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Octave Ventures Llc

Venture capital

Henderson · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 4 people tracked

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Octave Ventures is a global venture capital firm concentrating on deep tech and biotech opportunities. It invests in pre-IPO companies at a range of development stages, with several portfolio companies eventually reaching public markets. The firm emphasizes partnering with founders and applying its experience and knowledge to support company growth and the advancement of emerging technologies.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Late Stage
HQ
Henderson, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2018
Last 12 months
1 investment
Private fund assets
$133M
VC funds
33
Tracked investments
20
Unicorns
1
IPOs
3

Team · 4 people

from the firm's website & public directories
William Smith· Promoterin

What they invest in

from 17 of 20 portfolio companies

Hardware ×7AI & Machine Learning ×6Biotech ×6Deep Tech ×4Defense Tech ×4Healthtech ×4Robotics ×4Digital Health ×2

HQs:United States×16South Korea×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 12 portfolio companies
50%
solo founders
6 of 12 mapped founding teams
64%
repeat founders
of 11 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×62 founders×23 founders×24+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2Stanford University ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×2Engineering ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 11 founders with career history

Adentro ×2Founders Fund ×2US Navy ×2

Investments · 20 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 12022 · 12021 · 22018 · 17 dated

Godaddygodaddy.comNYSE: GDDY

GoDaddy provides domain registration, website building, e-commerce, hosting, and business management tools primarily for small business owners, web designers, and domain investors, bundling domain identity services with marketing and commerce capabilities.

Bob Parsons(Founder)inAman Bhutani(Chief Executive Officer)Mark McCaffrey(Chief Financial Officer)Roger Chen(Chief Operating Officer)Jared Sine(Chief Strategy and Legal Officer)

Co-investorsAgent CapitalAnsa CapitalCitta CapitalCrimson Investment FundCyverse CapitalFiddlehead Ventures+6 more

Palantirpalantir.comNASDAQ: PLTR

Palantir builds data integration and analysis platforms — Gotham for defence and government, Foundry for commercial operations — and deploys forward engineers inside customer organisations.

Palo Alto, US

Alexander Karp(Executive Officer, Director)Peter Thiel(Director)inStephen Cohen(Director)Nathan Gettings(Executive Officer, Director)Joe Lonsdale(Co-founder)in

BoardColin Anderson(Executive Officer)in

Co-investors137 Ventures8VCA*Akkadian VenturesAllied Venture PartnersArtis Ventures+35 more

General Radargenrad.cominJun 2022 · $22M✓ verified

General Radar develops radar and weapons systems technology for the defense and aerospace sectors.

Deep TechDefense TechHardwareBelmont, US

Jeff(Director of Software Engineering)in

Co-investorsDisruptiveCapital Factory

Genradgenrad.ioin✓ verified

General Radar Corp. designs high-resolution phased-array radar systems, including a C-band multi-mission radar with a GaN AESA front-end, digital beam-forming, and a supercomputing signal-processing backend.

Deep TechDefense TechHardwareBelmont, US

Co-investorsDisruptiveKleiner Perkins

Qolabqolab.aiinJun 2026✓ verified

Qolab applies advanced semiconductor fabrication and integration to build superconducting quantum hardware, addressing scaling bottlenecks such as qubit yield and component integration.

Deep TechQuantum ComputingSemiconductorsMadison, US

Alan Ho(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJohn Martinis(CTO)inRobert McDermott(Director)

BoardMichael Kim(Director)

Co-investorsPhoenix Venture PartnersApplied VenturesDevelopment Bank of JapanWARF

Berenberentx.comin

Beren is a public benefit corporation developing novel medicines in partnership with patients, caregivers, clinicians, and health systems.

BiotechHealthtech

Jason Camm(Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer)inAaron Ondrey(Chief Financial Officer)inAlex Gold(Chief Medical Officer)inJennifer Spinella(Chief Regulatory Officer & Head of Quality)inIrene von Hennigs(SVP, Global Medical Affairs)inBennett Smith(SVP, Commercial)in

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalEisai Innovation, Inc.Narya CapitalUTokyo Innovation Platform Co. Ltd.

Cornamicornami.com

Cornami develops custom silicon and full-stack computing systems designed to run Fully Homomorphic Encryption, allowing computation to be performed on data that remains encrypted throughout processing.

Dallas, US

Walden Rhines(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMichael Kim(Director)Jack Crawford(Director)inAlexander Fortmuller(Director)Gordon Campbell(Director)Scott Mercer(Director)

Co-investorsAlpha Intelligence CapitalRaptor GroupSoftBank Vision FundU First CapitalImpact Venture CapitalSoftBank Group

D&D Pharmatechddpharmatech.comJun 2025

DD Pharmatech develops therapeutics for metabolic disorders, with a focus on oral and long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist formulations.

Biotech

Seulki Lee(Executive Officer, Director)inSunghoon Hong(Executive Officer, Director)Sungmook Lim(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDaehyun Shin(Director)Seungwon Lim(Director)Seol-Heui Han(Director)

Co-investorsDAYLI PartnersKiwoom InvestmentLB Investment

Finch Therapeuticsfinchtherapeutics.comin𝕏Feb 2018

Finch Therapeutics is a life sciences company focused on the development and protection of drug-related intellectual property and therapeutics within the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSomerville, US

Mark Smith(Executive Officer, Director)inMatt Blischak(Chief Executive Officer)inR. J. Price(Director)Jeffery A. Smisek(Director)Andrew Mulderry(Director)James Burgess(Director)

Co-investorsB3 HoldingOCV PartnersOMX VenturesShumway CapitalHumboldt

FreeWire Technologiesfreewiretech.comMay 2024 · $125M

Android for EV charging - software solution that works with any 3rd party hardware

CleantechEnergyMobility & TransportationSan Leandro, US

Arcady Sosinov(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardChad Bown(Director)Michael Mahan(Director)Richard Steele(Director)Gary Moskovitz(Director)

Co-investorsBlue Bear Capital PartnersCALIFORNIA INNOVATIONFoothill VenturesMomenta VenturesStanley VenturesStrawberry Creek Ventures+7 more

Lassen Peaklassenpeak.comin𝕏

Lassen Peak develops weapon detection technology for law enforcement using advanced imaging radar and wireless technology.

Defense TechGovTechHardwareSeattle, US

Co-investorsAlpha Intelligence CapitalLauder PartnersMadrona Venture GroupStructural Capital

Luminar (exited)luminartech.comin

MicroVision develops solid-state lidar sensors and perception software for object detection, mapping, and autonomous navigation.

HardwareMobility & TransportationRoboticsDetroit, US

Glen DeVos(CEO)inDrew Markham(General Counsel & Secretary, Senior Vice President People Operations)inGreg Scharenbroch(Vice President of Global Engineering)inFabio Laura(Vice President, Product Engineering & Operations)in

Co-investorsCanvas VenturesG2 Venture PartnersInvariantes FundLe Mercier’s CapitalSQN Venture Partners, LLCThe Westly Group+1 more

Maidbotmaidbot.comin

Tailos makes Rosie, an AI-powered commercial robotic vacuum sold to businesses on a rental subscription basis for cleaning operations such as hotels.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsAustin, US

Micah Green(Founder)in

Co-investorsRed Beard VenturesComet Labs

Neuralymedneuralymed.com

Neuraly is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing disease-modifying treatments for neurodegenerative disorders, focusing on inhibiting pathological glial activation to prevent neuronal cell death.

BiotechHealthtechGermantown, US

Seulki Lee(CEO)Viktor Roschke(Co-Founder, Advisor)Ted Dawson(Scientific Co-Founder, Advisor)Martin Pomper(Scientific Co-Founder, Advisor)Han Seok Ko(Scientific Co-Founder, Advisor)

Osaroosaro.comin𝕏

OSARO designs AI-powered robotic systems for warehouse automation and fulfillment.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSan Francisco, US

Derik Pridmore(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Kahane(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardScott Banister(Director)

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Acorn Pacific VenturesAlpha Intelligence CapitalComcast VenturesCompoundDarco Capital+6 more

Plenaryaiplenaryai.comFeb 2021

PlenaryAI builds customized artificial intelligence tools for physicians and clinical staff, combining biomarkers and multi-modality imaging with data analytics to support clinical decisions for patients.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechBaltimore, US

Martin Pomper(Co-Founder and Scientific Advisor)Edward Herskovits(Co-Founder, CEO and CSO)Young Hoon Kim(Executive Officer)Steven Rowe(Executive Officer)

BoardMichael Kim(Director)

Red 6 Aerospacered6ar.comin𝕏

Red 6 develops augmented reality flight training technology for military aviators, enabling pilots and autonomous systems to train together in simulated threat environments.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardware

Daniel Robinson(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAlpha EdisonDisney AcceleratorIronGate Capital AdvisorsKluz VenturesMoonshots CapitalLockheed Martin Ventures

Tailostailos.comin

Tailos manufactures Rosie, an AI-powered commercial robot vacuum for business operations.

Enterprise SoftwareHardwareRoboticsAustin, US

Micah Green(Founder)in

Co-investorsInvariantes Fund10x Founders

Valted Seqvaltedseq.comJan 2021

Valted Seq builds an end-to-end single cell analysis platform using robotics and AI, and has assembled a large database of single cell brain samples to support biomarker and therapeutic target discovery.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthGaithersburg, US

Seulki Lee(Co-Founder)Valina Dawson(Co-founder)Ted Dawson(Co-founder)Bardia Nezami(CEO)inSheri Si-Yu Fan(Executive Officer)Michael Kim(Executive Officer, Director)

ZeroEyeszeroeyes.comin𝕏

ZeroEyes provides AI-based visual weapon detection software that integrates with existing security cameras to analyze live video feeds for visible firearms in real time, with detections verified by trained analysts in its operations center before alerts are dispatched to personnel and law enforcement.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityGovTechConshohocken, US

Sam Alaimo(Chief Revenue Officer)inMichael Lahiff(President and CEO)Rob Huberty(Founder)inEdward McCullough(Director)

BoardMichael Kim(Director)

Co-investorsBroadLight CapitalDreamit VenturesIntel CapitalStructural CapitalBackswing VenturesSorenson Ventures

Exits · 3

3 IPOs · showing 2

GodaddyNYSE: GDDYPalantirNASDAQ: PLTR

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Octave Ventures Llc made?
Octave Ventures Llc has 20 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Octave Ventures Llc invest at?
Octave Ventures Llc invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does Octave Ventures Llc focus on?
Octave Ventures Llc focuses on Biotech, Deep Tech.
Where is Octave Ventures Llc located?
Octave Ventures Llc is headquartered in Henderson, US.
Who does Octave Ventures Llc co-invest with?
Octave Ventures Llc most often shares deals with Alpha Intelligence Capital, Invariantes Fund, Lauder Partners, among 91 tracked co-investors.

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