# Fortitude Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Fortitude Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 2 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Mar 2026.

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# Fortitude Ventures

Last cheque observed Mar 2026; 2 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund, Mar 2024

Pre-seed Seed AI Robotics Frontier Technologies

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**50%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **248** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$19M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $1.0M** Rounds led **0 of 2**

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## Fortitude Ventures highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> Fortitude Ventures is an early stage venture firm based in San Francisco. We invest in pre-seed and seed stage companies, typically writing initial checks between $500K–$1M. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** $500K – $1.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed
- **Sectors:** AI Robotics Frontier Technologies
- **Based in:** San Mateo, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Smack Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/smack-technologies)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$32M** With 7 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Syntracts](https://millionrounds.com/company/syntracts)** Seed · US · Ventureburn **$5.3M** With 5 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 **1 named**

SC **Sungjoon Cho** Managing Member i Filing they signed

We also hold **1** person 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 they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**11** of 15 we have independently watched raise

[Arctic Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/arctic-health)[Cashmere](https://millionrounds.com/company/cashmere)[Coval](https://millionrounds.com/company/coval)[Current Surgical](https://millionrounds.com/company/current-surgical)[Drafted](https://millionrounds.com/company/drafted)[First Resonance](https://millionrounds.com/company/first-resonance)[Hoppr](https://millionrounds.com/company/hoppr)[Jest](https://millionrounds.com/company/jest)[MaxHome](https://millionrounds.com/company/maxhome)[Poseidon](https://millionrounds.com/company/poseidon-aerospace)[Smack](https://millionrounds.com/company/smack) Katalyst Space Resim Upstart Education Vatn

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.

Latest fund on file

**Raised**

a fund in Mar 2024

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed

Median round joined **$19M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $1.0M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Mar 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *1*
- Series A *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Point72 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Point72 Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/point72-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Fortitude Ventures put money into.

[**Syntracts** $5.3M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/syntracts)

## Quick answers about Fortitude Ventures

### What does Fortitude Ventures invest in?

Fortitude Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Robotics and Frontier Technologies.

### How active is Fortitude Ventures?

2 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2026.

### What has Fortitude Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Smack Technologies (Series A, Mar 2026) and Syntracts (Seed, Oct 2025).

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

The median round it joins is $19M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $1.0M.

### Is Fortitude Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Fortitude Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Point72 Ventures (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Fortitude Ventures?

Fortitude Ventures is a VC firm based in San Mateo, United States.

### Has Fortitude Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Mar 2024.

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