Off the Grid Ventures

Off The Grid Ventures focuses on women and foreign/immigrant founders in B2B Tech and Fintech

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Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
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, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Kindred Ventures, Locus Ventures, LombardStreet Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo 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
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, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo 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
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, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Kindred Ventures, Locus Ventures, LombardStreet Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo 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
Jun 1, 2023	SiMa.ai	$13.0M Series B	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo 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
Feb 1, 2023	Thatch	$6.0M Seed	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, FPV Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, GV, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Pantera Capital, South Park Commons, The Hit Forge, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Ayman AlAbdallah, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Shervin Pishevar
Apr 1, 2022	One More Game	$22.0M Series A	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Griffin Gaming Partners, Hardware Club, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Shawn Modarresi, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo 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, Kristian Segerstrale, Ryan Wyatt, Shervin Pishevar, Thomas Vu
Mar 1, 2022	Syndicate	$6.0M Venture Round	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo 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, 2021	Multis	$7.0M Series A	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, Alchemy Ventures, Ambush Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Awesome People Ventures, Batalion Capital, Bond, Bridge Latam, Broadstone, Capital Factory, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Forerunner Ventures, Form Capital, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hack VC, Hardware Club, Haun Ventures, HawksHead Capital, IDEO CoLab Ventures, Investo, Shawn Modarresi, Latitud, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Not Boring Capital, Ben Huh, Pantera Capital, Pharos Capital Group, Redpoint Ventures, Robot Ventures, Scalar Capital, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Soma Capital, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, The Hit Forge, Timespan Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Tusk Venture Partners, Uncork Capital, Union Square Ventures, Verified Capital, Alfonso De los Rios, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Bobby Goodlatte, Chris Kelly, Chris Kurdziel, Courtney Guertin, Ethan Beard, Fernando Martinelli, Itamar Lesuisse, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, Jess Sloss, Joe Stump, John Hennessy, Michael Dunworth, Mike Hennessey, Narendra Rocherolle, Paul Stamatiou, Reggie James, Ricky Engelberg, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Shervin Pishevar, Shishir Mehrotra, Stani Kulechov, Tegan Kline, William Boebel
Oct 1, 2021	World	$25.0M Series A	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo 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
Aug 1, 2021	Syndicate	$20.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, 20VC, 2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Animo Ventures, Archetype, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, Audacity, Awesome People Ventures, Banana Capital, Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, C2 Investment, Caffeinated Capital, Chapter One Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, Craft Ventures, Curious Capital, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Divergence Ventures, Dreamers VC, Electric Ant, Electric Capital, EQT Ventures, Ethereal Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Footprint Coalition, Forefront Venture Partners, Tanguy Chau, Founders Co-op, Founders Fund, Framework Venture Partners, Future Perfect Ventures, General Catalyst, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Griffin Gaming Partners, Joe Kraus, Hack VC, Hardware Club, Harrison Metal, Hashed, Heretic Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Shawn Modarresi, Kearny Jackson, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Locus Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, M34 Capital, Makers Fund, Marcy Venture Partners, Maveron, Mayfield, Mechanism Capital, Menlo Ventures, Monarch Collective, Musha Ventures, Nascent, Not Boring Capital, Offline Ventures, OMERS Ventures, Otherwise Fund, OurCrowd, Paladin Capital Group, Pantera Capital, Pareto Holdings, Plug & Play Ventures, Propeller VC, Rebel Fund, Redpoint Ventures, Robot Ventures, Roosh Ventures, RRE Ventures, Saga, SciFi VC, Seed Club Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, SID Venture Partners, Social Capital, Solana Ventures, Sorenson Ventures, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, Stellar Capital, The Hit Forge, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Top Tier Capital Partners, TQ Ventures, Uncork Capital, Unusual Ventures, Verified Capital, Version One Ventures, Village Global, Alex Rodriguez, Weekend Fund, Winklevoss Capital, WorkLife Ventures, WPP Ventures, Y Combinator, Adam Jackson, Alex Pack, Aliaksandr Hudzilin, Alice Lloyd George, Anastasia Andrianova, Andrew Steinwold, Anthony Pompliano, Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Bangaly Kaba, Baron Davis, Ben Lang, Biz Stone, Bo Shao, Brad Holden, Chris Kelly, Chris Smoak, David Nage, Do Kwon, Dylan Field, Eric Wu, Fidji Simo, Hadi Partovi, Imran Khan, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Morris, Jeff Seibert, Jeremy Yap, Jess Sloss, John Collison, John Fontein, John Hennessy, Kathryn Minshew, Kenny Van Zant, Kevin Lin, Luis Cuende, Manuel Bronstein, Marc Benioff, Mark Cuban, Mathilde Collin, Mattia Astori, Max Mullen, Mike Krieger, Mike Vernal, Nathaniel Whittemore, Parker Conrad, Peter Kazanjy, Prescott Watson, Regan Bozman, Rene Reinsberg, Sahil Lavingia, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Shervin Pishevar, Sina Habibi, Stani Kulechov, Steve Chen, Steve Weinstein, Tegan Kline, Trevor McFedries, Trevor Wright, Tyler Scott Ward, Yvonne Wassenaar
Jul 1, 2021	IVIX	$13.0M Seed	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Cardumen Capital, Citi Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Incisive Ventures, Insight Partners, Shawn Modarresi, Kaszek Ventures, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Pantera Capital, South Park Commons, Team8, The Hit Forge, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, David de Picciotto, David Vélez, Harsh Sinha, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Shervin Pishevar, Ziv Kop
Jun 1, 2021	Relativity Space	$650.0M Series E	—	01 Advisors, 2.12 Angels, 75 & Sunny, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Cometa, Craft Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Digital Currency Group, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, DST Global, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Kaszek Ventures, Lakestar, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Pantera Capital, QED Investors, South Park Commons, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Tribe Capital, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Anthony Pompliano, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, Christian Oestlien, Greg Kidd, James Hong, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Logan Paul, Mark Cuban, Mark Wahlberg, Shervin Pishevar
Jun 1, 2021	Chainalysis	$100.0M Series E	—	2.12 Angels, 9Yards Capital, Kevin Hartz, Accel, Addition, Adverb Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Benchmark, Bessemer Venture Partners, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, ENIAC Ventures, Euclid Ventures, Founders Fund, Golden Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, KRM Interests LLC, Locus Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Jeff Richards, Offline Ventures, Pantera Capital, South Park Commons, The Hit Forge, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Yes VC, Alex Kayyal, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, Gregg Brockway, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Adelson, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Julia Hartz, Mark Cuban, Matt Mazzeo, Rick Johanson, Sam Shank, Shervin Pishevar, Tom Williams
May 1, 2021	SignalWire	$30.0M Series B	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Anterra Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Battery Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund, Genoa Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Heavybit, Highland Capital Partners, Insight Partners, Shawn Modarresi, Khosla Ventures, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Maverick Capital, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Pantera Capital, Quiet Capital, Redpoint Ventures, South Park Commons, Storm Ventures, The Hit Forge, Theory Ventures, Touchdown Ventures, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, XStarPartners, Anshu Sharma, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Shervin Pishevar, Somik Behera
May 1, 2021	Skiff	$4.0M Seed	—	2.12 Angels, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Acequia Capital, AirAngels, Alpaca VC, Also Capital, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Amino Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Asymmetric Capital Partners, Atreides Management, Bain Capital Ventures, Balderton Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Banana Capital, B Capital Group, Boost VC, BoxGroup, Champion Hill Labs, Chemistry VC, Coinbase Ventures, Commerce Ventures, Conversion Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Creative Juice, Curie.Bio, Cyberstarts VC, Matt Ocko, Rachel Slaybaugh, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Dream Machine, Earl Grey Capital, Evolution Equity Partners, Exponent Founders Capital, Flexsteel Industries Inc., Forum Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Global Founders Capital, Goodwater Capital, Gradient Ventures, Greylock, Vidu Shanmugarajah, Hardware Club, Index Ventures, Indicator Ventures, INT3, Shawn Modarresi, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Kearny Jackson, Kindred Capital VC, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Locus Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, NEO, NFX, Offline Ventures, Operator Partners, Pantera Capital, Pear VC, Pioneer Fund, Prototype Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Revolution Growth, Root Ventures, Scale Asia Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sorenson Ventures, South Park Commons, Stellar Capital, Stripe, SV Angel, SYN Ventures, Team8, The Community Fund, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, Uncork Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Upside Partnership, Verified Capital, YLEM, Adrian Aoun, Assaf Hefetz, Assaf Rappaport, Balaji Srinivasan, Brendan Rempel, Cameron Teitelman, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Kelly, Dan Wright, Eric Ries, Fareed Mosavat, Frederic Kerrest, George Kurtz, Gokul Rajaram, Gordon Wintrob, James Hong, James Watt, Jared Leto, Jason Henrichs, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, Jeremy Cai, Jeremy Yap, Johnny Boufarhat, Jonathan Shipman, Jon Runyan, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Mengxi Lu, Paul Rios, Rand Hindi, Riccardo Zacconi, Ryan Carlson, Ryan Chan, Scott Belsky, Shervin Pishevar, Siqi Chen, Spencer Kimball, Sue Xu, Tom McInerney, Tony Xu, William Hockey, Yair Weinberger, Yevgeny Dibrov, Zack Kanter, Zohar Zisapel
May 1, 2021	The Browser Company	$13.0M Series A	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, Adjacent, Adverb Ventures, AirAngels, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Antler, Bond, Boost Capital Partners, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, Frontline Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Kima Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, LAUNCH, LGF, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Next Frontier Capital, Next Play Ventures, Offline Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Pantera Capital, Pareto Holdings, Piva Capital, Redpoint Ventures, sequel, Sequoia Capital, Soma Capital, South Park Commons, Spark Capital, Sweet Capital, The Hit Forge, Nicholas Shekerdemian, UL Ventures, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Akshay Kothari, Antoine Martin, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, Claire Hughes Johnson, Dennis Crowley, Dylan Field, Emre Baran, Errol Damelin, Evan Williams, Fidji Simo, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Julie Zhuo, Megan Quinn, Mike Krieger, Mike Vernal, Phillip Chambers, Rahilla Zafar, Rebecca Minkoff, Scott Belsky, Shane Curran, Shervin Pishevar, Stewart Butterfield, Tobias Lutke
May 1, 2021	Bitski	$19.0M Series A	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, Garden City Companies, Goat Capital, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Jay, Shawn Modarresi, K2 Global, Khosla Ventures, LAUNCH, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Obscura, Pantera Capital, Pario Ventures, SeaChange Fund, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, South Park Commons, The Hit Forge, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Witz Ventures, Ahmir Khalib Thompson, Balaji Srinivasan, Bill Gates, Chris Kelly, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Katy Perry, Paul George, Raj Luhar, Rob Glaser, Sean Rad, Shane Neman, Shervin Pishevar, Trevor Noah, William Adams
Jan 1, 2021	Anzen	$700K Seed	—	Afore Capital, Benchmark, Marathon Venture Capital, Matrix, Neotribe Ventures, REMUS Capital, Shasta Ventures, SineWave Ventures, SNR, TDK Ventures, Woodside Financial Group, Georgios Papadopoulos, Griffin Johnson, Jaan Tallinn, Oleg Rogynskyy, Sriram Ramachandran
Jan 1, 2021	Wintermute	$20.0M Series B	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Blockchain.com Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Coinbase Ventures, CP Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Locus Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Hans Tung, Pantera Capital, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, Spark Capital, The Hit Forge, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Scott Banister, Shervin Pishevar
Dec 1, 2020	Career Karma	$10.0M Series A	—	1776, Addition, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Chloe Sladden, Army Venture Capital Corp., Bessemer Venture Partners, Coelius Capital, Collab Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Drive Capital, DST Global, Firework Ventures, For Good Ventures, FPV Fund, General Catalyst, Glasswing Ventures, Harrison Metal, Index Ventures, Initialized Capital, Kapor Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Next Play Ventures, Offline Ventures, Operator Ventures, Penny Jar Capital, Rackhouse Venture Capital, Ravelin Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Spero Ventures, Sweet Capital, TechSquare Labs, Tiger Global Management, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Turtle Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, Vista Venture Partners, Wellington Management, Adam Gross, Audrey Gelman, Bob Lee, Curtis Chambers, Fredrik Björk, Jacob Chapman, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Khaled Helioui, Michael Staton, Sameer Bhalla, Scott Belsky, Sean Behr, Theresa Johnson, Tim Kendall
Nov 1, 2020	Relativity Space	$500.0M Series D	—	01 Advisors, 2.12 Angels, 75 & Sunny, Kevin Hartz, Addition, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Arrive, Beckett Layne Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Bond, Bono, Coinbase Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Cometa, Craft Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Digital Currency Group, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Drive Capital, DST Global, E1 Ventures, Entrée Capital Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Founders Fund, FTX Ventures, Gaingels, General Catalyst, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Griffin Gaming Partners, Hardware Club, Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Shawn Modarresi, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Koch Fund, Lakeside Capital, Lakestar, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Locus Ventures, Marathon Venture Capital, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Mouro Capital, MS&AD Ventures, Outlander Labs, Pantera Capital, Partners Resolute, Playground Global, Portal Ventures, Predictive VC, PS Investments, QED Investors, Redpoint Ventures, RSE Ventures, Seven Seven Six, SNR, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, Henry Fertik, The Finger Group, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Tribe Capital, Trustbridge Partners, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Adam Gross, Anthony Pompliano, Asher Leids, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, Christian Oestlien, Emil Michael, Fredrik Björk, Greg Kidd, James Hong, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Kevin Colas, Logan Paul, Mark Cuban, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Mazzeo, Nick Caldwell, Sahin Boydas, Shervin Pishevar, Shlomo Kramer, Varsha Rao, Wyc Grousbeck
Jun 1, 2020	Transcend	$25.0M Series A	—	2.12 Angels, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Accel, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Battery Ventures, Cedar Capital Group, Chemistry VC, Coinbase Ventures, Daffy, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Dave Munichiello, Karim Faris, M.G. Siegler, Sangeen Zeb, GV (Google Ventures), Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Nine Four Ventures, Pantera Capital, Quiet Capital, Sapphire Ventures, SOSV, South Park Commons, TGM, The Hit Forge, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi, Balaji Srinivasan, Charlie Songhurst, Chris Kelly, George Ruan, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, MG Siegler, Nicolas Berggruen, Shervin Pishevar, Will Gaybrick
Apr 1, 2020	Biobot Analytics	$4.0M Seed	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, DCVC (Data Collective), DFJ, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Shawn Modarresi, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Pantera Capital, South Park Commons, The Engine, The Hit Forge, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, John Hennessy, Shervin Pishevar
Mar 1, 2020	Public	$15.0M Series B	—	2.12 Angels, Kevin Hartz, Accel, Advancit Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Cantos Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Courtside Ventures, Craft Ventures, Matt Ocko, DFJ, Digital Currency Group, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Founders Fund, Goodwater Capital, Greycroft, Greylock, Hardware Club, Infinite Niches, Shawn Modarresi, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Locus Ventures, M13, Marcy Venture Partners, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Pantera Capital, Science, South Park Commons, Stride VC, Susa Ventures, The Hit Forge, Trust Fund, Uncork Capital, Verified Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Biz Stone, Blake Mycoskie, Chris Kelly, Jake Strom, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, Jen Rubio Butterfield, John Hennessy, Michael Ryan Dubin, Nick Green, Nina Faulhaber, Scott Belsky, Shervin Pishevar, Steve Aoki, Tony Hawk, Whitney Cummings
Feb 1, 2020	Capchase	$5.0M Seed	—	100X.VC, 2.12 Angels, 305 Ventures, 75 & Sunny, Addition, Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, AngelList, B Capital Group, Bling Capital, BlockTower Capital, Bond, Buckley Ventures, Scott Hartley, General Atlantic, General Catalyst, Graph Ventures, Hack VC, Jazz Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Locus Ventures, Lux Capital, Playground Global, Polaris Partners, Polychain Capital, Portal Ventures, Rebel Fund, SciFi VC, Smash Capital, Social Capital, Sovereign Internet and Identity, SQN Venture Partners, ThirdLove, Tiger Global Management, Tribe Capital, Vertex Ventures, Y Combinator, Alex Pack, Jared Leto, Jeff Hammerbacher, Justin Mateen, Karim Atiyeh, Louis Beryl, Mark Cuban, Rashaun Williams, Sung ho Choi, Zander Lurie

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Deep Dive

# Off the Grid Ventures: Backing Underrepresented Founders in Tech

High-Level Overview

Off the Grid Ventures is a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm with a distinctive mission: to invest in innovative startups founded by women and foreign or immigrant entrepreneurs[5][6]. The firm operates at the intersection of opportunity and equity, targeting early-stage companies in B2B Tech and Fintech sectors where underrepresented founders are building solutions to redefine traditional industries[1][5].

The firm's investment philosophy centers on recognizing talent and innovation regardless of founder demographics. By focusing on seed-stage investments, Off the Grid Ventures positions itself to identify promising entrepreneurs at a critical juncture—when capital access and mentorship can meaningfully shape a company's trajectory. This approach addresses a well-documented gap in venture funding: women and immigrant founders receive disproportionately small shares of venture capital despite demonstrating comparable or superior returns[5][6].

Core Differentiators

Founder-Centric Investment Thesis: Unlike generalist venture firms, Off the Grid Ventures has built its entire strategy around backing specific founder demographics. This isn't merely a diversity checkbox but a deliberate market inefficiency play—recognizing that exceptional founders from underrepresented backgrounds often face structural barriers to capital access[5][6].

Sector Focus: The firm concentrates on B2B Tech and Fintech, two sectors where software-driven solutions can scale rapidly and where founder background matters less than product-market fit and execution[5]. This vertical specialization allows the firm to develop deeper domain expertise and stronger networks within these ecosystems.

Seed-Stage Positioning: By focusing on early-stage investments, Off the Grid Ventures operates in a less crowded part of the market than later-stage investors, allowing for more hands-on support and meaningful ownership stakes[2][3].

Geographic Reach: While headquartered in San Francisco, the firm has demonstrated investment activity across multiple regions, including notable focus on African tech startups, suggesting a global perspective on where innovation is emerging[3].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Off the Grid Ventures operates within a larger movement toward more inclusive venture capital. The firm rides several converging trends: the growing recognition that venture capital's historical homogeneity has created blind spots, the rise of emerging markets and diaspora networks as sources of innovation, and the increasing evidence that diverse founding teams often outperform their homogeneous counterparts.

The timing is particularly significant. As traditional venture capital has faced scrutiny over its lack of diversity and as alternative funding sources have proliferated, firms like Off the Grid Ventures have gained credibility and capital. The firm's focus on women and immigrant founders taps into two of the most systematically underfunded founder populations, yet populations with demonstrated ability to build valuable companies.

By investing in these founders, Off the Grid Ventures influences the broader ecosystem in subtle but important ways. Successful exits from their portfolio—such as the Tribal Credit exit in December 2024[5]—create proof points that validate the investment thesis, potentially encouraging other capital sources to follow. The firm's track record, including participation in notable rounds like Jasper's Series A in July 2021 alongside established investors like 500 Global and OurCrowd[5], signals that founder diversity and strong returns are not mutually exclusive.

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Off the Grid Ventures represents a maturing thesis in venture capital: that systematic underinvestment in certain founder populations creates both an ethical imperative and a financial opportunity. As the firm continues to build its track record and expand its portfolio, it will likely influence how other venture firms evaluate founder potential beyond traditional pedigree signals.

The firm's future will likely be shaped by its ability to scale while maintaining its founder-centric approach, the continued growth of B2B Tech and Fintech sectors, and broader shifts in how venture capital allocates capital. If Off the Grid Ventures can consistently deliver returns while backing underrepresented founders, it will have cracked one of venture capital's most persistent puzzles: proving that doing good and doing well are not just compatible, but mutually reinforcing.

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