# Darwin Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Darwin Ventures is a fund of funds based in United States. 3 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Darwin Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 3 cheques on record.

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Fund of funds Deploying now

Pre-seed Seed Series A Technology Information Technology Healthcare

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**100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 3 on record

Since the last cheque **10** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$10M** Rounds led **0 of 3**

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## Darwin Ventures highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> Darwin Ventures is a venture capital fund of funds From their own website

- **Type:** Fund of funds
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Technology Information Technology Healthcare
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **3 appearances**

- **2026** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Omnichat](https://millionrounds.com/company/omnichat)** Series A · HK · Google News search **$10M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[OXMIQ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/oxmiq-labs)** Series A · Samsung Catalyst Fund **$35M** With 9 others
- **2019** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Phybbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/phybbit)** Series A · JP · FinSMEs **$2.9M** With 4 others

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**

JF **Jr. Frank Caufield** Managing General Partner, Managing Member i Form ADV

RP **Ryan Patrick Cotton** Chief Compliance Officer, Partner i Form ADV

We also hold **2** 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

**$908M** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** Darwin Ventures, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 157665

Funds on its Form ADV

**10** private funds, **$593M** in gross assets · filed Oct 2024

- Darwin Venture Capital Fund-OF-Funds II, L.P. *Venture* 30 investors $213M
- Darwin Venture Capital Fund-OF-Funds IV, L.P. *Venture* 74 investors $108M
- Darwin Venture Capital Fund-OF-Funds V, L.P. *Venture* 75 investors $87M
- Darwin Venture Capital Fund-OF-Funds VI, L.P. *Venture* 63 investors $76M
- Darwin Venture Capital Fund-OF-Funds III, L.P. *Venture* 56 investors $74M
- Darwin Venture Capital Fund-OF-Funds, L.P. *Venture* 20 investors $12M
- Darwin Ventures VI-A LLC *Venture* 4 investors $9.4M
- Darwin Ventures V-A LLC *Venture* 2 investors $7.1M
- Darwin Ventures VI-B LLC *Venture* 2 investors $6.3M
- Darwin Ventures VI-C LLC *Venture* 1 investor $1.1M

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**32** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[23andMe](https://millionrounds.com/company/23andme)[AdRoll](https://millionrounds.com/company/adroll)[Airbnb](https://millionrounds.com/company/airbnb)[Blue Apron](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-apron)[Bond](https://millionrounds.com/company/bond)[Cloudera](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloudera)[DocuSign](https://millionrounds.com/company/docusign)[Etsy](https://millionrounds.com/company/etsy)[Flatiron](https://millionrounds.com/company/flat-iron)[Funders Club](https://millionrounds.com/company/fundersclub)[GNIP](https://millionrounds.com/company/gnip)[GoPro](https://millionrounds.com/company/gopro)[Jobvite](https://millionrounds.com/company/jobvite)[Kayak](https://millionrounds.com/company/kayak)[Lightspeed](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightspeed)[Oscar](https://millionrounds.com/company/oscar-health)[Palantir](https://millionrounds.com/company/palantir)[Pill Pack](https://millionrounds.com/company/pillpack)[Poshmark](https://millionrounds.com/company/poshmark)[Rocket Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocket-lab)[SendGrid](https://millionrounds.com/company/sendgrid)[Square](https://millionrounds.com/company/square)[Stance](https://millionrounds.com/company/stance)[Stripe](https://millionrounds.com/company/stripe)[Tesla](https://millionrounds.com/company/tesla)[Trulia](https://millionrounds.com/company/trulia)[Trusteer](https://millionrounds.com/company/trusteer)[Uber](https://millionrounds.com/company/uber-advanced-technologies-group)[Warby Parker](https://millionrounds.com/company/warby-parker)[Wish](https://millionrounds.com/company/wish)[Yammer](https://millionrounds.com/company/yammer)[Zazzle](https://millionrounds.com/company/zazzle) 8VC Accel Partners Acme Altos Ventures Avalon Ventures Baseline Ventures Bay City Capital Blumberg Capital Borealis Ventures DeepMind Founders Fund Future Ventures General Catalyst Inventus Capital Partners Khosla Ventures Kleiner Perkins Madrona Venture Group Menlo Ventures Merus Capital Mission Ventures Monitor Ventures NEA OATV Oak Investment Partners Opus Capital Pinnacle Ventures Presidio Partners Rivervest and 8 more

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.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 3 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *3*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Darwin Ventures put money into.

[**OXMIQ Labs** $35M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/oxmiq-labs)

## Quick answers about Darwin Ventures

### What does Darwin Ventures invest in?

Darwin Ventures invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology, Information Technology and Healthcare.

### How active is Darwin Ventures?

3 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Darwin Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Omnichat (Series A, Oct 2026), OXMIQ Labs (Series A, Jul 2026) and Phybbit (Series A, Dec 2019).

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

The median round it joins is $10M.

### Is Darwin Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Darwin Ventures?

Darwin Ventures is a fund of funds based in San Francisco, United States.

### How much does Darwin Ventures manage?

About $908M, as regulatory assets under management (Oct 2026).

### When was Darwin Ventures founded?

Darwin Ventures was founded in 2004.

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