Obvious Ventures
Obvious Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA, USA investing in Consumer, Healthcare, Climate / Energy. The firm typically writes $2.0M–$10.0M checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $2.0M–$10.0M
- Portfolio
- 10 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- AUM
- $1.7B
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Consumer, Healthcare, Climate / Energy, Food / AgTech, AI / ML
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA, USA
Last verified: 2026-05-30
Seed, Series A
$2.0M – $10.0M
$1.7B
10+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Obvious Ventures invests in purpose-driven startups that aim to create a healthier, more sustainable world. They focus on consumer and health-oriented businesses with a strong mission.
How Obvious Ventures invests
Obvious Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA, USA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Consumer, Healthcare, Climate / Energy, Food / AgTech, AI / ML.
Obvious Ventures typically writes checks of $2.0M–$10.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1.7B in assets under management.
Investing since at least 2015, Obvious Ventures has backed 10 companies in our records, including All In Food, Ataraxis AI, Baton. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2025, with 1 investment logged over the last 12 months.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (10)
2025
All In Food
2022
Ataraxis AI
2021
Baton
2020
Aifleet
Arbor
2018
Beam
Amply Energy
2017
Bakpax
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Consumer, Healthcare, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $2.0M – $10.0M check.
- •warm intro
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kahini Shah, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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