1, 2025	ZeroEntropy	$4.0M Seed	—	DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Initialized Capital, Matrix, Otherwise Fund, Pioneer Fund, Runa Capital, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Theory Forge Ventures, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Aayush Phumbhra, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Chris Smoak, Klaus von Sayn-Wittgenstein, Krishna Mehra, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
Jun 1, 2025	Glean	$150.0M Series F	—	Kevin Hartz, Addition, Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Banana Capital, Battery Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, CapitalG, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, Convective Capital, Coughdrop Capital, CRV, Daft Capital, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, Friends & Family Capital, General Catalyst, Global Founders Capital, Goat Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Greylock, Dave Munichiello, Infinite Niches, In-Q-Tel, Insight Partners, Invariantes Fund, IVP, Jetstream, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Matrix, MS&AD Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Pareto Holdings, Pioneer Fund, QBE Ventures, Ride Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Sand Hill Angels, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Singular, Snowflake Ventures, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Telescope Partners, The Hit Forge, Theory Forge Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Tribe Capital, Wellington Management, Y Combinator, YOBE Ventures, Andre Iguodala, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Bradley Horowitz, Brandon Philips, Jonathan Swanson, Joshua Reeves, Joshua Webster, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Ryan Shea, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Suhail Doshi, Thijn Lamers
Jun 1, 2025	Harmony (tryharmony.ai)	$2.0M Seed	—	Alt Capital, Browder Capital, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Founders Fund, Friends & Family Capital, FTX Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Matrix, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Otherwise Fund, Redpoint Ventures, Saga, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, TCV, The Hit Forge, Theory Forge Ventures, Y Combinator, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Christina Cacioppo, Dharmesh Shah, Dylan Field, Fidji Simo, Immad Akhund, Jason Lemkin, Jonathan Neman, Joshua Reeves, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Parker Conrad, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Scott Belsky, Sean Rad, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
May 1, 2025	David	$75.0M Series A	—	DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Matrix, Otherwise Fund, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Theory Forge Ventures, Y Combinator, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
May 1, 2025	Pallet	$27.0M Series B	—	Alumni Ventures, General Catalyst, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Lux Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Soma Capital, Susa Ventures, TechAviv Founder Partners, Torch Capital, Walden International, Y Combinator, Zigg Capital, Alexander Zhuravlev, Alex Zhuravlev, Chafic Kazoun, Claire Hughes Johnson, Jeff Hammerbacher, Oliver Jung, Pete Koomen, Scott Banister
May 1, 2025	Granola	$43.0M Series B	—	20VC, 8VC, Accel, AirAngels, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Vijaya Gadde, C2 Investment, Coinbase Ventures, Curated, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Haun Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, iNovia Capital, Khosla Ventures, LGF, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Logos Labs, Madrona Ventures, Matrix, NEO, Hans Tung, Notion Capital, Otherwise Fund, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Theory Forge Ventures, Thrive Capital, Tribe Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Valar Ventures, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Azeem Azhar, Ben Silbermann, Ben Tossell, Christian Reber, Dharmesh Shah, Elad Gil, Evan Williams, Georges Harik, James Hong, John Collison, Kulveer Taggar, Marc Benioff, Mario Götze, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Nico Rosberg, Patrick Collison, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Ron Pragides, Ryan Sarver, Ryan Tedder, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Stewart Butterfield, Thijn Lamers, Guillermo Rauch
May 1, 2025	Foundation Alloy	$8.0M Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, Alexander Zhuravlev, Alex Zhuravlev, Oliver Jung, Pete Koomen, Sahin Boydas
Apr 1, 2025	Meadow	$14.0M Series A	—	DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Matrix, Otherwise Fund, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Theory Forge Ventures, Y Combinator, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
Apr 1, 2025	Artisan AI	$25.0M Series A	—	Alta Life Sciences, Alumni Ventures, Codon Capital, Felicis Ventures, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Krishna Yeshwant, IDG Capital, Invariantes Fund, K2 Global, Menlo Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Sierra Ventures, Soma Capital, Tencent Holdings, Trajectory Ventures, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Alexander Zhuravlev, Alex Zhuravlev, Georges Harik, Greg Brockman, Jeff Hammerbacher, Lukas Biewald, Oliver Jung, Pete Koomen, Sahin Boydas, Thomas Tull, Tom Blomfield
Apr 1, 2025	Fern	$9.0M Series A	—	DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Matrix, Otherwise Fund, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Theory Forge Ventures, Y Combinator, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
Apr 1, 2025	SaveIN	$4.0M Venture Round	—	Alumni Ventures, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Soma Capital, Y Combinator, Alexander Zhuravlev, Alex Zhuravlev, Pete Koomen, Sahin Boydas
Mar 1, 2025	Browser Use	$17.0M Seed	—	Alumni Ventures, Builders, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Aniq Kassam, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Greylock, Matrix, Nexus Venture Partners, Otherwise Fund, Pioneer Fund, Scale Asia Ventures, Shaan's All Access Fund, Soma Capital, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Theory Forge Ventures, Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Immad Akhund, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
Mar 1, 2025	Proscia	$50.0M Series D	—	Alumni Ventures, Aniq Kassam, Fusion Fund, Hummingbird Ventures, Indicator Ventures, Insight Partners, Pareto Holdings, TSVC Capital, Valhalla Ventures, What If Ventures, Bradley Horowitz, Matt Mickiewicz
Feb 1, 2025	HENRY	$4.0M Seed	—	f7 Ventures, Friends & Family Capital, Gaingels, Original Capital, Pareto Holdings, Pioneer Fund, Polygon, Soma Capital, Susa Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Vast Ventures, Brad Garlinghouse, David Lieb, Gokul Rajaram, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Matt Mickiewicz, Nitay Joffe, Paul Holland, Yahya Mokhtarzada
Feb 1, 2025	Cambium Carbon	$19.0M Series A	—	Alumni Ventures, C2 Investment, DBL Partners, f7 Ventures, Friends & Family Capital, Gaingels, M34 Capital, Max Ventures, Lily Huang, Michael Li, OMERS Ventures, Original Capital, Pareto Holdings, Polygon, Soma Capital, TMV, UpHonest Capital, Vast Ventures, VoLo Earth Ventures, Y Combinator, Brad Garlinghouse, Dylan Field, Gokul Rajaram, Immad Akhund, John Collison, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Matt Mickiewicz, Nitay Joffe, Paul Holland, Yahya Mokhtarzada
Feb 1, 2025	Hyperspell	$1.0M Seed	—	99VC, Autopilot Fund, CapitalX, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Kepler Operator’s Fund, Matrix, Otherwise Fund, Sarona Ventures, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, The Club, Theory Forge Ventures, Y Combinator, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, D’Arcy Coolican, Dharmesh Shah, Job Van Der Voort, Koen Bok, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
Feb 1, 2025	CTGT	$7.0M Seed	—	468 Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Canaan Partners, Correlation Ventures, DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Gradient Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Matrix, Otherwise Fund, S28 Capital, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Theory Forge Ventures, Uncork Capital, Y Combinator, YLEM, Augusto Marietti, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, David Lieb, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers
Dec 1, 2024	Truewind	$13.0M Series A	—	Bain Capital Ventures, Beat Ventures, DeNA, Embedded Ventures, f7 Ventures, Fellows Fund, Fin Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Gaingels, Hambro Perks, Original Capital, Pareto Holdings, Polygon, Scrum Ventures, Soma Capital, Unusual Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Vast Ventures, Y Combinator, Brad Garlinghouse, Gokul Rajaram, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Matt Mickiewicz, Nitay Joffe, Paul Holland, Scot Wingo, Takahiro Shoji, Yahya Mokhtarzada
Dec 1, 2024	Basis	$34.0M Series A	—	Gautam Gupta, Kevin Hartz, Accel, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Banter Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Bond, Builders, C2 Investment, Caffeinated Capital, CP Ventures, DST Global, DTCP, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, FJ Labs, Flexcap, Flex Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Humba Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Matrix, Sheila Lirio Marcelo, One Way Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Oyster Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Ribbit Capital, South Park Commons, Spark Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Summit Partners, SV Angel, The Hit Forge, Theory Forge Ventures, Triatomic Capital, Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, Adam D'Angelo, Alice Lloyd George, Amit Agarwal, Amjad Masad, Arash Ferdowsi, Azeem Azhar, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Tossell, Claire Hughes Johnson, Frederic Kerrest, Gokul Rajaram, Howie Liu, Kulveer Taggar, Kyle Vogt, Mark Gillespie, Mathilde Collin, Matt Macinnis, Mei Z., Mike Vernal, Nkechi Iregbulem, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Rich Miner, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers, Vipul Ved Prakash, Vishal Rao
Nov 1, 2024	Circleback	$3.0M Seed	—	DST Global, Emergence Capital, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Global Founders Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Matrix, Otherwise Fund, Peak State Ventures, Spark Capital, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Theory Forge Ventures, Y Combinator, Azeem Azhar, Ben Tossell, Kulveer Taggar, Mathilde Collin, Oliver Jung, Paul Graham, Paul Stahura, Siqi Chen, Thijn Lamers

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Leadership Team

Key people at Day One Ventures.

Leadership Team

Key people at Day One Ventures.

Deep Dive

Day One Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on backing customer-obsessed startups primarily in the USA across sectors such as AI, fintech, deep tech, climate, and web3. Their mission centers on helping mission-driven pioneers succeed by combining financial investment with strategic communications, storytelling, art, and culture to accelerate the adoption of transformative technologies. They invest mainly in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, providing capital typically ranging from $100K to $10M, and emphasize supporting startups beyond funding by spearheading their communications and media presence to drive growth and market traction[1][2][3].

Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, Day One Ventures was established by Masha Bucher (Founder & GP) and a team including operating partners and communications experts. The firm evolved with a unique focus on blending venture capital with PR and networking support, effectively acting as both an investor and a growth partner. Early on, they distinguished themselves by helping startups secure top-tier media exposure, which has been pivotal for portfolio companies in raising subsequent funding rounds and expanding globally[3][4].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Combines traditional early-stage venture investing with hands-on communications and PR support, effectively offering startups a "superpower" in media and storytelling at no extra cost[3].
Network Strength: Global reach with connections spanning San Francisco, London, LA, and Switzerland, enabling portfolio companies to access diverse markets and audiences[3].
Track Record: Over 30 investments with notable exits and a focus on transformative technologies in fintech, AI, and climate sectors[1].
Operating Support: Dedicated team including operating partners and communications leads who actively engage with founders to refine messaging and scale impact[3].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Day One Ventures rides the wave of early-stage innovation in technology sectors that are reshaping industries, such as AI, fintech, and climate tech. Their timing is critical as startups increasingly require not just capital but also sophisticated storytelling and cultural positioning to differentiate in crowded markets. Market forces favor firms that can blend investment with strategic communications, helping startups break through noise and accelerate adoption. By championing customer obsession and narrative-driven growth, Day One Ventures influences the ecosystem by setting a new standard for venture support that integrates funding with brand-building[3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Day One Ventures is poised to deepen its influence by continuing to back startups that leverage emerging technologies while expanding its communications-driven investment approach. Trends such as AI democratization, climate innovation, and decentralized technologies will likely shape their portfolio focus. Their model of combining capital with storytelling may become increasingly essential as startups compete globally for attention and market share. As they grow, Day One Ventures could redefine venture capital’s role in startup success, making narrative and culture as critical as product and technology.

This integrated approach ties back to their core mission of helping customer-obsessed companies win by harnessing storytelling, art, and culture, positioning Day One Ventures as a distinctive and forward-thinking player in early-stage venture capital[3].

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Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Combines traditional early-stage venture investing with hands-on communications and PR support, effectively offering startups a "superpower" in media and storytelling at no extra cost[3].
Network Strength: Global reach with connections spanning San Francisco, London, LA, and Switzerland, enabling portfolio companies to access diverse markets and audiences[3].
Track Record: Over 30 investments with notable exits and a focus on transformative technologies in fintech, AI, and climate sectors[1].
Operating Support: Dedicated team including operating partners and communications leads who actively engage with founders to refine messaging and scale impact[3].