# Day One Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Day One Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 30 investments on record, 3 in the last 12 months, latest Mar 2026.

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# Day One Ventures

Last cheque observed Mar 2026; 30 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now New fund $3.3M, May 2026

Pre-seed Seed Series A Technology

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**50%** of best year **3** **cheques in 12 months**, 30 on record

Since the last cheque **249** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$4.8M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **1 of 30** Sole investor **3 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 89%**

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## Day One Ventures highlights

- 01 3 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 70% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $3.0M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> We back early-stage companies with customer obsession in their DNA From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Technology
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **30 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Concert Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/concert-bio)** Grant · GB **$133K** With 4 others
- **2025** 5 rounds
- **Dec** **[RMFG](https://millionrounds.com/company/rmfg)** Pre-seed · US **$4.5M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Valar Atomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/valar-atomics)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$130M** *Led*
- **Nov** **[Netic](https://millionrounds.com/company/netic)** Series B · US **$23M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Texture](https://millionrounds.com/company/texture)** Venture · US **$2.0M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Epoch Biodesign](https://millionrounds.com/company/epoch-biodesign)** Series A · GB · Kibo Invest **$18M** With 8 others
- **2024** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[Praxis](https://millionrounds.com/company/praxis)** Venture · US **$525M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Vibrant Planet](https://millionrounds.com/company/vibrant-planet)** Venture · US **$4.2M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Pando](https://millionrounds.com/company/pando)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Symbolica AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/symbolica-ai)** Series A · US **$33M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Paylode](https://millionrounds.com/company/paylode)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **2023** 7 rounds
- **Dec** **[Orchid](https://millionrounds.com/company/orchid)** Seed · US **$12M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Moonhub](https://millionrounds.com/company/moonhub)** Seed · US **$10M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Infinite Canvas](https://millionrounds.com/company/infinite-canvas)** Venture · US **$6.0M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[SNAFU Records](https://millionrounds.com/company/snafu-records)** Venture · SE **$7.0M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Wasted*](https://millionrounds.com/company/wasted)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **May** **[Zamp](https://millionrounds.com/company/zamp)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Alga Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/alga-biosciences)** Seed · US **$4.0M** With 4 others
- **2022** 7 rounds
- **Dec** **[Canarie Ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/canarie-ai)** Venture · US **$100K** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Quinn](https://millionrounds.com/company/quinn)** Seed · US **$3.2M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Flow.Club](https://millionrounds.com/company/flowclub)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 3 others
- **May** **[BuiltaMart](https://millionrounds.com/company/builtamart)** Seed **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Public Goods](https://millionrounds.com/company/public-goods)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Archie](https://millionrounds.com/company/archie)** Seed · US **$4.5M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Compound](https://millionrounds.com/company/compound)** Series B · US **$25M** With 4 others
- **2021** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Fanfix](https://millionrounds.com/company/fanfix)** Pre-seed · US **$1.3M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Reby](https://millionrounds.com/company/reby)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **2019** 3 rounds
- **Oct** **[Winnie](https://millionrounds.com/company/winnie)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$9.0M** With 8 others
- **Sept** **[Package Free](https://millionrounds.com/company/package-free)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$4.5M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[Squad](https://millionrounds.com/company/squad)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 6 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**

MB **Mariia Bucher** Managing Member of Day One Ventures Management (GP) III, LLC the general partner i Filing they signed

MD **Mariia Drokova** Managing Member i Filing they signed

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

**$192M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** DAY ONE Ventures Management LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 290294

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Squad](https://millionrounds.com/company/squad)** Bought by [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) **Undisclosed** Dec 2020

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$3.3M**

raised in May 2026

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 **$4.8M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.0M**

Led 1 of 30 rounds **3%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 3 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Mar 2026
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *11*
- Venture *10*
- Series A said *4*
- Pre-seed said *2*
- Series B said *2*
- Grant *1*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 6
- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 2
- [Abstract Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract) 2
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 2
- [Ascension](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascension) 2
- [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**500 Global** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Abstract Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Ascension** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascension)[**Collaborative Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund)[**Khosla Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[**Liquid 2 Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures)[**Soma Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital)[**TQ Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tq-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Day One Ventures put money into.

[**Concert Bio** $133K · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/concert-bio)[**RMFG** $4.5M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/rmfg)[**Valar Atomics** $130M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/valar-atomics)[**Netic** $23M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/netic)[**Texture** $2.0M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/texture)[**Epoch Biodesign** $18M · Mar 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/epoch-biodesign)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Day One Ventures in the title, and 2 more that mention it.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 15 Oct 2026 · 1h 13m 20VC: The Pro-Rata Battle: Valar Atomics Sues Day One Ventures | Meta Returns to the AI Frontier With Muse Wonder | NVIDIA Eyes $30B Reflection Deal & Jev Raises $870M at a $7.5B Valuation Mentions [Day One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/day-one-srl)[Day One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/day-one-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [Equity](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/equity) 3 Dec 2025 · 32 min This VC charges $0 for PR, and has 12 unicorns to show for it Apple Podcasts
- [Sourcery](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sourcery) 1 Nov 2024 · 34 min Aramco of The Moon: Lunar Ice Mining For Multiplanetary Rockets | Starpath Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Day One Ventures

### What does Day One Ventures invest in?

Day One Ventures invests most often at Seed and Venture (70% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology.

### How active is Day One Ventures?

30 investments on record, 3 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Mar 2026.

### What has Day One Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Concert Bio (Grant, Mar 2026), RMFG (Pre-seed, Dec 2025) and Valar Atomics (Series A, Nov 2025).

### How big are Day One Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.8M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

### Does Day One Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 30 investments on record (3%).

### Where does Day One Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (89%) and the United Kingdom (7%).

### Is Day One Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 3 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Day One Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Y Combinator (6 rounds together), 500 Global (2 rounds together) and Abstract Ventures (2 rounds together).

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