# Vast Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Vast Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 28 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

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

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# Vast Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 28 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund $3.5M, Apr 2023

Pre-seed Seed Series A Finance Fintechs Financial Services

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**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 28 on record

Since the last cheque **58** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$25M** Rounds led **0 of 28** Exits **4 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 96%**

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## Vast Ventures highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 67% of its rounds
- 03 4 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Vast Ventures is a manifesto-driven venture fund investing in disruptive companies with a global impact. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Up to $1.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Finance Fintechs Financial Services
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **28 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Forus](https://millionrounds.com/company/forus)** Series C · US · TechStartups **$150M** With 9 others
- **2022** 1 round
- **May** **[clicOH](https://millionrounds.com/company/clicoh)** Series A · AR · Firms' own news pages **$25M** With 5 others
- **2017** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Astro Digital](https://millionrounds.com/company/astro-digital)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$17M** With 2 others
- **2015** 3 rounds
- **Sept** **[Mighty](https://millionrounds.com/company/mighty)** Series A · US **$5.3M** With 8 others
- **Mar** **[Ginkgo Bioworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/ginkgo-bioworks)** Series A · US **$9.0M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[Reserve](https://millionrounds.com/company/reserve)** Series A · US **$15M** With 12 others
- **2014** 9 rounds
- **Dec** **[Juicero](https://millionrounds.com/company/juicero)** Series B **$70M** With 6 others
- **Nov** **[fitmob](https://millionrounds.com/company/fitmob)** Series B · US **$5.0M** With 18 others
- **Nov** **[Kindara](https://millionrounds.com/company/kindara)** Venture · US **$1.3M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Soma](https://millionrounds.com/company/soma)** Series A · US **$2.2M** With 14 others
- **Oct** **[Boostable](https://millionrounds.com/company/boostable)** Seed · US **$2.6M** With 15 others
- **Jul** **[Bark & Co](https://millionrounds.com/company/bark-and-co)** Series B · US **$15M** With 11 others
- **Jun** **[Elite Daily](https://millionrounds.com/company/elite-daily)** US **$1.5M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Badge](https://millionrounds.com/company/badge)** Seed · US **$1.1M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Recombine](https://millionrounds.com/company/recombine)** Series A · US **$3.3M** With 2 others
- **2013** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[Sweetgreen](https://millionrounds.com/company/sweetgreen)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$22M** With 6 others
- **Jul** **[Soma](https://millionrounds.com/company/soma)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$3.7M** With 11 others
- **Apr** **[Ripple](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple)** Seed · US · finsmes.com **$2.5M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Simply Measured](https://millionrounds.com/company/simply-measured)** Series B · US **$8.0M** With 2 others
- **2011** 5 rounds
- **Nov** **[Clipboard](https://millionrounds.com/company/clipboard)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **Undisclosed** With 13 others
- **Sept** **[FirstFuel Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/firstfuel-software)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$2.4M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Moat](https://millionrounds.com/company/moat)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$1.5M** With 9 others
- **May** **[Gobble](https://millionrounds.com/company/gobble)** Venture · US · techcrunch.com **$1.2M** With 14 others
- **Feb** **[Pear](https://millionrounds.com/company/pear)** Series A · US · apparelmedia.com **$1.1M** With 14 others
- **2010** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Fashism](https://millionrounds.com/company/fashism)** Series A · US · paidcontent.org **$1.0M** With 7 others
- **2009** 1 round
- **Sept** **[UpCompany](https://millionrounds.com/company/upcompany)** Venture · US · paidcontent.org **$5.7M** With 2 others
- **2008** 1 round
- **Aug** **[ZocDoc](https://millionrounds.com/company/zocdoc)** Series A · US · paidcontent.org **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **2004** 1 round
- **Mar** **[Quigo](https://millionrounds.com/company/quigo)** Series A · US · searchenginejournal.com **$5.0M** With 1 other

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**

AR **Aniq Rahman** Managing Partner of Vast Ventures Concertocare Manager LLC i Form ADV

DM **Douglas Martin Chertok** Managing Partner of Vast Ventures Management LLC i Form ADV

We also hold **3** 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

**$452M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

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

- **Legal name:** VAST Ventures Management LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 316553

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 1 we have independently watched raise

Bing

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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **4 in all**

**[fitmob](https://millionrounds.com/company/fitmob)** Bought by ClassPass **Undisclosed** Apr 2015

**[Elite Daily](https://millionrounds.com/company/elite-daily)** Bought by [DMG Media](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dmg-media) **Undisclosed** Jan 2015

**[Clipboard](https://millionrounds.com/company/clipboard)** Bought by Salesforce **$12M** May 2013

**[Quigo](https://millionrounds.com/company/quigo)** Bought by [AOL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aol) **$340M** Nov 2007

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

Latest fund on file

**$3.5M**

raised in Apr 2023

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

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$25M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 28 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** Up to $1.0M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026
- **Exits:** 4 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *12*
- Seed said *6*
- Series B said *4*
- Venture *4*
- Series C *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [SV Angel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel) 7
- [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) 3
- [Mindfull Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mindfull-investors) 3
- [AFSquare](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afsquare) 2
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 2
- [Baseline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**SV Angel** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**First Round Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[**Mindfull Investors** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mindfull-investors)[**AFSquare** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afsquare)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Baseline Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures)[**BoxGroup** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)[**Collaborative Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund)[**Corigin Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corigin-ventures)[**Cowboy Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowboy-ventures)[**Daher Capital** Family office **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daher-capital)[**Felicis** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Vast Ventures put money into.

[**Forus** $150M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/forus)[**clicOH** $25M · May 2022](https://millionrounds.com/company/clicoh)[**Astro Digital** $17M · Mar 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/astro-digital)

## Quick answers about Vast Ventures

### What does Vast Ventures invest in?

Vast Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Finance, Fintechs and Financial Services.

### How active is Vast Ventures?

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

### What has Vast Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Forus (Series C, Sept 2026), clicOH (Series A, May 2022) and Astro Digital (Series A, Mar 2017).

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

The median round it joins is $25M.

### Does Vast Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 28 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Vast Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (96%).

### Is Vast Ventures investing now?

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

### Who does Vast Ventures invest alongside?

Most often SV Angel (7 rounds together), First Round Capital (3 rounds together) and Mindfull Investors (3 rounds together).

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