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Humanum

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USDeep TechConsumerAI/MLOther

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Investment thesis

Humanum is an invite-only community of operators, technologists, experts, and investors aligned in building a better future. The firm invests in those building for the future of humanity, with a focus on three areas: Frontier (critical deeptech and hardtech reshaping the critical systems we depend on), Consumer (mass-impact technologies and products improving any aspect of daily lives), and Sci-Fi (reality-bending ideas that feel better placed in fiction, but just might work). Humanum has assembled scientists, founders, operators, and insiders to solve three problems: making difficult investments accessible, matching intelligence with urgent challenges, and powering portfolio growth through deep networks and direct value provision. The model operates across four value layers — Deal Flow, Diligence, Capital, and Value-Add — creating a network effect where each layer strengthens the others.

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I invest in deeptech, frontier tech, and critical technologies that advance the timeline of human progression.

PJ LaBarbera · OpenVC investor profile (https://www.openvc.app/fund/Humanum)

Silicon Valley spent a decade building food delivery apps and social networks. While I'm not explicitly suggesting this is going to go away, nor do I think there won't be new innovations in these [spaces]...

PJ LaBarbera · LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pj-labarbera_silicon-valley-spent-a-decade-building-food-activity-7287219611152920577-XAvd) · 2025

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PJ LaBarbera

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Deep TechAI/MLConsumer

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