# OS Fund: portfolio, investments and team

> OS Fund is a vc firm based in United States. 10 investments on record, latest Sept 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# OS Fund

Last cheque observed Sep 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm

Seed Series A Artificial Intelligence Consumer FinTech

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 10 on record

Since the last cheque **2589** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$13M** Rounds led **1 of 10** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## OS Fund highlights

- 01 10 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 78% of its rounds
- 03 Led 1 rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Artificial Intelligence Consumer FinTech
- **Based in:** Chicago, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **10 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Sept** **[A-Alpha Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/a-alpha-bio)** US · FinSMEs **$2.8M** With 5 others
- **2018** 3 rounds
- **Jul** **[Lygos](https://millionrounds.com/company/lygos)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$16M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Verge Genomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/verge-genomics)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$32M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[twoXAR](https://millionrounds.com/company/twoxar)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$10M** With 1 other
- **2016** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Lygos](https://millionrounds.com/company/lygos)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$13M** *Led*
- **2015** 4 rounds
- **Jul** **[Ginkgo Bioworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/ginkgo-bioworks)** Series B · US **$45M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Atomwise](https://millionrounds.com/company/atomwise)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 7 others
- **Jun** **[Emerald Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/emerald-therapeutics)** Series C **$21M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Ginkgo Bioworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/ginkgo-bioworks)** Series A · US **$9.0M** With 5 others
- **2014** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Vicarious](https://millionrounds.com/company/vicarious)** Series B · US **$40M** With 18 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

We hold **4** 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.

## The cheque

Seed Series A

Median round joined **$13M** the round, not its cheque

Led 1 of 10 rounds **10%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *4*
- Series B *3*
- Seed said *1*
- Series C *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2014 2019

Often in the room with

- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ame-cloud-ventures) 3
- [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) 3
- [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) 2
- [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) 2
- [IA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**AME Cloud Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ame-cloud-ventures)[**Felicis** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures)[**DCVC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)[**Founders Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**IA Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ia-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies OS Fund put money into.

[**A-Alpha Bio** $2.8M · Sept 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/a-alpha-bio)[**Verge Genomics** $32M · Jul 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/verge-genomics)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming OS Fund in the title, and 1 more that mention it.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 25 Jan 2016 · 18 min 20VC: Bryan Johnson @ OS Fund & Braintree on Investing In The Operating Systems Of Life & Why VC Should All Be Open Source Mentions [Bryan Johnson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bryan-johnson)[OS Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/os-fund) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 22 Mar 2024 · 52 min 20VC: Bryan Johnson on Why Humans Are No Longer Qualified to Manage Our Own Affairs, How Algorithms Will Run our Bodies and How to Process New Ideas and Challenge Conventional Beliefs Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about OS Fund

### What does OS Fund invest in?

OS Fund invests most often at Series A and Series B (78% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Consumer and FinTech.

### How active is OS Fund?

10 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Sept 2019.

### What has OS Fund invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: A-Alpha Bio (Undisclosed round, Sept 2019), Lygos (Series B, Jul 2018) and Verge Genomics (Series A, Jul 2018).

### How big are OS Fund's cheques?

The median round it joins is $13M.

### Does OS Fund lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 10 investments on record (10%).

### Where does OS Fund invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is OS Fund investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2019.

### Who does OS Fund invest alongside?

Most often AME Cloud Ventures (3 rounds together), Felicis (3 rounds together) and DCVC (2 rounds together).

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