Future Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingLos Altos · Pre-Seed–Series A · 5 people tracked
Also known as Future Ventures AI · Future Ventures Commonwealth Fusion · Future Ventures Final Frontier · FUTURE VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC · Future Ventures Side
Investment thesis
Future Ventures focuses on seed and early-stage investments in purpose-driven, visionary founders pursuing frontier technologies with the potential to create entirely new industries. The firm backs companies at the cutting edge of disruptive technology across a wide range of sectors, including nuclear fusion, sustainable agriculture, space, robotics, energy, climate, AI applications, and biotech. Its partners have a long track record of leading founding investments in companies that reached successful IPOs or billion-dollar acquisitions, including SpaceX, Tesla, Planet, and Commonwealth Fusion, together representing substantial aggregate value creation.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
What they invest in
from 52 of 69 portfolio companiesDeep Tech ×22Biotech ×18AI & Machine Learning ×17Medical Devices ×10Energy ×8Healthtech ×7AgTech ×6Hardware ×6
HQs:United States×26United Kingdom×1Norway×1
Investments · 69 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathD-Wave develops quantum computing systems and platforms using both annealing and gate-model technologies to solve optimization and complex computational problems for enterprises and researchers.
Deep TechEnterprise SoftwareQuantum ComputingBurnaby
Kirstjen Nielsen(Director)Diane Nguyen(Executive Officer)Rohit Ghai(Director)John D. DiLullo(Director)Alan E. Baratz(Executive Officer, Director)Roger Biscay(Director)
Board seatSteve Jurvetson· per SEC Form D
Hawthorne, US
Bret Johnsen(Executive Officer)Elon Musk(Executive Officer, Director)Kimbal Musk(Executive Officer, Director)Donald Harrison(Director)Gwynne Shotwell(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAntonio Gracias(Director)
Board seatSteve Jurvetson· per SEC Form D · $337.4M raise · filed Dec 2021
Mass-market electric vehicle company
Palo Alto, US
James R Murdoch(Director)Brad W Buss(Director)Kimball Musk(Director)Ira Matthew Ehrenpreis(Director)Jerome M Guillen(Executive Officer)Deepak Ahuja(Executive Officer)
Board seatSteve Jurvetson· per SEC Form D · $20M raise · filed Nov 2018
AtaiBeckley develops rapid-acting mental health treatments and therapies for patients with difficult-to-treat mental health conditions.
BiotechDeep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesMental Health
Srinivas Rao(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)Christian Angermayer(Founder and Chairman of the Board)
Faeth Therapeutics develops PIKTOR, an oral multi-node inhibitor targeting the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway for cancer treatment, currently in clinical trials for endometrial and breast cancer.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesAustin, US
Anand Parikh(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Oliver Maddocks(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAlex Morgan(Director)Jayson Dallas(Director)Robert Gould(Director)Stephen Hahn(Director)
West Sacramento, US
Glenn Hickman(Director)Beena Goldenberg(Director)Paul Shapiro(Executive Officer, Director)Nikhil Prashar(Executive Officer)Pamela Marrone(Director)Stu Strumwasser(Director)
Board seatSteve Jurvetson· per SEC Form D · $31.6M raise · filed Nov 2025
Cambrian Bio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing precision therapeutics targeting metabolic pathways associated with aging, including AMPK and mTOR.
BiotechLongevityMedical Devices
James G. Peyer(Executive Officer, Director)Juliette Han(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Nuttall(Executive Officer)Ruth Thieroff-Ekerdt(Executive Officer)William DeVaul(Executive Officer)Christian Angermeyer(Director)
Board seatMaryanna Saenko· per SEC Form D
Earthshot provides scientific and financial support for nature-based carbon projects globally, helping land stewards monetize conservation and reforestation efforts.
Circular EconomyClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Maryanna Saenko(Director)Patrick Leung(Executive Officer, Director)Troy Carter(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatMaryanna Saenko· per SEC Form D
Bee Cave, US
Board seatMaryanna Saenko· per SEC Form D · $44M raise · filed Aug 2025
San Francisco, US
Board seatMaryanna Saenko· per SEC Form D · $12.5M raise · filed Dec 2021
Realta Fusion develops fusion energy technology to generate zero-carbon electricity and industrial process heat for global use.
CleantechDeep TechEnergy
Kieran Furlong(Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder)inCary Forest(Founding Chief Scientist)inJay Anderson(Co-Founder, Plasma Heating & Stability)inBen Lindley(Co-Founder, Blanket Design)inOliver Schmitz(Co-Founder, Plasma Facing Components)inAlice Brooks(Director)
Board seatMaryanna Saenko· per SEC Form D · $35.5M raise · filed May 2025
ZaiNar develops a platform for Physical AI that uses existing wireless networks to provide real-time positioning and sensing without satellites, cameras, or dedicated infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRedwood City, US
Daniel Jacker(Executive Officer, Director)Curtis MacDonald(Director)Alexander Hooshmand(Director)Philip Kratz(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJerry Yang(Co-founder & former CEO, Yahoo!)
Board seatSteve Jurvetson· per SEC Form D
64x develops infrastructure and manufacturing systems for next-generation medicines, focusing on genetic engineering, cell line development, and computational biology to enable scalability of advanced therapies.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Lexi Rovner(Co-founder & CEO)in
ALICE is an AI-powered construction scheduling software that optimizes project schedules, mitigates risks, and enables rapid scenario simulation for owners, contractors, and consultants across industrial, infrastructure, and commercial construction projects.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSan Francisco, US
Rene Morkos(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Ambrosia Energy develops and operates solar plus battery power plants that deliver continuous off-grid renewable power to customers, with a focus on fast deployment and low cost through vertical integration and proprietary installation methods.
CleantechEnergyHardwareWest Texas, US
Amplifier TX develops AMPK activators, a class of therapeutics targeting dysfunctional metabolism to treat chronic aging-related diseases.
BiotechDigital HealthLongevity
Astonishing Labs partners with university scientists to commercialize early-stage biotech research into platform companies, focusing on breakthrough therapies that challenge conventional approaches to treating disease.
Biotech
Michael Levinin
BMC Ingredients produces Rhiza, a mycelium-based protein ingredient for use in food products including meat enhancement, meat alternatives, supplements, and baked goods.
AgTechFoodTechNew Materials
Commonwealth Fusion Systems develops commercial fusion power plants using high-temperature superconducting magnet technology to provide grid-scale energy.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyUnknown, US
Brandon Sorbom(Founder)Robert Mumgaard(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Brunner(Executive Officer)Massimiliano Pieri(Director)Katie Rae(Director)Alan Eustace(Director)
Copernic develops catalysts for zero-carbon ammonia and e-fuels that are cost-competitive and compatible with existing industrial infrastructure.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyCambridge, US
Jacob Ebenstein Grose(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardLindy Fishburne(Director)Michael Kearney(Director)Michael LoCascio(Director)
Gameto develops cell therapy and reproductive technologies to treat infertility and improve women's health outcomes.
BiotechFemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesAustin, US
Dina Turner(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)inMartin Varsavsky(Co-founder & Chairman)inDusan Perovic(Director)Dina Radenkovic(Executive Officer, Director)Dylan Morris(Director)Maryanna Saenko(Director)
Glass Imaging uses artificial intelligence to deliver DSLR-quality image processing on smartphones.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardwareLos Altos, US
GreenLight Biosciences develops RNA-based solutions for agriculture and pest control, including a Colorado potato beetle bio-insecticide and a Varroa destructor mite-control product for sustainable food production.
AgTechBiotechImpact & Social GoodMedford, US
Andrey Zarur(Executive Officer, Director)Charles L. Cooney(Director)David Furneaux(Director)Marta Ortega-Valle(Executive Officer)William Blake(Executive Officer)Jonathan Fleming(Director)
Hephae develops patented high-temperature electronics that operate above 200°C to support the drilling, completion, operation, and maintenance of next-generation geothermal wells.
Climate TechDeep TechEnergy
Hum Capital provides AI-powered deal flow screening and underwriting tools for lenders and investors, delivering pre-qualified proprietary deals and automated credit monitoring based on live company financial data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Kind Biotechnology develops the ION platform, which uses artificial genomic constructs to grow interconnected peripheral organs for xenotransplantation.
BiotechLongevityMedical Devices
Lace develops chip patterning technology for semiconductor manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechSemiconductorsBergen, NO
Modulate provides AI-powered conversation monitoring and moderation for detecting fraud, abuse, and harmful behavior in human-to-human and human-to-AI interactions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCambridge, US
Mike(CEO)Carter(CTO)William Carter Huffman(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Pappas(Executive Officer, Director)
Mojo develops a micro-LED platform technology for AI infrastructure and next-generation displays.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware
Steve Jurvetson(Founder)
Molten Salt Solutions develops specialized materials and separation technologies for nuclear power generation, including lithium isotope enrichment through proprietary chromatography and mass spectrometry methods.
Deep TechEnergyNew Materials
John Elling(Executive Officer)
NeuroBionics develops soft, flexible neural interface technologies for neuromodulation applications.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesSomerville, US
MJ Antonini(Founder, CEO)Nicki Driscoll(Founder, CTO)Polina Anikeeva(Founder)
Ockam is an open-source library that enables developers to build secure communication channels with end-to-end encryption and mutual authentication across any network, cloud, or on-premises infrastructure.
CybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Opentrons develops laboratory robots that automate scientific research tasks for scientists and research institutions.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesRoboticsNew York City, US
Nicholas Wagner(Founder)inWill Canine(Founder/CPO)inChiu Chau(Founder)inJuan Franck(Director)Leslie Mitchell(Director)Myrtle Potter(Director)
OutcomeMD operates a data network that collects patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) from clinicians and transforms them into insights for providers, health systems, and researchers.
Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechLos Angeles, US
Farhad Mohit(Director)Saurabh Suri(Director)Kerry Assil(Director)Hooman Faki(Director)Justin Saliman(Executive Officer, Director)Jean Paty(Executive Officer, Director)
The world's largest Earth observation satellite operator, providing daily imagery of the planet's entire landmass for agriculture, defense, insurance and energy sectors.
Planet operates a web-geo platform that provides daily satellite imagery and foundational analytics of Earth's landmass for businesses, governments, and research institutions.
AgTechData & InfrastructureDeep TechSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Will Marshall(Co-founder and CEO)Robbie Schingler(Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer)Christopher R. Boshuizen(Executive Officer, Director)Zachary Bogue(Director)Steve Jurvetson(Director)
Pumpkinseed develops deSIPHR, a nanophotonic chip platform that reads protein identity and state at single-molecule resolution using Raman spectroscopy, generating high-fidelity proteomic data for biopharma research, biosecurity applications, and bio-AI model training.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Red Metals manufactures high-conductivity copper rod using domestic feedstocks in a single continuous operation for power, mobility, and industrial applications.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechLogistics & Supply Chain
Jackson SwitzerinVictoria Beasley(Director)
Semantic Scholar provides an API and tools for searching scientific papers and reading research.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEdTech
ShennonBio develops immunotherapy technologies using microfluidic engineering, computational biology, and immunology to advance T cell engineering for cancer treatment.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Li Sun, PhD(Founder/CEO)inJAMES HARDIMAN(Director)LI SUN(Executive Officer, Director)
Skype is a communication platform offering video meetings, voice calls, instant messaging, screen sharing, and file collaboration tools for both personal and professional users.
Future of WorkSocial
Niklas Zennstrom(Founder & CEO)Janus Friis(Founder)
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Future Ventures invest at?
- Future Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Future Ventures's typical check size?
- Future Ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
- What sectors does Future Ventures focus on?
- Future Ventures focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, FoodTech, Longevity, Robotics, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech.
- Where is Future Ventures located?
- Future Ventures is headquartered in Los Altos, US.
- Does Future Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Future Ventures leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the team2024 Tour of Steve Jurvetson's Space Museum at Future Ventures
Peter Thoeny · Steve Jurvetson
Understanding Voluntary Carbon Markets with Maryanna Saenko | Future Ventures
Understanding VC · Maryanna Saenko
Maryanna Saenko, Co-founder of Future Ventures talks Portfolio Construction Strategy of a 200M Fund
VITALIZE Venture Capital · Maryanna Saenko
Ventures #19 w/ Maryanna Saenko - Co-Founder & Partner @ Future Ventures | BIOS
BIOS · Maryanna Saenko
Steve Jurvetson, Future Ventures | Virtual Visit of Space Gallery
Foresight Institute · Steve Jurvetson
2021 Tour of Steve Jurvetson's Space Museum at Future Ventures
Peter Thoeny · Steve Jurvetson
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