Thursday Ventures Management Llc
Brandon · Seed–Growth · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Thursday Ventures backs early-stage entrepreneurs turning scientific breakthroughs into scalable companies. The firm provides capital alongside specialized expertise and technical capabilities, leveraging its talent acquisition arm (Towerhill Associates) and AI advisory services to build teams and recruit senior talent. Focus areas include foundational advances in energy, materials, medicine, robotics, and artificial intelligence, with a track record of supporting companies from concept through unicorn status.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 20, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's websiteJared Furtado runs Towerhill Associates and led Thursday Ventures' investment in WHOOP. He is recognized by Business Insider as a top recruiter that technology companies rely on for executive and board searches.
Matthew Sweeney co-founded Uber's Self-Driving Vehicles Group and previously worked as a technical staff member at Neuralink. He specializes in robotics and artificial intelligence investments.
Ryan McKillen was Uber's third employee and later led engineering scaling to 5,000+ employees. He was an early investor in Chronosphere (which reached unicorn status in two years) and serves as co-owner and chairman of the US SailGP team.
Chase Keesling brings nearly a decade of investing, operations, and capital markets experience. He previously served as Director of Finance & Corporate Development at Volley Automation and Director of Corporate Development at Passport, which raised $150M.
What they invest in
from 13 of 13 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×7Deep Tech ×5Robotics ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×2Enterprise Software ×2Hardware ×2Logistics & Supply Chain ×2AdTech ×1
HQs:United States×6
Investments · 13 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path1X is an AI and robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots for home and industrial use. Its flagship product NEO is designed as a home robot that autonomously handles household chores and learns alongside residents.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardwareRoboticsPalo Alto, US
Bernt Øyvind Børnich(CEO)
4D Sight is an AI-powered virtual signage platform that inserts region-specific advertisements into live sports, esports, and streamed entertainment broadcasts at the frame level. The platform enables monetization of broadcast inventory by dynamically replacing ad placements for different regional audiences without modifying source content.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment
Erhan Ciris(Founder & CEO)in
Aalo develops advanced nuclear reactor technology aimed at producing electricity at under 3 cents per kilowatt-hour. The company serves the global energy market and is focused on enabling virtually unlimited clean power generation.
Climate TechDeep TechEnergyHardware
Matt(Co-founder)Yasir(Co-founder)Mark NefzgerinDavid Jaluvkain
Science Corporation develops brain-computer interface and neural engineering technology to restore vision, cognition, and mobility to patients with debilitating conditions. The company also provides components and vertically integrated infrastructure through Science Foundry to support innovation across the neural technology industry.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesAlameda, US
Max Hodak(Chief Executive Officer)
WHOOP is a wearable health monitoring device that provides 24/7 tracking of sleep, strain, stress, and heart health metrics to help users optimize their fitness and wellness.
HealthtechWellness & Fitness
Will Ahmed(Founder)in
Chronosphere provides an observability platform for microservices and containers that helps teams detect and fix customer-impacting issues while controlling costs and complexity. The platform includes telemetry data collection and transformation capabilities designed for cloud-native and DevOps environments.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Fishtail provides supply chain financing for freight forwarders and shippers, leveraging advanced underwriting to assess shipment risks and offer capital solutions at competitive rates.
FintechLogistics & Supply Chain
Formant Metaphysics is an AI-powered incident management and ticketing system designed for physical operations in industrial settings. It consolidates institutional knowledge, manages alarms, and enables predictive maintenance for enterprise fleets using goal-oriented agents and generative AI.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoT
Odyssey is an AI lab developing general world models trained on multimodal observations of the physical world. The company builds foundational AI systems including Odyssey-2, Starchild-1, and Agora-1 for advancing physical simulation and multi-agent interaction.
AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
Jeff Hawke(CTO)
Polymath develops core autonomy software for off-highway robots, providing modular planning, safety, and infrastructure tools to help robotics programs accelerate development and deployment. The platform serves original equipment manufacturers, fleet operators, and government programs.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Stefan Seltz-Axmacher(Founder)inIlia Baranov(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Skyways manufactures hybrid aircraft for logistics and defense operations, combining helicopter-like vertical takeoff with airplane-like cruise capabilities. The aircraft carry up to 100 pounds of payload over 1,000+ mile ranges for supply delivery, defense support, and logistics across remote and harsh environments.</description> <parameter name="sector_codes">["defense", "logistics", "hardware"]
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsAustin, US
Charles Acknin(Founder)in
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Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Volley Automation designs and builds robotic parking systems for new buildings in space-constrained locations, using software and automation to densify parking garages and reduce their environmental impact. The systems serve developers and architects seeking to maximize parking capacity while minimizing construction complexity and structural footprint.
CleantechConstruction TechPropTechRobotics
Board seats · per SEC filings
what is this? ⓘ$21.3M raise · filed Nov 2022 · via Jared Furtado
Inferred from directors named on each company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Thursday Ventures Management Llc invest at?
- Thursday Ventures Management Llc invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Thursday Ventures Management Llc focus on?
- Thursday Ventures Management Llc focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Energy, Hardware, Medical Devices, New Materials, Robotics.
- Where is Thursday Ventures Management Llc located?
- Thursday Ventures Management Llc is headquartered in Brandon, US.
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