# Better Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Better Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 90 investments on record, 15 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/better-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Better Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 90 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $1.2M, May 2024 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Proteomics Future Of Learning Collaboration Tools

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**56%** of best year **15** **cheques in 12 months**, 90 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$4.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $1.0M** Rounds led **0 of 90** Sole investor **21 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 46%**

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## Better Ventures highlights

- 01 15 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 64% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 21 rounds, median $2.5M

## What they do

> We Back Founders On a Mission To Build a Better World. Backing startups leveraging science & technology to build the Better Economy From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $500K – $1.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Proteomics Future Of Learning Collaboration Tools
- **Based in:** Oakland, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **90 appearances**

- **2026** 14 rounds
- **Sept** **[Cotierra](https://millionrounds.com/company/cotierra)** Seed · CH · Firms' own news pages **$3.0M** With 8 others
- **Jul** **[Porelio](https://millionrounds.com/company/porelio)** Pre-seed · DE **$2.7M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Critical Loop](https://millionrounds.com/company/critical-loop)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$26M** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[Brainjo](https://millionrounds.com/company/brainjo)** Seed · DE **$2.4M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Beni](https://millionrounds.com/company/beni)** Seed · US **$815K** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[dehaze](https://millionrounds.com/company/dehaze)** Seed · DE **$3.7M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Primogene](https://millionrounds.com/company/primogene)** Seed · DE **$4.8M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Unnatural Products](https://millionrounds.com/company/unnatural-products)** Series B · US · Firms' own news pages **$45M** With 8 others
- **Mar** **[Logistikbude](https://millionrounds.com/company/logistikbude)** Series A · DE **$5.8M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[TerraSpark](https://millionrounds.com/company/terraspark)** Pre-seed · LU **$5.8M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[nuuEnergy](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuuenergy)** Seed · DE **$5.1M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[ScyAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/scyai)** Pre-seed · CH **$2.4M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Oasys](https://millionrounds.com/company/oasys)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$4.6M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Oasys Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/oasys-health)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 2 others
- **2025** 17 rounds
- **Dec** **[Syntropic Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/syntropic-medical)** Venture · AT **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[roclub](https://millionrounds.com/company/roclub)** Series A · CH · TechStartups **$12M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Enzo](https://millionrounds.com/company/enzo)** Seed · US **$4.7M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Debut](https://millionrounds.com/company/debut)** Venture · US **$20M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[ALVA Energie](https://millionrounds.com/company/alva-energie)** Seed · DE **$5.8M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[NuCicer](https://millionrounds.com/company/nucicer)** Series A · US **$12M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Refiberd](https://millionrounds.com/company/refiberd)** Seed · US **$200K** With 1 other
- **May** **[HiCap.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/hicap-ai)** Pre-seed · US **$1.2M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Renoster Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/renoster-systems)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Qnomx](https://millionrounds.com/company/qnomx)** Pre-seed **$1.9M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[CGC Genomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cgc-genomics)** Pre-seed · CH **$1.9M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Eden](https://millionrounds.com/company/eden)** Seed · MX **$3.7M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Avalo](https://millionrounds.com/company/avalo)** Series A · US **$11M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[hexafarms](https://millionrounds.com/company/hexafarms)** Seed · DE **$2.7M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Dimension Inx](https://millionrounds.com/company/dimension-inx)** Grant · US **$75K** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Kynda](https://millionrounds.com/company/kynda)** Seed · DE **$3.1M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[OCELL](https://millionrounds.com/company/ocell)** Series A · DE **$10M** With 3 others
- **2024** 19 rounds
- **Dec** **[Differential Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/differential-bio)** Pre-seed · DE **$2.1M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[autarc](https://millionrounds.com/company/autarc)** Venture · DE **$8.8M** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[one.bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/one-bio)** Series A · US **$27M** With 4 others
- **Dec** **[Funga](https://millionrounds.com/company/funga)** Venture · US **$5.1M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Rock Rabbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/rock-rabbit)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Doowii](https://millionrounds.com/company/doowii)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Cold](https://millionrounds.com/company/cold)** Pre-seed · US **$2.6M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Frate](https://millionrounds.com/company/frate)** Seed · CA **$2.6M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[BIOVOX](https://millionrounds.com/company/biovox)** Seed · DE **$2.4M** Sole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

RP **Richard Paul Moss** Manager, Trustee of the Richard P. Moss and Catherine Brackenridge Trust i Form ADV

WD **Wesley Douglas Selke** Manager, Trustee of the Adrienne E. Selke and Wesley D. Selke Trust i Form ADV

We also hold **7** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$107M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Better Ventures Central LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 170793

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**31** of 53 we have independently watched raise

[Adept-id](https://millionrounds.com/company/adeptid)[Africastalking](https://millionrounds.com/company/africa-s-talking)[Agathos](https://millionrounds.com/company/agathos)[Ajalabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/aja-labs)[Avalo](https://millionrounds.com/company/avalo)[Clinifyhealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/clinify-health)[Criticalloop](https://millionrounds.com/company/critical-loop)[Cyberpopup](https://millionrounds.com/company/cyber-pop-up)[Cyprismaterials](https://millionrounds.com/company/cypris-materials)[Doowii](https://millionrounds.com/company/doowii)[Ekohealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/eko-health)[Frate](https://millionrounds.com/company/frate)[Funga](https://millionrounds.com/company/funga)[Hilos](https://millionrounds.com/company/hilos)[Irisplans](https://millionrounds.com/company/iris-plans)[K4connect](https://millionrounds.com/company/k4connect)[Ketos](https://millionrounds.com/company/ketos)[Leadgenius](https://millionrounds.com/company/leadgenius)[Matereal](https://millionrounds.com/company/matereal)[Meati](https://millionrounds.com/company/meati)[Missionbarns](https://millionrounds.com/company/mission-barns)[Neruhealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/neru-health)[Nucicer](https://millionrounds.com/company/nucicer)[Pariti](https://millionrounds.com/company/pariti)[Refiberd](https://millionrounds.com/company/refiberd)[Rockrabbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/rock-rabbit)[Rx-diet](https://millionrounds.com/company/rxdiet)[Synop](https://millionrounds.com/company/synop)[Unnaturalproducts](https://millionrounds.com/company/unnatural-products)[Utilityapi](https://millionrounds.com/company/utilityapi)[Zya](https://millionrounds.com/company/zya) Booknook Clayhealthandcare Debutbiotech E-denhomes Hicap Joinbeni Lassogen Litlab Metabolicpsychiatrylabs Mimiohealth Nbdnano Oasys One Plutonbio Pow Prospermedical Renenergyglobal Renoster Sailinternet Skillful Unlesscollective Vohealth

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$1.2M**

raised in May 2024

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$4.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.5M**

Led 0 of 90 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $1.0M
- **Sole investor:** 21 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *36*
- Venture *19*
- Series A said *15*
- Pre-seed said *11*
- Series B said *3*
- Grant *2*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 6
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 5
- [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) 5
- [Climate Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/climate-capital) 4
- [Artis Ventures (AV)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artis-ventures-av) 3
- [Berkeley SkyDeck](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Better Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Techstars** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**SOSV** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv)[**Climate Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/climate-capital)[**Artis Ventures (AV)** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/artis-ventures-av)[**Berkeley SkyDeck** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/berkeley-skydeck)[**Flybridge** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge)[**Gaingels** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels)[**KdT Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kdt-ventures)[**Speedinvest** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest)[**1984 Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1984-ventures)[**AENU** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aenu)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Better Ventures put money into.

[**Cotierra** $3.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cotierra)[**Porelio** $2.7M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/porelio)[**Critical Loop** $26M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/critical-loop)[**Beni** $815K · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/beni)[**dehaze** $3.7M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/dehaze)[**Logistikbude** $5.8M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/logistikbude)

## Quick answers about Better Ventures

### What does Better Ventures invest in?

Better Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (64% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Proteomics, Future Of Learning and Collaboration Tools.

### How active is Better Ventures?

90 investments on record, 15 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Better Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Cotierra (Seed, Sept 2026), Porelio (Pre-seed, Jul 2026) and Critical Loop (Series A, Apr 2026).

### How big are Better Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.0M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $1.0M.

### Does Better Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 90 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Better Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (46%), Germany (33%) and Switzerland (10%).

### Is Better Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 15 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Better Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Techstars (6 rounds together), Alumni Ventures (5 rounds together) and SOSV (5 rounds together).

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