Cherubic Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingGrand Cayman · Pre-Seed–Series A · 5 people tracked
Also known as CHERUBIC VENTURES ADVISORS LTD. · Cherubic Ventures Founders · Cherubic Ventures Principals
Investment thesis
Often the first institutional backer, focuses on pre‑launch and pre‑PMF startups, reserves half its latest fund for follow‑ons through pre‑IPO, and operates as a large solo‑GP US–Asia firm.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 28, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 14 of 16 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×6Consumer ×5SaaS ×4Enterprise Software ×3Hardware ×3E-commerce ×2Logistics & Supply Chain ×2Marketing Tech ×2
HQs:United States×4Taiwan×2China×1United Kingdom×1Japan×1South Korea×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 9 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×23 founders×1
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 16 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12019 · 22018 · 14 dated
91APP provides a SaaS commerce platform that combines branded e-commerce websites and native mobile apps with OMO (online-merge-offline) tools, helping retail brands build membership-based private traffic and integrate online and physical store operations.
E-commerceMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS
Steven Ho何英圻(Founder)in
Co-investorsAppWorks VenturesVENTURE+
Cross-border e-commerce platform providing a digital shopping experience for K-Beauty products
Consumer
Christopher CynnFrank Kang
Co-investors500 GlobalCaptii VenturesFIRSTFLOOR CAPITAL
Astranis manufactures small, high-powered geosynchronous satellites equipped with advanced digital processing technology for global telecommunications and connectivity services.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareSpace TechSan Francisco, US
John Gedmark(Founder/CEO)inRyan McLinko(Founder/CTO)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBlack FlagBoxGroupCantos VenturesCommonweal VenturesCrunchFund+37 more
Bellabeat develops AI-powered wearable devices and a health intelligence platform designed to help women track wellness metrics, understand hormonal cycles, and receive personalized health insights.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFemTechHardwareWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US
Urska Srsen(Founder/CCO)inSandro Mur(Founder)Urška Sršen(Founder)in
BoardPeter Warnoe(Director)in
Co-investorsCrunchFundFundersClubGen CapitalPromus VenturesTuesday CapitalY Combinator+3 more
Bungalow offers a rental platform that helps renters find furnished rooms and homes with roommate matching, flexible leases, and cleaning services, while providing homeowners and single-family rental (SFR) investors with property management and technology tools.
ConsumerMarketplacesPropTechSaaS
Andrew Collins(CEO & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsA-Rod CorpAtomicCoatue ManagementFlucas VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementUpHonest Capital+4 more
Calm is a mental health app offering guided meditations, sleep stories, soundscapes, and stress-relief tools designed to help users manage anxiety, improve sleep, and build healthy habits for overall wellness.
HealthtechMental HealthWellness & Fitness
David Ko(CEO)
Co-investorsBrighter CapitalConnect VenturesElefundEQUIAMEvio VCFelicis Ventures+17 more
Paidy operates a "buy now, pay later" service in Japan that lets shoppers make purchases using only their smartphone at over 700,000 stores, including Amazon and Qoo10, and defer payment until the 27th of the following month.
ConsumerE-commerceFintech
Russell Cummer(Founder)inYuki Yuki YabuuchiYusuke Yusuke Sasaki
Co-investors500 GlobalArbor VenturesPayPal Ventures
Firstory is a podcast hosting platform that lets creators publish audio and video to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, KKBOX, and 10+ platforms from a single upload, with AI generating transcripts, summaries, highlights, and newsletter drafts.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Stanley Yu
Co-investors500 Global
Flexport provides an AI-driven platform for global supply chain management, offering logistics visibility, customs brokerage, and freight optimization for companies shipping goods internationally.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ryan Petersen(Founder & CEO)inRyan Peterson(Executive Officer, Director)Sanne Manders(Executive Officer)inChristopher Ferro(Executive Officer)Sudhanshu Priyadarshi(Executive Officer)in
BoardMichael Ronen(Director)
Co-investors137 Ventures8VCAcequia Capital (AceCap)Adit Ventures Management, LlcAllied Venture PartnersAndreessen Horowitz+37 more
US direct-to-consumer telehealth company selling prescription and OTC treatments online by subscription; NYSE-listed as HIMS.
Jack Abraham(Co-founder)in
Co-investors7GC & Co8VCA-Rod CorpAtomicBrentwood AssociatesCAVU Consumer Partners+16 more
Molecule builds a blockchain-based ecosystem that connects scientists and entrepreneurs working on decentralized science projects, with a focus on AI-driven drug discovery and research funding.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechCrypto & Web3
Co-investorsFifty YearsInflection.xyzShine CapitalAME Cloud VenturesKdT VenturesLunar Ventures
Photomath is a mobile app that helps students learn math by breaking problems down into step-by-step explanations, serving learners, parents, and teachers.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTech
Damir Sabol(Founder)
Co-investorsGSV VenturesGoodwater CapitalLearn CapitalMenloMenlo Ventures
Shipamax develops technology that automatically processes logistics documents into structured, machine-readable data, helping freight forwarding and supply chain companies reduce manual work across multi-party shipment operations.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainLondon, GB
Jenna Brown(Founder/CEO)inFabian Blaicher(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSimon Levene(Director)in
Co-investorsLong Venture PartnersMosaic VenturesY CombinatorCrane Venture Partners
Sidework makes automated beverage dispensers for food service establishments that can mix a wide variety of drinks with customizable ingredients and add-ons.
FoodTechHardwareRetail TechRoboticsSaaS
Co-investorsHumba VenturesWinklevoss CapitalFinistere VenturesOutlander VCPathbreaker VenturesSOSV
Tezign builds enterprise-grade AI agent systems and products that organize a company's proprietary content, knowledge, rules and processes into "Context" so agents can understand business goals and act on them.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechShanghai, CN
Co-investorsLinear CapitalHearst VenturesTemasek
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesHims & Hers · tradersunion.com · Aug 27, 2026
Astranis · thenextweb.com · Jul 16, 2026
Calm · funderintel.com · Jul 16, 2026
Flexport · wwd.com · Jul 13, 2026
Althea · trysignalbase.com · Mar 24, 2026
Bellabeat · cybercriminal.com · Oct 13, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Cherubic Ventures made?
- Cherubic Ventures has 11 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Cherubic Ventures invest at?
- Cherubic Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Cherubic Ventures's typical check size?
- Cherubic Ventures typically writes checks of $220K – $27M.
- What sectors does Cherubic Ventures focus on?
- Cherubic Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, E-commerce, Fintech, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Cherubic Ventures located?
- Cherubic Ventures is headquartered in Grand Cayman, CN.
- Does Cherubic Ventures lead rounds?
- Cherubic Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Cherubic Ventures co-invest with?
- Cherubic Ventures most often shares deals with Felicis Ventures, SV Angel, Y Combinator, among 107 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 47
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Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.
Winklevoss Capital is an investment firm that backs founders working on hard problems in critical, frontier technology domains.
Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.
Redpoint Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1999 by former partners from leading venture firms, focusing on early-stage technology companies across multiple sectors. The firm leverages its partners' technology investment experience and an extensive network of entrepreneurs and industry contacts to support portfolio company growth.
BoxGroup is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups at their earliest stages.
Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in the technology sector.
AME Cloud Ventures is a venture fund led by Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo!, that invests in technology-heavy companies building infrastructure and value chains around data.
Lux Capital is a venture capital firm that backs founders building transformative deep technologies, having been among the first investors in category-defining companies across AI, robotics, biotech, defense, and infrastructure.
Forerunner Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs companies redefining consumer behavior, health, commerce, fintech, and AI-native products.
Venrock is a venture capital firm investing across technology and healthcare, backing companies in fintech, developer infrastructure, life sciences, therapeutics, semiconductors, and consumer products.
Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
▶35 more co-investors
General CatalystGV (Google Ventures)Founder CollectiveNotable CapitalUnknown VenturesUberKrakenGradient VenturesOffline VenturesSlow VenturesHCVCBling CapitalStellar CapitalInovia CapitalResolute VenturesSouth Park CommonsElectric CapitalQED InvestorsNot Boring CapitalDigital Currency GroupBedrockHeartcore CapitalPolychain CapitalDragonflyxfactor venturesIVCLCXRace CapitalPrimitive VenturesEthereal Ventures Management Ltd.Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDCNIV7wire VenturesFathom CapitalGovtech Fund
Firms observed investing alongside Cherubic Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Cherubic Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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