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What does Escape Velocity (Ev3 invest in?
Escape Velocity (Ev3 invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Smart Grids, Telco and Energy.
Escape Velocity (Ev3 highlights
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1 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds
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Led 1 rounds
What they do
Escape Velocity (EV3) invests $500K–$5M at the earliest stages.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $500K – $3.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries A
- Sectors
- Smart GridsTelcoEnergy
- Based in
- New York, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first2 appearances
- 2026
1 round
- Sept
- 2023
1 round
- Feb
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 registration2 named
MRMahesh RamakrishnanManaging Member/FounderiForm ADV
SASalvador A GalaManaging Member/FounderiForm 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
$86Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Ev3 Ventures LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 323090
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
21 of 34 we have independently watched raise
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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.