Dauntless Ventures — Full Portfolio
7 tracked investments · listed companies and verified rows first
Ansa provides an enzymatic DNA synthesis platform that directly synthesizes complex sequences up to 900 bp and delivers constructs up to 50 kb without assembly-based methods.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechEmeryville, US
Dan Lin-Arlow(Founder)inSebastian Palluk(Founder)inDaniel Hillel Lin-Arlow(Executive Officer, Director)Jason T. Gammack(Executive Officer, Director)inDaniel Lin-Arlow(Founder)Jared Ellefson(Founder)
Co-investorsCarbon SiliconCerberus VenturesFifty YearsJude GomilaMetaplanetY Combinator+14 more
LILA Sciences builds AI systems for autonomous scientific research and discovery across medicine, materials, energy, and defense sectors.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSaaS
Geoffrey von Maltzahn(CEO)Molly Gibson(Founder)Noubar Afeyan(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCatalio Capital Management, LPFlagship PioneeringGeneral CatalystIn-Q-TelMarch Capital Partners+9 more
Spektion is a vulnerability management platform that analyzes software in an organization's environment to determine what is actually exploitable, factoring in whether software is running, its privileges, network exposure, and blast radius.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsTau VenturesLiveOak VenturesTAU Ventures
Vatn designs and manufactures low-cost, modular autonomous underwater vehicles with proprietary autonomy, navigation, and control software for undersea ISR, logistics, sensing, and payload delivery missions.
Defense TechHardwareRoboticsProvidence, US
Frederick Mills(Founder)inNelson Mills(Founder)inGeoff Manchester(Founder)inDan Hendrix(Founder)Freddie Mills(Founder)
BoardThomas Hendrix(Director)in
Co-investorsAirbus VenturesBackswing VenturesBeyond CapitalBlue CollectiveBVVCCapital Factory+17 more
Vector develops advanced defense technology solutions, including unmanned systems and integrated warfare capabilities, for the U.S. military and its allies.
Deep TechDefense TechHardwareSalt Lake City, US
Andy Yakulis(CEO and co-founder)Matt Long(Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder)George Matus(CTO and co-founder)
BoardLarsen Jensenin
Co-investorsPelion Venture PartnersAlumni VenturesBlack FlagHarpoon VenturesKickstartPoint72 Ventures+2 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Ansa BioLila Science
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