# Obvious Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Obvious Ventures is an accelerator based in United States. 123 investments on record, 21 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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

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# Obvious Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 123 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $272M, Feb 2025 Accelerator

Seed Series A Series B Insurance Insurtechs Insur Tech

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**100%** of best year **21** **cheques in 12 months**, 123 on record

Since the last cheque **1** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$20M** Rounds led **13 of 123** Sole investor **8 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 95%**

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## Obvious Ventures highlights

- 01 21 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 65% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $3.9M

## What they do

> Founded on a simple belief that the most valuable companies of our time will be the ones solving humanity’s biggest problems From their own website

- **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Insurance Insurtechs Insur Tech
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **123 appearances**

- **2026** 16 rounds
- **Oct** **[Neuron Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/neuron-industries)** Seed · US · Google News search **$10M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Eka Robotics Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/eka-robotics-inc)** Series A · US · Google News search **$150M** With 7 others
- **Oct** **[Prism Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/prism-data)** Series A · US · Fintech Global **$20M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Zanskar](https://millionrounds.com/company/zanskar)** Grant · US **$40M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[GenHealth.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/genhealth-ai)** Series A · US **$17M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Mithrl](https://millionrounds.com/company/mithrl)** Series A · US **$20M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Gritt](https://millionrounds.com/company/gritt)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$26M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[Hostie](https://millionrounds.com/company/hostie)** Series A · US **$12M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Radical Numerics](https://millionrounds.com/company/radical-numerics)** Seed · US **$50M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Dexterity](https://millionrounds.com/company/dexterity)** Venture · US **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Gray Swan](https://millionrounds.com/company/gray-swan)** Series A · US **$40M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Openly](https://millionrounds.com/company/openly)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Halcyon](https://millionrounds.com/company/halcyon)** Series A · Ventureburn **$21M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Boltz](https://millionrounds.com/company/boltz)** Seed · US **$28M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Fleetzero](https://millionrounds.com/company/fleetzero)** Series A · US **$43M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Zanskar](https://millionrounds.com/company/zanskar)** Series C · US **$115M** With 4 others
- **2025** 13 rounds
- **Dec** **[Parallel Learning](https://millionrounds.com/company/parallel-learning)** Series B · US · AlleyWatch **$20M** With 4 others
- **Dec** **[Lightship](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightship)** Venture · US **$27M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[OpenHands](https://millionrounds.com/company/openhands)** Series A · US **$19M** With 5 others
- **Nov** **[Obello](https://millionrounds.com/company/obello)** Seed · US **$8.5M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Joy](https://millionrounds.com/company/joy)** Series A · US **$14M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Womaness](https://millionrounds.com/company/womaness)** Series A · US **$12M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[All In Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/all-in-foods)** Venture · US **$4.0M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Inductive Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/inductive-bio)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$25M** *Led*
- **Mar** **[Dexterity](https://millionrounds.com/company/dexterity)** TechCrunch **$95M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[Ataraxis](https://millionrounds.com/company/ataraxis)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$20M** With 6 others
- **Feb** **[Lynx](https://millionrounds.com/company/lynx)** Series A · GB **$27M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Baton](https://millionrounds.com/company/baton)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$10M** *Led*
- **Jan** **[Oumi](https://millionrounds.com/company/oumi)** Seed · US **$10M** With 3 others
- **2024** 13 rounds
- **Dec** **[OnePay](https://millionrounds.com/company/onepay)** Venture · US **$300M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Ataraxis](https://millionrounds.com/company/ataraxis)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$4.0M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Pyka](https://millionrounds.com/company/pyka)** Series B · US **$40M** With 6 others
- **Sept** **[Aifleet](https://millionrounds.com/company/aifleet)** Series B · US **$17M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Brightside](https://millionrounds.com/company/brightside)** Venture · US **$785K** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Recursion Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/recursion-pharmaceuticals)** US **$200M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Lilium](https://millionrounds.com/company/lilium)** DE **$114M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Arbor](https://millionrounds.com/company/arbor)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[GenHealth.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/genhealth-ai)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Pi Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/pi-health)** Series A · US **$31M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[SINAI Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/sinai-technologies)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 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 **7 named**

AD **Andrew Dumont Beebe** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

DW **David Wehrs** Chief Operating Officer and Head of Investor Relations i Form ADV

EW **Evan Williams** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

JR **Jack Rothacher** Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV

JJ **James Joaquin** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

NL **Nan Li** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

VV **Vishal Vasishth** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **24** 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

**$1.6B** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** Obvious Management Services LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 173187

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**14** of 29 we have independently watched raise

[Amilabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/ami-labs)[Ataraxis](https://millionrounds.com/company/ataraxis)[Batonmarket](https://millionrounds.com/company/baton-market)[Beyondmeat](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-meat)[Blockrenovation](https://millionrounds.com/company/block-renovation)[Cal](https://millionrounds.com/company/cal)[Carezone](https://millionrounds.com/company/carezone)[Concertocare](https://millionrounds.com/company/concertocare)[Dexterity](https://millionrounds.com/company/dexterity)[Enervee](https://millionrounds.com/company/enervee)[Fleetzero](https://millionrounds.com/company/fleetzero)[Forummobility](https://millionrounds.com/company/forum-mobility)[Goodeggs](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-eggs)[Grievance Reporting](https://millionrounds.com/company/airtable) Allinfood Bcorporation Beamtlc Bppulse Canvas Corvusinsurance Devoted Diamondfoundry Galileohealth Gandeeva Getgrid Gobrightside Joinarbor LP Portal Theaifleet

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

**$272M**

raised in Feb 2025

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$20M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.9M**

Led 13 of 123 rounds **11%**

- **Sole investor:** 8 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *47*
- Seed said *21*
- Venture *17*
- Series B said *15*
- Series C *5*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 15
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 9
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 8
- [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) 6
- [Congruent Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/congruent-ventures) 5
- [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) 5

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **15** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Lux Capital** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital)[**Congruent Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/congruent-ventures)[**Greycroft** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft)[**Inovia Capital** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital)[**BoxGroup** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)[**Founders Fund** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers)[**Liquid 2 Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Obvious Ventures put money into.

[**Prism Data** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/prism-data)[**Zanskar** $40M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/zanskar)[**GenHealth.ai** $17M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/genhealth-ai)[**Mithrl** $20M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mithrl)[**Hostie** $12M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hostie)[**Radical Numerics** $50M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/radical-numerics)

## Quick answers about Obvious Ventures

### What does Obvious Ventures invest in?

Obvious Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (65% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Insurance, Insurtechs and Insur Tech.

### How active is Obvious Ventures?

123 investments on record, 21 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 13. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Obvious Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Neuron Industries (Seed, Oct 2026), Eka Robotics Inc. (Series A, Oct 2026) and Prism Data (Series A, Oct 2026).

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

The median round it joins is $20M.

### Does Obvious Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 13 of its 123 investments on record (11%).

### Where does Obvious Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (95%).

### Is Obvious Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 21 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Obvious Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Andreessen Horowitz (15 rounds together), Y Combinator (9 rounds together) and Alumni Ventures (8 rounds together).

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