Beast Ventures
Venture capitalHong Kong · Seed · 2 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Beast targets breakthrough engineering and applied science startups with potential to generate substantial financial returns while addressing health, climate, or broader societal challenges. The firm focuses on deep frontier technologies at the seed stage across the UK and Continental Europe, supporting founders from inception through growth.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 26 of 48 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×15Deep Tech ×11Biotech ×10Healthtech ×8SaaS ×4Climate Tech ×3Cloud Computing ×3Consumer ×3
HQs:United States×9United Kingdom×5Switzerland×1Denmark×1Estonia×1France×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×74+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 26 founders with education data
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) ×4Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ×3University of Cambridge ×3Harvard University ×2London Business School ×2Stanford University ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 27 founders with career history
Imperial College London ×4Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ×2Baseimmune ×2Middlesex University ×2University College London ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
9 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 24 with degree data)
Investments · 48 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12021 · 12017 · 13 dated
Fervo Energy develops next-generation geothermal technology using advanced drilling and sensing techniques to unlock carbon-free, 24/7 power generation in previously uneconomic locations.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHouston, US
Tim Latimer(Founder & CEO)inJack Norbeck(Founder)in
BoardDavid Thomas Danielson(Director)inNicholas Walrod(Director)Ion Yadigaroglu(Director)
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBaruch Future VenturesBreakthrough Energy VenturesCarbonCongruent Ventures+13 more
Co-investors500 Startups VietnamChanzo CapitalCincyTechElizabeth Street VenturesGG CapitalHinge Capital+7 more
a16z is a venture capital firm that invests in seed to growth-stage technology companies across artificial intelligence, healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, gaming, and infrastructure sectors.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep Tech
Ricard BoadaSofia Gumuzio
BoardMarc AndreessenBen Horowitz
Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitza16z cryptoA16Z SpeedrunBeyond Earth VenturesBooz Allen VenturesDigerati Investments+8 more
Cascade is an AI coordination platform for architecture, engineering, and construction firms that automates business development by analyzing unstructured project opportunities, scoring them for firm fit, and streamlining the pursuit-to-delivery cycle.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechCloud ComputingConstruction TechDeep TechFuture of WorkHealthtechQuantum ComputingCopenhagen, DK
Mikkel PrechtinIb ChristenseninHannia Zia(CEO)inJoana Ferreira(CTO)inDan Holme(CEO)inStephen DiAdamo(CTO)in
Co-investorsAda VenturesAntlerDelphinus Venture CapitalEnterprise Capital Funds
Nutropy develops precision-fermented milk proteins for industrial cheese production without animal inputs.
BiotechClimate TechFoodTechÉvry, FR
NathalieMaya
Co-investorsBig Pi VenturesBig Idea Ventures
Apollo Projects is an investment firm that backs founders pursuing ambitious, forward-looking visions.
London-based European venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, investing from seed to pre-IPO.
Co-investorsPeakRedbus VenturesSamsung Catalyst FundTesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)AtomicoBMW i Ventures+2 more
Co-investorsLux CapitalMithril Capital ManagementPractica CapitalSonder Capital
Biotech startup founded to create the next generation of broad-spectrum vaccines against highly variable pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2.
Co-investorsClean Energy VenturesRed Bear Ventures
Cogitat develops brain-computer interface (BCI) technology combining neuroscience and AI/ML, with work spanning neuroinformatics, data science, and XR product engineering.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHealthtech
Allan Ponniah(Cofounder - CEO)inDimitrios Adamos(Cofounder - CTO)inStefanos Zafeiriou(Cofounder - Scientific Lead)inNikos Laskaris(Cofounder - Neuroinformatics Lead)inIrene Kotsia(Cofounder - Data/ML Lead)inYannis Panagakis(Cofounder - AI/ML Lead)in
Co-investorsCambridge Angels group
Technology that quantifies, digitises, and simulates human physiology using machine learning to increase diagnostic accuracy.
Uses deep learning to drive facial analysis and generation technology.
Fifty Years is an investment firm founded and backed by 46 founders of tech companies valued between $1 billion and $100 billion, focused on supporting early-stage founders.
Deep TechEnterprise Software
Seth BannoninKia Fathi(Head of Engineering)Ueli Friedli(Head of Finance)in
BoardTony Kouzarides
Co-investorsBlue Haven InitiativeNexus Bay
Co-investorsBeyond Earth Ventures
Helix Nanotechnologies develops mRNA-based therapeutics for disease treatment and environmental applications, currently advancing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate for immunocompromised patients and testing interventions targeting climate challenges.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechBoston, US
Nikolai Eroshenko(Founder/CSO)in
Co-investorsBascom VenturesChampion Hill VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Fifty YearsHAWKTAILLifeline Ventures+8 more
Higher Steaks uses cell culture techniques to grow meat products from animal cell samples without traditional animal farming.
BiotechFoodTech
Hoxton Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in AI and deeptech startups across the UK and Europe, providing capital, compute access, and infrastructure support to founders building transformative companies.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSector AgnosticLondon, GB
Hussein Kanji(Founder and Managing Partner)in
Co-investorsAMK Investment OfficeIsomer Capital
Illumina Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on genomics and precision health, investing in early-stage companies developing breakthrough science and technology to improve human health.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsIllumina Accelerator
Inoviv provides custom multiplexed LC-MS proteomics panels for biomarker discovery and analysis in drug discovery and development.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon, GB
Ernestas Sirka(CSO)inMichael Dove(Founding CEO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstHoxton VenturesForesight Group
Vinod Khosla(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsCalm/Storm VCClean Energy VenturesModi VenturesPerot Jain
This is a venture capital firm, not a portfolio company.
London, GB
Leila Rastegar Zegna(Founder)in
Co-investorsIsomer CapitalOVNI Capital
Building an AI expert system designed to optimize healthcare delivery.
LabGenius develops EVA, an automated discovery engine for identifying and co-optimizing complex therapeutic antibodies such as multispecifics across multiple properties.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechLondon
Harrison Rickerby(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJames Field(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Air Street CapitalBackedChampion Hill VenturesGigafundKindred Capital+8 more
Lydia.ai offers ORCA, an AI system for retail marketing teams that monitors vendor catalogs, product data, and live commerce sessions and generates campaign-ready content — brand stories, product pages, and campaign videos — through a conversational interface.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS
Anthony LeeinChristina CaiinFedor Suprychevin
Co-investors500 GlobalAlibaba Entrepreneurs FundKickstart VenturesWI Harper GroupAccel
Maki.vc is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage deep tech and startups, with a focus on the Nordics and Europe.
Deep Tech
Co-investorsPeakTesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)Maki.vcSpecialist VC
Mark Cuban Companies is the holding and portfolio site of investor Mark Cuban, presenting a broad group of companies, teams, and foundations he owns or backs across pharmaceuticals, sports, media, consumer products, technology, and crypto.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSector AgnosticDallas, US
Mark Cuban
Produces milk proteins identical to those found in cow's milk to create premium French cheeses.
Co-investorsBig Idea VenturesBig Pi Ventures
Obvious is a venture capital firm that invests in founders addressing humanity's largest challenges across planetary health, human health, and economic health, with a focus on companies operating in clean energy, electric mobility, healthcare, biopharma, and financial prosperity for individuals and small businesses.
Climate TechHealthtechImpact & Social GoodSan Francisco, US
Ochre Bio develops RNA therapeutics and drug discovery platforms targeting liver disease, combining proprietary human liver datasets with AI-driven causal prediction and human tissue validation models.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon, GB
Quin Wills(Founder/CSO)inJack O'Meara(Founding CEO)in
BoardChinwe UkomaduElaine SullivanEliot ForsterJack Castle
Co-investorsBackedCoastCapEntrepreneur FirstExpaHoxton VenturesLifeforce Capital+6 more
A venture capital firm providing funding and support to portfolio companies.
Percepto develops autonomous drone ("drone-in-a-box") systems and software for automated inspection and continuous monitoring of critical industrial infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyIoTRobotics
Dor Abuhasira(Co-founder & CEO)inAriel Avitan(Co-founder)inSagi Blonder(Co-founder, Head of R&D)inRaviv Raz(Co-founder)inUdi Zohar(Chief Product Officer)inNir Simon(CFO)in
Co-investorsAtento CapitalCourtside VenturesEmerge VenturesHTwentyKoch Disruptive TechnologiesSpider Capital+5 more
Produces lab-grown meat using cell culture techniques to address climate change, food shortages, and animal welfare.
Q.bio provides quantitative biology assessments and longitudinal health monitoring for preventive care, offering comprehensive measurable exams at the scale of premium care providers.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechSan Carlos, US
Jeffrey Kaditz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Clarissa Shen(Executive Officer)
BoardTerry Doyle(Director)Vijay Pande, Ph.D.(Director)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzEvolution VenturesMana Ventures
Analytics engine that maps living soil to help agricultural professionals maximize the value of every acre.
Scantrust provides cloud-based connected packaging solutions that use QR codes to help companies authenticate products, combat counterfeiting, and improve supply chain transparency.
Circular EconomyConsumerLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaSLausanne, CH
Nathan J. Anderson(Co-founder & CEO)inJustin Picard(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalPrivilège VenturesSecurity Leadership Capital
Sonalytic provides audio identification technology that recognizes songs, mixed content, and short clips (including musical stems in derivative works) via a web interface and API.
AI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Sparrow is a science subscription service that makes research accessible to a general audience by having expert scientists condense academic papers into 3-minute digests without technical jargon.
Digital HealthEdTechMedia & Entertainment
Dr. Vivian Chan(CEO & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsParticle
Sparrho is a research discovery platform that helps academics and researchers find and organise relevant scientific literature, indexing over 60 million articles from 45,000+ journals and preprint servers.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaSLondon, GB
Vivian Chan(CEO)inNilu Satharasinghe(Cofounder)
Co-investorsEntrepreneur First
Co-investorsAIR CapitalClean Energy Ventures
The Creator Fund invests in deep technology and AI companies founded by pioneers seeking to build defining businesses through innovation.
AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Jamie Macfarlane(CEO)inAlexandra Ntemourtsidou(COO)in
BoardLord Rumi Verjee(Founding Partner)Henry Lane Fox(Chairman)
Co-investorsMetavallon VC
Developer of next-generation protein-based therapeutics using a machine learning-driven evolution engine.
Trace Genomics, now part of Miraterra, provides soil analysis and genomic sequencing to give growers and agronomists insights on nutrients and pathogens across more than 70 crops and 225+ pathogens.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechBurlingame, US
Poornima Parameswaran(Executive Officer, Director)Diane Wu(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Toelle(Director)Joe Pianelli(Director)William Buckner(Director)
Co-investorsOspraie Ag ScienceS2G InvestmentsWP Global PartnersFall Line CapitalRabo VenturesRefactor Capital
USVP is a venture capital firm with 45 years of history that invests across enterprise software, security, consumer technology, and healthcare sectors.
Cloud ComputingConsumerCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Co-investorsDancap Family Investment Office
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioFervo EnergyNASDAQ: FRVO
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
a16z Speedrun · siliconangle.com · Aug 26, 2026
Atomico · techfundingnews.com · Aug 20, 2026
Percepto · startuphub.ai · Aug 17, 2026
Ada Ventures · thefashionlaw.com · Aug 11, 2026
Fervo Energy · investing.com · Jul 17, 2026
Hoxton Ventures · vcwire.tech · Jun 22, 2026
Trace Genomics · igrownews.com · Mar 26, 2026
Ochre Bio · endpoints.news · Oct 1, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Beast Ventures made?
- Beast Ventures has 48 tracked investments.
- What stage does Beast Ventures invest at?
- Beast Ventures invests at the Seed stage.
- What sectors does Beast Ventures focus on?
- Beast Ventures focuses on Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Beast Ventures located?
- Beast Ventures is headquartered in Hong Kong, HK.
- Who does Beast Ventures co-invest with?
- Beast Ventures most often shares deals with Clean Energy Ventures, Entrepreneur First, DCVC (Data Collective), among 112 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 1
Big Idea Ventures is a venture capital fund with startup accelerators focused on solving global challenges in the food innovation space. The firm operates accelerator programs twice yearly across New York City, Singapore, and Paris, investing in alternative protein and food technology startups.
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