KAAN Ventures

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Dec 20, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Oct 1, 2025	Cephia AI	$4.0M Seed	—	SOSV
Sep 1, 2025	The Interface	$500K Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Altair Capital Management, Angel investor, AngelList, Anti fund, Brainchild, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, Heavybit, Infinite Niches, LAUNCH, Paradigm, Positive Sum VC, Proton Enterprises, Shrug Capital, The Hit Forge, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trust Fund, Vibe Capital, Alex Rodriguez, Y Combinator, Anthony Pompliano, Babak Nivi, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Hart, Kyle Vogt, Marcy Simon, Matthew Dellavedova, Moshe Lifschitz, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky
Aug 1, 2025	Dirac	$11.0M Seed	—	Kevin Hartz, Afore Capital, Altair Capital Management, Alumni Ventures, Angel investor, AngelList, Anti fund, Brainchild, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, Harpoon, Heavybit, Infinite Niches, LAUNCH, McCarthy Capital, Aaron Jacobson, Paradigm, Positive Sum VC, Proton Enterprises, Shrug Capital, The Hit Forge, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trust Fund, Vibe Capital, Alex Rodriguez, Y Combinator, Anthony Pompliano, Babak Nivi, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Hart, Kyle Vogt, Marcy Simon, Matthew Dellavedova, Moshe Lifschitz, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky
Jul 1, 2025	Professional Triathletes Organisation	$40.0M Series C	—	American Express Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Celesta, Electric Capital, Greylock, Helium-3 Ventures, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lightbank, LombardStreet Ventures, Prime Movers Lab, Saga, UpHonest Capital, Alexander Gerko, Louis Beryl, Matt Bellamy, Mattia Astori, Paul Graham, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman
Jun 1, 2025	xRobotics	$3.0M Seed	—	SOSV, Jason Katzer
Feb 1, 2025	Astro Mechanica	$27.0M Series A	—	Alumni Ventures, American Express Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Celesta, Electric Capital, Greylock, Helium-3 Ventures, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lightbank, LombardStreet Ventures, Prime Movers Lab, Saga, UpHonest Capital, Y Combinator, Alexander Gerko, Louis Beryl, Matt Bellamy, Mattia Astori, Michael Moritz, Paul Graham, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman
Jan 1, 2025	Helion Energy	$430.0M Series F	—	American Express Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Celesta, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Electric Capital, Greylock, Griffin Gaming Partners, Helium-3 Ventures, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lightbank, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LombardStreet Ventures, Pantera Capital, Prime Movers Lab, Saga, Sony Innovation Fund, UpHonest Capital, Alexander Gerko, Louis Beryl, Matt Bellamy, Mattia Astori, Michael Moritz, Paul Graham, Sahin Boydas
Dec 1, 2024	Boom Supersonic	$100.0M Series A	—	American Express Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Celesta, Conviction Partners, Cowboy Ventures, Draper Associates, Electric Capital, Fuel Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Greylock, GSV Acceleration, GSV Ventures, Helium-3 Ventures, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Lightbank, LombardStreet Ventures, Maple VC, Pillar VC, Prime Movers Lab, Saga, Salesforce Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Greg Brockman, Kulveer Taggar, Louis Beryl, Matt Bellamy, Mattia Astori, Michael Moritz, Paul Graham, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman, Tom Blomfield
Aug 1, 2024	Butlr	$38.0M Series B	—	20VC, Accomplice VC, Alabaster, Blockchain Capital, Buckley Ventures, Matt Ocko, DX Ventures, Family Office, Founder Collective, Foundry Group, Fusion Fund, Gradient Ventures, Haun Ventures, Hemi Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Overtly Covert, Pantera Capital, Pareto Holdings, Pioneer Fund, Polychain Capital, Primetime Partners, Robot Ventures, Scale Asia Ventures, SOSV, Stata Venture Partners, Summit Partners, Tiger Global Management, Winklevoss Capital, Aymerik Renard, Cameron Teitelman, David Hoffman, Joi Ito, Paul Veugen, Peter Bell, PhD, Rain Cui, PhD, MBA, Scott Belsky, Stani Kulechov
Feb 1, 2024	Myko AI	$3.0M Seed	—	ArcTern Ventures, Bling Capital, Core Innnovation Capital, Foundamental, Giant Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sand Hill Angels, SQN Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, John M. Mueller, Michael Ma, Shane Neman
Sep 1, 2023	Lyten	$200.0M Series B	—	American Express Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Celesta, Electric Capital, Founders Fund, Greylock, Helium-3 Ventures, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lightbank, LombardStreet Ventures, Oropos GmbH, Prime Movers Lab, Saga, UpHonest Capital, Worldview Capital, Alexander Gerko, Jim Pitkow, Louis Beryl, Matt Bellamy, Mattia Astori, Michael Moritz, Paul Graham, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman
Dec 1, 2022	Professional Triathletes Organisation	$30.0M Series B	—	American Express Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Celesta, Electric Capital, Greylock, Helium-3 Ventures, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lightbank, LombardStreet Ventures, Prime Movers Lab, Saga, UpHonest Capital, Alexander Gerko, Louis Beryl, Matt Bellamy, Mattia Astori, Paul Graham, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman
Sep 1, 2022	Alcatraz AI	$25.0M Series A	—	Family Office, Hemi Ventures, Point Judith Capital, Stata Venture Partners, Aymerik Renard, PhD, Rain Cui, PhD, MBA
Aug 1, 2022	Prellis Biologics	$35.0M Series C	—	American Express Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Celesta, Creative Ventures, Cultivation Capital, Electric Capital, FTW Ventures, Greylock, Helium-3 Ventures, iSelect Fund, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lightbank, LombardStreet Ventures, M34 Capital, Mayfield, Momenta Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, Prime Movers Lab, Saga, SOSV, Starlight Ventures, Stray Dog Capital, Synthesis Capital, True Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Wilbur-Ellis [Cavallo], Alexander Gerko, Louis Beryl, Martin Añazco, Matt Bellamy, Mattia Astori, Michael Moritz, Paul Graham, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman, Sue Xu
Jul 1, 2022	Pogo	$12.0M Seed	—	1/1 Capital, 20VC, 7percent Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Accel, Adverb Ventures, AirAngels, Alchemy Ventures, Altair Capital Management, Alt Capital, Amplifyher Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, AngelList, AngelList Syndicator, Anti fund, Audrey Capital, Bain Capital, BITKRAFT Ventures, Bombas, Brainchild, Buckley Ventures, C2 Investment, CapitalX, Casa Verde Capital, Climate Capital, Coalition Operators, Craft Ventures, Daffy, Matt Ocko, DNX Ventures, Double Down, DST Global, Earl Grey Capital, Jenny Fielding, Firework Ventures, FirstMark Capital, First Round Capital, Five Sigma, FJ Labs, Flex Capital, Flexsteel Industries Inc., Flucas Ventures, Footwork, Founders Fund, F Prime Capital, Fuel Capital, Geek Ventures, General Catalyst, Global Founders Capital, Greylock, GSV Acceleration, Gutter Capital, Heavybit, Heretic Ventures, Index Ventures, Infinite Niches, IVP, K2 Global, LAUNCH, LGF, Logos Labs, Long Journey Ventures, Mantis VC, Monarch Collective, Musha Ventures, NextView Ventures, Not Boring Capital, NXTP Labs, Offline Ventures, Operator Ventures, Outcast Ventures, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Passion Capital, Pear VC, Point Nine Capital, Positive Sum VC, Precursor Ventures, Proton Enterprises, Prototype Capital, Quiet Capital, Reach Capital, Renegade Partners, Reshape Ventures, Resolute Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Shasta Ventures, Shrug Capital, SignalFire, Slow Ventures, Sound Ventures, SRB Ventures, Stripe, SV Angel, T-Bird Capital, The Hit Forge, Thomas Pentz, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trajectory Ventures, Tribe Capital, Trust Fund, Uncork Capital, Unusual Ventures, Uprising, Version One Ventures, Vibe Capital, Alex Rodriguez, Volition Capital, Weekend Fund, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Yes VC, Yext, Abe Burns, Abhinav Asthana, Adam Blitzer, Ahmir Khalib Thompson, Akshay Kothari, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Amit Jhawar, Anthony Pompliano, Babak Nivi, Baron Davis, Barr Moses, Chris Fanini, Christian Reber, Christina Cacioppo, Claire Hughes Johnson, Cory Levy, Cristina Cordova, Daniel Kan, David Jeske, Elad Gil, Fareed Mosavat, Farhad Mohit, Gee Roberson, George Ruan, Gokul Rajaram, Gwyneth Paltrow, Henry Davis, James Beshara, James Corden, Jan Deepen, Jason Citron, Job Van Der Voort, Joe Greenstein, John Collison, Johnny Boufarhat, Julian Shapiro, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Hart, Kintan Brahmbhatt, Koen Bok, Kyle Vogt, Leore Avidar, Louis Beryl, Manik Gupta, Marc Benioff, Marcelo Sampaio, Marcy Simon, Mathilde Collin, Matt Brezina, Matthew Dellavedova, Max Mullen, Melissa Tan, Moshe Lifschitz, Neil Parikh, Nik Sharma, Odell Beckham Jr., Oliver Jung, Paul George, Paulo Silveira, Paul Yacoubian, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Rafael Larragoiti Lucas, Roger Ehrenberg, Ron Pragides, Ryan Tedder, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Shane Neman, Siqi Chen, Stefan Jeschonnek, Steve Aoki, Tom Blomfield, Tony Hawk, Tyler Willis, Vinay Hiremath, Vindi Banga, William Hockey, Zehan Wang
Jul 1, 2022	Butlr	$22.0M Series A	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Blu Venture Investors, Ecosystem Integrity, Family Office, Hemi Ventures, Preface Ventures, Primetime Partners, Scale Asia Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Seven Seven Six, SNR, Stata Venture Partners, Tiger Global Management, True Ventures, Aymerik Renard, Oleg Rogynskyy, PhD, Rain Cui, PhD, MBA, Ron Pragides, Tom Williams
Jun 1, 2022	Entrepreneurs First	$160.0M Series C	—	Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Altair Capital Management, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, AngelList, Animoca Brands, Anti fund, Aster Capital, Audacious Ventures, Audrey Capital, David Ibnale, Balderton Capital, Bascom Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Brainchild, C2 Investment, Cedar Capital Group, Coughdrop Capital, Craft Ventures, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Felicis Ventures, Flex Capital, Flourish Ventures, Footwork, Founders Fund, Fuel Capital, Greylock, Vidu Shanmugarajah, Heavybit, Infinite Capital, Infinite Niches, Invariantes Fund, Kompas VC, LAUNCH, LGF, Moment Ventures, Paradigm, Positive Sum VC, Proton Enterprises, Seven Seven Six, Shrug Capital, SNR, Stripe, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Tribe Capital, Trust Fund, Union Square Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Vibe Capital, Alex Rodriguez, Y Combinator, Akshay Kothari, Anthony Pompliano, Babak Nivi, Charlie Cheever, Charlie Songhurst, Christian Reber, Chris Wang, Clark Landry, David Petraeus, Evan Brown, Gokul Rajaram, Greg Tseng, Gretchen Howard, Henry Kravis, James Park, Jeremy Yap, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Hart, Kurt Bilafer, Kyle Vogt, Leore Avidar, Marc Benioff, Marco A. Casas, Marcy Simon, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, Mathilde Collin, Matthew Dellavedova, Miki Kuusi, Moshe Lifschitz, Rand Hindi, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Sebastien Borget, Spencer Kimball, Tobias Lutke, William Hockey
Mar 1, 2022	Loveseat.com	$7.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Altair Capital Management, Angel investor, AngelList, Anti fund, Brainchild, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, Heavybit, Infinite Niches, LAUNCH, Paradigm, Positive Sum VC, Proton Enterprises, Shrug Capital, The Hit Forge, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trust Fund, Vibe Capital, Alex Rodriguez, Y Combinator, Anthony Pompliano, Babak Nivi, Clark Landry, Gokul Rajaram, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Hart, Kyle Vogt, Marcy Simon, Matthew Dellavedova, Moshe Lifschitz, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky
Feb 1, 2022	Ev.energy	$4.0M Series A	—	ArcTern Ventures, Bling Capital, Core Innnovation Capital, Energy Impact Partners, Foundamental, Future Energy Ventures, Giant Ventures, Heartcore Capital, Khosla Ventures, National Grid Partners, Sand Hill Angels, SQN Venture Partners, World Fund, Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, John M. Mueller, Michael Ma, Shane Neman
Feb 1, 2022	Professional Triathletes Organisation	$13.0M Series A	—	American Express Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Celesta, Electric Capital, Greylock, Helium-3 Ventures, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lightbank, LombardStreet Ventures, Prime Movers Lab, Saga, UpHonest Capital, Alexander Gerko, Louis Beryl, Matt Bellamy, Mattia Astori, Paul Graham, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman
Jan 1, 2022	AG1	$120.0M Venture Round	—	8VC, Kevin Hartz, Acrobator Ventures, Altair Capital Management, Angel investor, AngelList, AngelList Syndicator, Anti fund, Backstage Capital, Brainchild, CapitalX, Coalition Operators, Craft Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Founders Fund, Friends & Family Capital, Heavybit, Infinite Niches, LAUNCH, Logos Labs, Long Journey Ventures, Not Boring Capital, Paradigm, Positive Sum VC, Proton Enterprises, Prototype Capital, Republic, Shrug Capital, The Hit Forge, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Trust Fund, Vibe Capital, Alex Rodriguez, Y Combinator, Anthony Pompliano, Babak Nivi, Christian Reber, Cristina Cordova, Fareed Mosavat, Gokul Rajaram, Jaime Schmidt, Jan Deepen, Job Van Der Voort, Johnny Boufarhat, Julian Shapiro, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Hart, Koen Bok, Kyle Vogt, Marcy Simon, Matthew Dellavedova, Moshe Lifschitz, Paul Yacoubian, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Shane Neman, Stefan Jeschonnek, Steve Aoki, Tim Ferriss
Jan 1, 2022	UPTIQ	$12.0M Seed	—	645 Ventures, YellowRocks.vc, Gokul Rajaram
Dec 1, 2021	Prellis Biologics	$15.0M Series B	—	American Express Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Celesta, Electric Capital, Greylock, Helium-3 Ventures, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lightbank, LombardStreet Ventures, Prime Movers Lab, Saga, UpHonest Capital, Alexander Gerko, Louis Beryl, Matt Bellamy, Mattia Astori, Michael Moritz, Paul Graham, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman
Nov 1, 2021	Helion Energy	$500.0M Series E	—	American Express Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Celesta, Electric Capital, Greylock, Helium-3 Ventures, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lightbank, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LombardStreet Ventures, Prime Movers Lab, Saga, UpHonest Capital, Alexander Gerko, Louis Beryl, Matt Bellamy, Mattia Astori, Michael Moritz, Paul Graham, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman
Nov 1, 2021	Swan Bitcoin	$6.0M Series A	—	Kevin Hartz, Altair Capital Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, AngelList, Anti fund, Balderton Capital, Brainchild, Carao Ventures, Craft Ventures, Expa, FinTech Collective, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, GateCap Ventures, General Catalyst, Heavybit, Infinite Niches, Innogen Venture Capital, LAUNCH, LFG Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Paradigm, Positive Sum VC, Proton Enterprises, Rainfall Ventures, Shrug Capital, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, TPG, Trammell Venture Partners, Trust Fund, Unpopular Ventures, Vibe Capital, Alex Rodriguez, XFactor Ventures, Y Combinator, Anthony Pompliano, Babak Nivi, Baron Davis, Guilherme Bonifacio, Johannes De Waal, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Hart, Kevin Lin, Kyle Vogt, Marcy Simon, Matthew Dellavedova, Michael Chow, Moshe Lifschitz, Pierpaolo Barbieri, rajiv chegu, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Sergio Fogel, Shane Battier, Stephen Cole

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at KAAN Ventures.

Alexander Piskunov

Investor

Leadership Team

Key people at KAAN Ventures.

Alexander Piskunov

Investor

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

KAAN Ventures is an investment firm focused on early-stage ventures primarily in the sectors of Finance, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Deep Tech, and FinTech across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Their investment philosophy centers on backing cutting-edge technologies and deep research-driven startups that have the potential to disrupt traditional industries and create new markets. By targeting these advanced technology sectors, KAAN Ventures aims to foster innovation that can significantly impact the startup ecosystem by accelerating the commercialization of frontier technologies and supporting scalable, high-impact companies.

Origin Story

While detailed founding information is limited, KAAN Ventures operates out of London and invests broadly across multiple global regions, including Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The firm’s focus on deep tech and emerging technologies suggests a founding vision aligned with capitalizing on the growing importance of quantum computing, robotics, and fintech innovations. The absence of publicly available detailed history implies it may be a relatively new or stealth-mode firm emphasizing strategic, technology-driven investments.

Core Differentiators

Sector Focus: Specializes in frontier technologies such as quantum computing and robotics, which require deep technical expertise and long-term vision.
Geographic Reach: Invests across diverse and rapidly growing markets in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, enabling access to varied innovation ecosystems.
Deep Tech Orientation: Emphasizes startups rooted in deep research and advanced technology, differentiating from firms focused on consumer or less technical sectors.
Cross-Industry Impact: Combines finance and technology sectors, including fintech and factory automation, to leverage synergies between financial innovation and industrial automation.

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

KAAN Ventures is positioned at the intersection of several high-growth technology trends: quantum computing is emerging as a transformative force in computing power; robotics and factory automation are revolutionizing manufacturing; fintech continues to disrupt traditional financial services. The timing is critical as these sectors are moving from research to commercialization phases, with increasing market demand and technological maturity. By investing early in these areas, KAAN Ventures helps shape the trajectory of these industries and supports startups that could become foundational players in the next wave of technological advancement.

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, KAAN Ventures is likely to deepen its involvement in quantum computing and robotics as these fields mature and attract more commercial interest. The firm’s broad geographic scope positions it well to capitalize on emerging innovation hubs outside traditional Silicon Valley dominance. Trends such as AI integration with quantum technologies and the expansion of automated manufacturing will likely influence their portfolio strategy. KAAN Ventures’ influence may grow as a key enabler of deep tech startups that require patient capital and specialized knowledge, helping to bridge the gap between scientific breakthroughs and market-ready solutions.

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Sector Focus: Specializes in frontier technologies such as quantum computing and robotics, which require deep technical expertise and long-term vision.
Geographic Reach: Invests across diverse and rapidly growing markets in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, enabling access to varied innovation ecosystems.
Deep Tech Orientation: Emphasizes startups rooted in deep research and advanced technology, differentiating from firms focused on consumer or less technical sectors.
Cross-Industry Impact: Combines finance and technology sectors, including fintech and factory automation, to leverage synergies between financial innovation and industrial automation.