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Civilization Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Civilization Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Healthcare, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 67 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

AUM

$200M

Portfolio

67+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on pioneering innovations in healthcare and life sciences, with an emphasis on breakthrough therapies and biotech platforms.

How Civilization Ventures invests

Civilization Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Healthcare, Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Media.

Civilization Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $200M in assets under management.

Civilization Ventures has backed 67 companies in our records, including EQRx, Foresight Diagnostics, Rewrite Therapeutics.

Meet the Team

SS

Sonia Setayesh

Investment Partner

JD

Jamie Doumet

Executive Assistant

SM

Sonia Maryam Setayesh, PhD

Investment Partner

basic and translational research
precision oncology
liquid biopsy diagnostics
machine learning for molecular profiles
SS

Shahram Seyedin-Noor

Founder

genomics
diagnostics
digital health
AI
synthetic biology
personalized & regenerative medicine
RC

Rafael Cezar

Managing Partner

Therapeutics
Oncology
SM

Samir Malhotra

Investment Partner

gene therapy
operational strategy
life sciences venture scaling

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare
Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Media

Portfolio Companies (67)

Other

EQ

EQRx

Therapeutics
FO

Foresight Diagnostics

RE

Rewrite Therapeutics

BI

BillionToOne

OM

Omada Health

AD

Adyn

AI

Aikium

AL

Alveo

AM

Ample

AN

Antheia

How to pitch Civilization Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Healthcare, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sonia Setayesh, Investment Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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