Physical World — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($1.0M–$2.0M Checks)
Physical World is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-11-13
Pre-Seed, Seed
$1.0M – $2.0M
1+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Early-stage fund founded by Kelly Chen focused on Physical AI, with a thesis that software is not enough and capital should back systems that operate in the real world. It writes $1–2M pre-seed/seed checks across supply chain, labor, aerospace, energy, and resilience.
How Physical World invests
Physical World is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
Physical World typically writes checks of $1.0M–$2.0M per investment.
Physical World has backed 1 company in our records, including SYNCERE.
Partners & Team
Kelly Chen
Founding Partner
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
SYNCERE
home robotics company building the LUME robotic floor lamp
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kelly Chen, Founding Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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