Dreamers VC

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2025	CipherOwl Inc	$15.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Addition, Andreessen Horowitz, Audrey Capital, Electric Capital, General Catalyst, Interlock Partners, Khosla Ventures, NewFund, Sound Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Y Combinator, Adrian Aoun, Brad Bao, Bradley Horowitz, Jared Leto, Joshua Reeves, Kevin Weil, Mike Krieger, Odell Beckham Jr., Sam Altman
Oct 1, 2025	SiC Systems	$3.0M Seed	—	Altair Capital Management, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Array Ventures, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, B Capital Group, Brainstorm Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Climate Capital, f7 Ventures, Flex Capital, Foundation Capital, FreeSky Capital, Frontier Ventures, Gaingels, Ideas & Capital, Infinite Niches, LombardStreet Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, Peak State Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Safar Partners, Sequoia Capital, UpHonest Capital, Virginia Venture Partners, Adam D'Angelo, Christopher Nguyen, Clark Landry, Eric Bunting, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Gokul Rajaram, Jed Ng, Jeff Morris, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Marat Kichikov, Sahin Boydas, Scott Banister, Siqi Chen, Sue Xu
Sep 1, 2025	Evolve Platform	$1.0M Seed	—	Altair Capital Management, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Array Ventures, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, B Capital Group, Brainstorm Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Climate Capital, f7 Ventures, Flex Capital, Foundation Capital, FreeSky Capital, Frontier Ventures, Gaingels, Ideas & Capital, Infinite Niches, LombardStreet Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, Peak State Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Safar Partners, Sequoia Capital, UpHonest Capital, Virginia Venture Partners, Adam D'Angelo, Christopher Nguyen, Clark Landry, Eric Bunting, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Gokul Rajaram, Jed Ng, Jeff Morris, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Marat Kichikov, Sahin Boydas, Scott Banister, Siqi Chen, Sue Xu
Jul 1, 2025	Helical Fusion	$16.0M Series A	—	Altair Capital Management, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Array Ventures, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, B Capital Group, Brainstorm Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Climate Capital, f7 Ventures, Flex Capital, Foundation Capital, FreeSky Capital, Frontier Ventures, Gaingels, Ideas & Capital, Infinite Niches, LombardStreet Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, Peak State Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Safar Partners, Sequoia Capital, UpHonest Capital, Virginia Venture Partners, Adam D'Angelo, Christopher Nguyen, Clark Landry, Eric Bunting, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Gokul Rajaram, Jed Ng, Jeff Morris, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Marat Kichikov, Sahin Boydas, Scott Banister, Siqi Chen, Sue Xu
Jun 1, 2025	Zoot	$6.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, Archetype, Blisce, Bond, Bow Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Chapter One Ventures, Coatue, CoinFund, Compound, Craft Ventures, Dispersion Capital, Electric Capital, Graph Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners, Helium-3 Ventures, North Island Ventures, Paradigm, Reform Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Yes VC, Andre Iguodala, Balaji Srinivasan, Bill Tai, Jeff Morris, Mark Pincus, Matt Bellamy, Rashaun Williams, William Mougayar
Jun 1, 2025	enVgo	$2.0M Seed	—	Acequia Capital, AlleyCorp, Bling Capital, Catapult Capital, Change Ventures, Contrarian Ventures, FJ Labs, Khosla Ventures, L Catterton Growth, Moxxie Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Scribble Ventures, Tapas Capital, Two Small Fish Ventures, Adrian Aoun, Ameet Ranadive, Bob Young, Bradley Horowitz, Evan Moore, Gokul Rajaram, James Blouzard, Joshua Schachter, Kevin Lin, Kevin Weil, Mantas Mikuckas, Markus Villig, Martin Henk, Martin Villig, Ott Kaukver, Pete Koomen, Ragnar Sass, Richard Branson, Rohini Pandhi, Scott Belsky, Steve Chen, Thomas Plantenga, Varsha Rao
Jun 1, 2025	Global Token Exchange	$15.0M Series A	—	Afore Capital, Anthemis Group, CapitalX, Matt Ocko, Elkstone, Greycroft, No Label Ventures, Paradigm, Rajan Anandan, RTP Global, SNR, Streamlined Ventures, Taurus Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Venture Highway, Village Global, Y Combinator, Ali Moiz, Alison Engel, Arash Ferdowsi, Gokul Rajaram, Ilya Kondrashov, Immad Akhund, Mike Giampapa, Munish Varma, Sahin Boydas, Sumon Sadhu, Viral Bajaria
Apr 1, 2025	Thatch	$40.0M Series B	—	2.12 Angels, AAF Management Ltd., Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Brainchild, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Digital Currency Group, Dimension Capital, Dispersion Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Kindred Ventures, Locus Ventures, LombardStreet Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Off the Grid Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Pantera Capital, South Park Commons, The General Partnership, The Hit Forge, Third Kind Ventures, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Chris Kelly, George Burke, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Kaushik Subramanian, Mo El-Bibany, Shervin Pishevar
Mar 1, 2025	Mesh	$82.0M Series B	—	Afore Capital, Anthemis Group, Artichoke Capital, CapitalX, Matt Ocko, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Electric Capital, Elkstone, Greycroft, No Label Ventures, Paradigm, Rajan Anandan, Placeholder, RTP Global, Sequoia Capital, SNR, Streamlined Ventures, Taurus Ventures, The Hit Forge, Trajectory Ventures, Venture Highway, Village Global, Y Combinator, Ali Moiz, Alison Engel, Ameet Patel, Arash Ferdowsi, Gokul Rajaram, Immad Akhund, Mike Giampapa, Munish Varma, Sahin Boydas, Sumon Sadhu, Viral Bajaria
Mar 1, 2025	A1Base	$500K Seed	—	Afore Capital, Anthemis Group, CapitalX, Matt Ocko, Elkstone, Greycroft, No Label Ventures, Paradigm, Rajan Anandan, RTP Global, SNR, Streamlined Ventures, Taurus Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Venture Highway, Village Global, Y Combinator, Ali Moiz, Alison Engel, Arash Ferdowsi, Gokul Rajaram, Ilya Kondrashov, Immad Akhund, Mike Giampapa, Munish Varma, Sahin Boydas, Sumon Sadhu, Viral Bajaria
Feb 1, 2025	ZeroRisk.io	$4.0M Seed	—	Afore Capital, Anthemis Group, CapitalX, Matt Ocko, Elkstone, Greycroft, No Label Ventures, Paradigm, Rajan Anandan, RTP Global, SNR, Streamlined Ventures, Taurus Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Venture Highway, Village Global, Y Combinator, Ali Moiz, Alison Engel, Arash Ferdowsi, Gokul Rajaram, Ilya Kondrashov, Immad Akhund, Mike Giampapa, Munish Varma, Sahin Boydas, Sumon Sadhu, Viral Bajaria
Feb 1, 2025	Hidden Level	$65.0M Series C	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Off the Grid Ventures, Pantera Capital, South Park Commons, The Hit Forge, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Shervin Pishevar
Dec 1, 2024	Craif	$20.0M Series C	—	Pioneer Fund, Polychain Capital, Polygon, Visionaire Ventures, Kevin Lin
Oct 1, 2024	Origin Robotics	$3.0M Seed	—	Acequia Capital, AlleyCorp, Bling Capital, Catapult Capital, Change Ventures, Contrarian Ventures, FJ Labs, Khosla Ventures, L Catterton Growth, Moxxie Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Scribble Ventures, Tapas Capital, Two Small Fish Ventures, Adrian Aoun, Ameet Ranadive, Bob Young, Bradley Horowitz, Evan Moore, Gokul Rajaram, James Blouzard, Joshua Schachter, Kevin Lin, Kevin Weil, Mantas Mikuckas, Markus Villig, Martin Henk, Martin Villig, Ott Kaukver, Pete Koomen, Ragnar Sass, Richard Branson, Rohini Pandhi, Scott Belsky, Steve Chen, Thomas Plantenga, Varsha Rao
Sep 1, 2024	Reiwa Travel	$34.0M Series A	—	Jedar Capital, MYASIAVC PTE LTD, Gabriel Jarrosson
Sep 1, 2024	Thatch	$38.0M Series A	—	2.12 Angels, AAF Management Ltd., Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Brainchild, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Digital Currency Group, Dimension Capital, Dispersion Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Kindred Ventures, Locus Ventures, LombardStreet Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Off the Grid Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Pantera Capital, South Park Commons, The General Partnership, The Hit Forge, Third Kind Ventures, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Davenport, Chris Kelly, George Burke, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Kaushik Subramanian, Mo El-Bibany, Shervin Pishevar
Jul 1, 2024	DuelNow	$11.0M Seed	—	Pioneer Fund, Polychain Capital, Polygon, Visionaire Ventures, Kevin Lin
Jun 1, 2024	Unite	$3.0M Seed	—	Alchemy Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Animoca Brands, Coatue, Long Journey Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Portag3 Ventures, Sound Ventures, SRB Ventures, Vayner RSE, Akshay Kothari, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Perszyk, Justin David Blau, Sebastien Borget
Jun 1, 2024	Turing	$9.0M Seed	—	Oak HC/FT
May 1, 2024	Electron	$1.0M Seed	—	Artichoke Capital, Bonfire Ventures, Borderless Capital, Granite Asia, ParaFi Capital, Pioneer Fund, Polychain Capital, Polygon, Qiming Venture Partners, Visionaire Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Kevin Lin
May 1, 2024	Pensero AI	$2.0M Seed	—	Accel, Advancit Capital, Breega, Cantos Ventures, Greycroft, LifeX Ventures, Mighty Capital, Avi Meir, Casey Neistat, Nina Faulhaber, Scott Belsky
Feb 1, 2024	Biofire	$7.0M Series A	—	14W, 20VC, Adjacent, Afore Capital, Also Capital, Anthemis Group, CapitalX, Countdown Capital, Matt Ocko, Elkstone, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Greycroft, Greylock, Index Ventures, K2 Global, Liquid 2 Ventures, Night Capital, No Label Ventures, Paradigm, Rajan Anandan, Playground Global, RTP Global, SNR, Stellar Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Taurus Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Valhalla Ventures, Venture Highway, Village Global, Virginia Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Alexandre Scialom, Ali Moiz, Alison Engel, Andrew Maywah, Arash Ferdowsi, Bradley Horowitz, Casey Neistat, Gokul Rajaram, Ilya Kondrashov, Immad Akhund, James Beshara, Jean Charles Samuelian, Mike Giampapa, Munish Varma, Steve Schlafman, Sumon Sadhu, Thibaud Elziere, Viral Bajaria
Feb 1, 2024	Interlune	$16.0M Seed	—	Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Chris M. Willliams
Feb 1, 2024	Mindy	$6.0M Seed	—	Arrive, Brian Bendett, Peterson Partners, Sequoia Capital, Unpopular Ventures
Jan 1, 2024	Metatable.ai	$25K Seed	—	Altair Capital Management, Alumni Ventures, Amino Capital, Array Ventures, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, B Capital Group, Brainstorm Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Chapter One Ventures, Climate Capital, f7 Ventures, Flex Capital, Foundation Capital, FreeSky Capital, Frontier Ventures, Gaingels, Ideas & Capital, Infinite Niches, LombardStreet Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, Peak State Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Safar Partners, Sequoia Capital, UpHonest Capital, Virginia Venture Partners, Adam D'Angelo, Christopher Nguyen, Clark Landry, Eric Bunting, Faizan Khan (Unchained Capital), Gokul Rajaram, Jed Ng, Jeff Morris, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Sahin Boydas, Scott Banister, Siqi Chen, Sue Xu

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Leadership Team

Key people at Dreamers VC.

Leadership Team

Key people at Dreamers VC.

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Dreamers VC is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that focuses on early-stage investments (Seed to Series B) primarily in US-based startups. Its mission centers on supporting innovative companies that address social issues across diverse sectors such as technology, consumer goods, enterprise solutions, entertainment, fintech, health, and biotechnology. The firm emphasizes community, accessibility, and founder autonomy, aiming to back entrepreneurs without imposing its own vision while prioritizing speed and transparency in decision-making. Dreamers VC also leverages a strong connection with Japanese corporate investors, notably backed by Nomura, to bridge capital and expertise between Japan and the US startup ecosystem[1][3][5].

Origin Story

Dreamers VC was co-founded in 2018 by actor Will Smith and soccer star Keisuke Honda, alongside Kosaku Yada and Takeshi Nakanishi, who serve as key partners. The founders share a passion for improving the world through technology and innovation. The firm was created to bridge established Japanese corporate investors with early-stage US companies, combining global networks and diverse expertise to support startups. This cross-cultural foundation and focus on social impact have shaped Dreamers VC’s evolution and investment approach[1][3][4][5].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Bridges Japanese corporate capital with US early-stage startups, creating a cross-border investment ecosystem.
Network Strength: Extensive global connections, including strong ties to Japanese financial institutions like Nomura.
Founder-Centric Philosophy: Supports founders without dictating vision, emphasizing empowerment and autonomy.
Speed and Transparency: Known for rapid decision-making and clear communication, enabling startups to move quickly.
Sector Diversity: Invests across multiple sectors including biotech, fintech, entertainment, consumer products, and enterprise solutions.
Community Focus: Advocates for knowledge sharing and amplifying underrepresented voices in the startup ecosystem[1][3][5].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Dreamers VC rides the trend of globalization in venture capital, particularly the increasing collaboration between Asian corporate investors and US innovation hubs. The timing is favorable due to growing interest in cross-border investments and the rising importance of social impact and technology-driven solutions in healthcare, fintech, and consumer sectors. By connecting Japanese capital with US startups, Dreamers VC facilitates knowledge transfer and market access, influencing the broader ecosystem by fostering international partnerships and accelerating innovation in high-growth markets[1][3][4].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Dreamers VC is positioned to expand its $100 million fund and deepen its impact by continuing to back socially conscious startups that leverage emerging technologies. Trends such as biotech innovation, fintech disruption, and entertainment technology will likely shape its portfolio focus. As global venture capital becomes more interconnected, Dreamers VC’s role as a bridge between Japan and the US could grow, enhancing its influence and enabling more founders to access diverse markets and capital sources. Its commitment to speed, transparency, and founder empowerment will remain key to maintaining competitive advantage in a rapidly evolving investment landscape[1][3][5].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Bridges Japanese corporate capital with US early-stage startups, creating a cross-border investment ecosystem.
Network Strength: Extensive global connections, including strong ties to Japanese financial institutions like Nomura.
Founder-Centric Philosophy: Supports founders without dictating vision, emphasizing empowerment and autonomy.
Speed and Transparency: Known for rapid decision-making and clear communication, enabling startups to move quickly.
Sector Diversity: Invests across multiple sectors including biotech, fintech, entertainment, consumer products, and enterprise solutions.
Community Focus: Advocates for knowledge sharing and amplifying underrepresented voices in the startup ecosystem[1][3][5].