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ARA NEA Ventures (Brand: Dmz.Xyz)

Venture capital

Pre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked

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Investment thesis

DMZ invests at pre-seed and seed stages, operating sector-agnostic but heavily weighted toward AI and software, backing standout operators rather than categories. The firm positions itself downstream of top-decile GPs, taking both LP positions in funds and direct allocations in early-stage companies, co-investing alongside leading venture investors. It emphasizes financial discipline and cash returns (DPI over paper markups), framing every investment around an eventual exit. DMZ supports founders hands-on through fund introductions, recruiting, partnership facilitation, and a large creator-network distribution channel. Its origins in a family office provide access to an extensive EU and US capital network across multiple stages and asset classes.

Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2020
Tracked investments
36
Unicorns
6

Team · 3 people

from the firm's website

What they invest in

from 25 of 36 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×13SaaS ×6Consumer ×5Enterprise Software ×5Direct to Consumer ×4Deep Tech ×3Fintech ×3Marketing Tech ×3

HQs:United States×16Germany×1United Kingdom×1Singapore×1

Investments · 36 tracked

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Richard Socher(Founder)in

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AnyRoadanyroad.comin

AnyRoad provides a platform for managing and optimizing events, tours, classes, and activations for businesses seeking to build brand loyalty and increase return on investment.

Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US

Jonathan Yaffe(Co-founder)inDaniel Yaffe(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzPrecursor VenturesRally Ventures Management, LlcRuna CapitalDay One Ventures500 Global+8 more

Artisanartisan.coin𝕏

Artisan builds an AI-powered platform that consolidates fragmented work software tools and automates repetitive workflows through AI collaborators.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Jaspar Carmichael-Jack(Founder)inSam Stallings(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsHubSpot VenturesSoma CapitalY Combinator10x FoundersAIP SeedAlumni Ventures+7 more

Atlasatlascard.comin𝕏

Atlas is a membership card and app that provides access to reservations at high-end restaurants, luxury hotels, sold-out concerts, and sporting events for members.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFintechSan Francisco, US

Patrick Mrozowski(Founder)inSid Parihar(Founder)Kenan Pulak(Founder)in

Co-investors01 AdvisorsAccelChapter OneEvolution VC PartnersFinancial Venture StudioKindred Ventures+41 more

Atomsatoms.com𝕏

Atoms designs and sells lightweight footwear featuring antimicrobial copper linings, foam midsoles, and stretch laces.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceBrooklyn, US

Sidra Qasim(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesEvolution VC PartnersFlucas VenturesHyperguapInitialized CapitalShrug Capital+6 more

AveryIQaveryiq.cominSeed

AveryIQ is an AI-native property management system built around an AI agent named Avery, which handles leasing, maintenance coordination, after-hours call answering, tenant communication, rent payments, and accounting.

AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaSAustin, US

Andrew Kouri(Founder)in

Co-investorsCollaborative FundY CombinatorAgrolimen VenturesCapitalize VCCherubic VenturesDay One Ventures+7 more

Bigthinkbigthink.com
Danuvgdanuvg.com
Dayoneventuresdayoneventures.com

Day One Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders and provides in-house PR, communications, and marketing support to help portfolio companies launch and gain media coverage.

Sector AgnosticSan Francisco, US

Masha Bucher

Co-investorsEvolution VC Partners

Fanfixfanfix.ioin

Fanfix is a subscription platform that lets creators offer exclusive content, earn recurring revenue through subscriptions, lockable posts, direct messaging, livestreaming, and 1:1 calls, and build closer relationships with their fans.

Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSocial

Harry Gestetner(Founder)inSimon Pompan(Founder)in

Co-investorsRed Swan Ventures

Galerieonsunsetgalerieonsunset.com
Mindstate Design Labsmindstate.designin𝕏

Mindstate Design Labs is a clinical-stage drug development company that uses AI to map the biological basis of emotion and cognition, synthesizing psychedelic phenomenology and biochemical data to design pharmaceutical compounds that induce specific therapeutic emotional and cognitive states for mental health treatment.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMental HealthSan Francisco, US

Dillan DiNardo(Founder/CEO)inTom Ray(Founder)in

BoardRand Hindi(Director)in

Co-investorsHassan Lantry (Blast)ImmeasurableInitialized CapitalMetaplanetPsyMed VenturesXEIA Venture Partners+12 more

Mindstate Design Labsmindstate.com
New Lab Scaling frontier technologiesnewlab.comin𝕏

Newlab is a technology innovation hub and operator that works with founders building critical technologies, providing expertise, infrastructure, and commercialization support across climate, energy, materials, and deeptech sectors.

Advanced ManufacturingAgTechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareNew MaterialsBrooklyn, US

Evan Ciment(Co-founder and Chairman)

Co-investorsAEON Foundry

Pangaia Campaignpangaia.comin𝕏

PANGAIA develops premium lifestyle apparel and products using bio-based, regenerative, recycled, and responsibly sourced materials.

Circular EconomyConsumerDirect to ConsumerNew Materials

Co-investorsDreamers VCRegeneration.VCValor Equity Partners

Pierced Media Campaignpierced.media
Poshposh.vipin

Posh is an event management and ticketing platform that lets organizers create event pages, sell tickets, collect in-person payments, and market events through a marketplace feed, SMS blasts, and referral tools.

ConsumerMarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentSaaSNew York, US

Avante Price(Executive Officer, Director)inEli Taylor-Lemire(Founder)inHatim Khety(Director)

BoardSteven Schwartz(Director)Richard Heitzmann(Director)Thomas Lazay(Director)in

Co-investorsAmino CapitalCauseway PartnersCompanyon VenturesDorm RoomEPIC VENTURESGoodwater Capital

Recursive Super Intelligencerecursive.comin𝕏

Recursive develops self-improving superintelligence systems designed to automate knowledge discovery.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechLondon, GB

Caiming Xiong(Founder)inYuandong Tian(Founder)inTim Rocktäschel(Founder)in

Co-investorsAIX VenturesAlumni VenturesConexo VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Glasswing VenturesGreycroft+10 more

Reflection AIreflection.aiin𝕏

Reflection AI develops and releases open-weight AI models alongside published research and open-source software tools for customization and community building.

AI & Machine LearningNew York City, US

Ioannis Alexandros Antonoglou(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)AIX VenturesAudaciousB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBattery Ventures+18 more

Relativity Spacerelativityspace.comin𝕏

Relativity Space develops Terran R, a reusable medium-to-heavy-lift rocket designed for efficiency and scalability, serving government entities, telecommunications companies, and commercial customers for space access missions.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSpace TechLos Angeles, US

Tim Ellis(Founder/CEO)inJordan Noone(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inEric Schmidt(CEO)in

Co-investorsAidenlair CapitalAurum Venture PartnersBalerion Space VenturesBaruch Future VenturesBold Capital PartnersCoatue Management+58 more

Sentsent.dmin𝕏

Sent provides a single API integration layer for sending SMS, WhatsApp, and RCS messages, handling provider routing, carrier compliance, and per-channel content transformation.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US

Daniel Vataj(CEO & Co-founder)inBetim Drenica(CTO & Co-founder)in

BoardAndrew Berg(Director)in

Co-investorsCompanyon VenturesUrban InnovationBessemer Venture Partners

Starpath Roboticsstarpath.space

Burlingame, US

MIHIR VIJAY GONDHALEKAR(Director)Saurav Shroff(Founder)in

BoardROHAN PUJARA(Director)in

Co-investorsAlpha FundsBalerion Space VenturesCrucible CapitalFusionGoAhead VenturesHummingbird Ventures+5 more

Styxstyx.vip
Superplastic Synthetic Superstarssuperplastic.coin𝕏

SUPERPLASTIC creates animated synthetic characters — including Janky, Guggimon, and Dayzee — with a large social media following, and builds entertainment, music, gaming, vinyl collectible toys, fashion, and live experiences around them.

ConsumerE-commerceGamingMedia & Entertainment

Paul Budnitz(Founder / Artist)in

Co-investorsBollinger Investment GroupEvolution VC PartnersScribble VenturesSpacecadet VenturesTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Z Venture Capital+1 more

Superpowersuperpower.comin𝕏

Superpower offers personalized health testing and monitoring for consumers, analyzing 100+ biomarkers across multiple body systems.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthWellness & Fitness

Jacob Peters(Founder)inDr Anant Vinjamoori

Co-investorsAirTree VenturesAOKI LABSAurumBackwards CapitalBasic CapitalBlack Flag+19 more

Tahcartahcar.com
Telegramtelegram.org𝕏

Telegram is a messaging application that prioritizes simplicity, privacy, and speed, offering encrypted messaging, cross-device synchronization, and support for large group communications.

Sector AgnosticSocial

Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)Aliya Capital PartnersElysium VenturesManta Ray VenturesStandard CryptoUtopian Ventures+1 more

Walkwaywalkway.aiin

Walkway is a revenue management platform for tours and activities operators, providing AI-generated pricing recommendations, market and competitor demand tracking, and automated dynamic pricing with configurable rules, floors, and ceilings.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US

Brent Boone(Founder)in

Co-investorsReformation Partners

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Watt is an AI audience-building platform that lets marketers describe target customers in plain English and composes sized, daily-refreshed audiences from over 200,000 behavioral signals, then pushes them to ad channels.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech

John Zila(Founder)in

Co-investorsArgon VenturesCompanyon VenturesTribes Ventures

Wefoxwefox.com

wefox is a pan-European, underwriting-led insurance distribution platform that combines Managing General Agent (MGA) capabilities with digitally enabled distribution, using proprietary AI-supported technology to sell insurance to retail customers.

AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTechBerlin, DE

Fabian Wesemann(Co-founder)inJulian Teicke(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAZURO CAPITAL VENTURESConny & Co.D4 VenturesG SquaredGR CapitalHorizons Ventures+26 more

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World provides a system for verifying that online users are real, unique humans, combining privacy-preserving proof-of-human identity with financial infrastructure and a digital token.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechSector AgnosticSan Francisco, US

Sam Altman(Co-founder & Chairman (Tools for Humanity))Alex Blania(Co-founder & CEO (Tools for Humanity))inMax Novendstern(Co-founder (Tools for Humanity))in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBain Capital CryptoBlockchain CapitalKhosla Ventures1confirmationa16z crypto+20 more

Yank Technologiesyanktechnologies.comin

Yank Technologies develops long-range, high-power wireless charging systems, including wireless charging for warfighter wearable batteries inside military vehicles.

Defense TechEnergyHardwareBrooklyn, US

Joshua Yankowitz(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsMilkbox Partners

You.comyou.comin𝕏

You.com provides Web Search APIs that give AI agents and large language models access to real-time, cited web data, addressing training cutoffs and hallucinations.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Richard Socher(CEO & Founder)inAlex Triplett(Chief Operating Officer)inSaahil Jain(Chief Technology Officer)inSaurabh Sharma(Chief Product Officer)inAlper Tekin(President of Search)inJing Lee(Vice President of Finance and Operations)in

Co-investorsAIX VenturesAlumni VenturesBreyer CapitalChamaeleonCox EnterprisesDay One Ventures+26 more

Yumihelloyumi.com𝕏

YUMI makes science-backed nutrition meals and snacks for babies and toddlers using organic ingredients, with educational content tied to developmental milestones.

Direct to ConsumerFoodTechHealthtechWellness & Fitness

Angela Sutherland(Co-Founder, CEO)Evelyn Rusli(Co-Founder)inAmy LattimoreJay Leon

Co-investors500 GlobalAglae VenturesAllerfund Ventures, LlcAlumni VenturesAugust CapitalChaos Ventures+15 more

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has ARA NEA Ventures (Brand: Dmz.Xyz) made?
ARA NEA Ventures (Brand: Dmz.Xyz) has 36 tracked investments.
What stage does ARA NEA Ventures (Brand: Dmz.Xyz) invest at?
ARA NEA Ventures (Brand: Dmz.Xyz) invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does ARA NEA Ventures (Brand: Dmz.Xyz) focus on?
ARA NEA Ventures (Brand: Dmz.Xyz) focuses on AI & Machine Learning, PropTech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.

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