Horizons Ventures
Venture capitalHong Kong Β· SeedβLate Stage Β· 24 people tracked
Investment thesis
Horizons Ventures positions itself within the deep science and technology community, seeking out and investing in what it calls 'next-normal' companies. Its stated ambition is to back businesses whose impact can break down entrenched inequities and other barriers preventing humanity from reaching a better future. The firm frames its work around advancing human potential and building toward a radically improved future, emphasizing science- and technology-driven innovation alongside values of kindness and respect.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 5, 2026.
Team Β· 24 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 66 of 106 portfolio companiesBiotech Γ23AI & Machine Learning Γ22Deep Tech Γ15Healthtech Γ11Medical Devices Γ10SaaS Γ9Digital Health Γ8Fintech Γ7
HQs:United StatesΓ32United KingdomΓ3AustraliaΓ2CanadaΓ2IndiaΓ2ChinaΓ1
Investments Β· 106 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBiotechIrvine, US
Tom Varvaro(CFO)Troy Rhonemus(COO)Reid Dabney(Director)Frank Jaksch(President and CEO)Jeff 10005 Muirlands Blvd., Suite G Baxter(Director)Steven Block(Director)
HZO provides protective thin film coating services, primarily Parylene coatings, for electronic components and products to enhance reliability and durability in harsh environments.
Advanced ManufacturingNew MaterialsDraper, US
Douglas Jamison(Director)Patrick Poon(Director)Kamal Bherwani(Director)Donald Blohm(Director)Michael Bartholomeusz(Executive Officer, Director)Ryan Pollock(Director)
Improbable is a venture builder and technology company that creates and scales ventures in AI, Web3, and the metaverse, drawing on over a decade of experience in large-scale multiplayer technology and virtual worlds.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep TechCambridge, GB
Herman Narula(Founder)Rob Whitehead(Co-founder)Aaron Alexander Neale(Executive Officer)Chris Dixon(Director)Patrick Andrew Timoney(Executive Officer)Samuel Mark Kalnins(Executive Officer)
Abalone Bio develops target-activating antibodies for difficult-to-drug disease targets by combining engineered biology with machine learning.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Smart Eye develops AI-based eye tracking and automotive-grade Driver Monitoring and Interior Sensing systems, along with Human Insight AI research instruments used across automotive, aviation, behavioral science and other fields.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMarketing TechMobility & TransportationWaltham, US
Rana el Kaliouby(Co-founder)inJeff Krentz(Director)John P. Nauseef(Director)Wendy Wu(Director)David Berman(Director)Nicholas Langeveld(Executive Officer, Director)
Alif Semiconductor designs AI-enabled 32-bit microcontrollers and fusion processors optimized for low-power edge processing with high security.
AI & Machine LearningIoTSemiconductorsPleasanton, US
Syed Ali(CEO & Co-Founder)inReza Kazerounian(President & Co-Founder)inArif Janmohamed(Director)Mamoon Hamid(Director)
Alpaca provides brokerage infrastructure APIs that enable fintechs and financial institutions to build investing applications and platforms with access to stocks, options, crypto, and other asset types.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Yoshi Yokokawa(Co-founder & CEO)inHitoshi Harada(Founder/CTO)inBen Jackson(Director)Eddie Branchaud(Director)Karen Borchert(Executive Officer, Director)
ALVA makes the ALVA ONE, a fully electric, connected urban motorcycle designed for high performance and zero emissions.
CleantechHardwareMobility & Transportation
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)inJason T. Gammack(Executive Officer, Director)Yanniv Dorone(Director)Daniel Lin-Arlow(Executive Officer, Director)Chenny Zhang(Director)
Bolt.Earth operates India's largest peer-to-peer electric vehicle charging network, with over 100,000 chargers across 2,100+ cities serving 545,000+ active EV users.
CleantechEnergyIoTMobility & TransportationIndia, IN
Mohit Yadav(Co-founder & CTO)Jyotiranjan Harichandan(Co-founder & Head of Strategic Partnerships)Raghav Bharadwaj(CEO)
Atomo produces a beanless coffee alternative made from farm-grown plants like date pits, carob, and sunflower seeds, blended with traditional coffee.
ConsumerFoodTechWellness & FitnessCoachella Valley, US
Andrew Kleitsch(Executive Officer, Director)Sean Vegeler(Executive Officer)Wayne Cheng(Director)Jarret Stopforth(Director)
BoardJordan Schenk(Director)Chuck Templeton(Director)
Bad Robot Games is a fully remote game development and publishing studio, a division of Bad Robot, that builds games across platforms based on new and existing transmedia franchises.
GamingMedia & Entertainment
JJ Abrams
Baobab Studios creates animated stories and interactive experiences across multiple formats including premium film and TV series, games, and graphic novels.
GamingMedia & Entertainment
Boulder, US
Nicholas Saccomano(Director)Douglas A Chapnick(85 FORREST LANE BOULDER, CO 80302)Joel Dudley(Director)
Cauldron develops proprietary continuous "hyper-fermentation" technology for precision fermentation, offering companies a path from lab-scale to commercial-scale biomanufacturing with higher productivity and lower cost.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechFoodTech
CellVoyant is an AI-first company that develops predictive analytics and optimization tools for cell-based therapeutic development, helping researchers accelerate process development and reduce costs through label-free imaging analysis and data-driven process optimization.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Rafael Carazo Salas(CEO & Founder)in
Concerto develops microbial ecology data and AI tools to engineer microbe-based products for consumer health applications including skincare, chronic disease, and nutrition.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechCambridge, US
Sarah Luppino(Director)Vera Schroeder(Director)Jared Kehe(Executive Officer, Director)Cheri Ackerman(Executive Officer, Director)Bernardo Cervantes(Executive Officer, Director)
Cortica provides in-home, in-clinic, and telehealth neurological therapies for children with autism and developmental differences, integrating neurological, biomedical, behavioral, speech-language, and sensorimotor treatments.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices<UNKNOWN>, US
Dr. Suzanne Goh(Founder)Neil Hattangadi(Executive Officer, Director)Briana Elvaiah(Executive Officer)Michael Wert(Director)
BoardRyan Drant(Director)Stephen Anastos(Director)
Cortical Labs develops biological computing systems by growing human neurons on chips to create a programmable computing platform.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMelbourne, AU
Deepcell uses artificial intelligence and high-resolution imaging to analyze cell morphology for biological research and discovery.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesSunnyvale, US
Mahdokht Masaeli(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Euan Ashley(Director, Promoter)Mahyar Salek(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in
Zoom is an AI-first work platform that provides video conferencing, communication, and collaboration tools for businesses of all sizes.
Cloud ComputingFuture of WorkSaaSSan Jose, US
Darin Brown(Executive Officer, Director)David Kerr(Director)Eric Tobias(Director)Kelly Shearon(Director)Scott D. Dorsey(Director)
Endless West produces spirits using scientific flavor recreation methods, combining natural ingredients to replicate premium beverages while reducing production waste.
Circular EconomyFoodTechNew MaterialsDetroit, US
MardonnAlec
Erthos is a climate technology company that uses a proprietary machine learning and AI platform, in-house expertise, and an ingredients database to design scalable biomaterials such as bioresins and bioadditives as alternatives to conventional plastics like polypropylene.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechNew Materials
Fertilis designs precision IVF instruments, including devices for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (microICSI) and trophectoderm embryo biopsy (microBiopsy), intended to reduce mechanical stress on embryos and technical burden on embryologists.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
JeremyDavidKathrynRoger
New York, US
Christopher Cataldi(Executive Officer, Director)Jacob Navok(Executive Officer, Director)Gregory Milken(Director)
Hippo is an online home insurance marketplace that connects customers with quotes from top-rated carriers and provides expert guidance through dedicated agents.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerInsurTech
Impossible Foods produces plant-based meat alternatives, including beef, pork, chicken, and sausage products designed to replicate the taste, nutrition, and cooking properties of conventional animal meat.
ConsumerFoodTechHealthtechRedwood City, US
Pat Brown(Founder & CEO)Bart Swanson(Director)Tai Ronnen(Director)David Lee(Executive Officer)Fedele Bauccio(Director)David Botstein(Director)
Infinant Health develops a B. infantis probiotic pharmaceutical product (INF108, building on EVC001) aimed at preventing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm and very low birth weight infants in NICU care.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessSacramento, US
Laura Stoppel(Director)Michael Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)Mike Liang(Director)Amanda Birdsey-Benson(Director)Roger Wyse(Director)Patrick Enright(Director)
Inflection builds AI models that combine emotional and raw intelligence to create trustworthy AI agents for individuals and enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningPalo Alto, US
Karen Simonyan(Executive Officer, Director)Reid Hoffman(Director)Mustafa Suleyman(Executive Officer, Director)
Juvena Therapeutics develops biologics derived from human secreted proteins to treat aging-related diseases, using AI-enabled drug discovery to identify tissue-restorative therapeutics for muscle and metabolic disorders.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechLongevityMedical DevicesRedwood City, US
Jeremy O'Connell, PhD(Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder)Hanadie Yousef, PhD(Executive Advisor and Co-Founder)Steven James(Director)inStephen Juelsgaard(Director)inHanadie Yousef(Executive Officer, Director)Laura Lande-Diner(Director)in
Kangaroo Health provides a remote patient monitoring platform for chronic disease management, serving healthcare organizations and clinical providers.
Digital HealthHealthtech
MIT spin-out offering a customizable multi-solution platform for discovery, development, and manufacturing of cell therapies using non-viral delivery technology.
BiotechCambridge, US
Cullen Buie(Director)Michael Chiu(Director, Executive Officer)Paulo Garcia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ann DeWitt(Director)
BoardPaxton Major(Director)Paul Wotton(Director)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Horizons Ventures invest at?
- Horizons Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Horizons Ventures's typical check size?
- Horizons Ventures typically writes checks of $1M β $110M.
- What sectors does Horizons Ventures focus on?
- Horizons Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Horizons Ventures located?
- Horizons Ventures is headquartered in Hong Kong, HK.
- Does Horizons Ventures lead rounds?
- Horizons Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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