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SOSV
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SOSV is the world's most active deep tech, pre-seed venture capital firm, writing first checks of up to $550k into roughly 60 startups per year across its HAX (hard tech / physical sciences) and IndieBio (life sciences) programs, then following on through seed, Series A, and beyond via its core funds and $100M Select Fund. SOSV's central thesis is that 'our era will see widespread replacement of our means of production across many categories, from food to energy,' using technologies such as precision fermentation, biosynthesis, and advanced robotics to reinvent how the world makes things. The firm focuses exclusively on 'deep tech for human and planetary health,' chasing technology 'superclusters' aligned with unstoppable megatrends in climate, industrial sustainability, and human health—backing founders from 82 nationalities operating in 58 countries, with 44% holding PhDs.
Notable quotes
“We have to stop pretending this is just another investment theme of the day. This is an existential crisis for the planet. So we're treating it with that intensity, and with that velocity, that we think the rest of the industry needs.”
“We make the impossible inevitable by providing the first check in deep tech.”
“What's been exhilarating is our team's commitment to the mission of solving problems of human and planetary health. That's allowed us to really flex the definition of what is an SOSV company. Beyond biology, we've taken a more agnostic approach to solving problems like the decarbonization of heavy industries, to include physics and chemistry-based technologies.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prolific Machines | Series B | $55m | 2024-01-01 |
| unspun | Series B | $32m | 2024-01-01 |
| NotCo | Series D | — | 2022-01-01 |
| Upside Foods | Series C | — | 2022-01-01 |
| Perfect Day | Series E | — | 2021-01-01 |
| Opentrons | Series B | — | 2021-01-01 |
| Formlabs | Series D | — | 2021-01-01 |
| Tidal Vision | Series B | $47m | 2024-01-01 |
| Qnetic | Seed | $5m | 2025-01-01 |
| Windfall Bio | Series A | — | 2024-01-01 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Khosla Ventures | 12 |
| DCVC | 10 |
| Y Combinator | 9 |
| Lowercarbon Capital | 8 |
| Techstars | 7 |
| Boost VC | 6 |
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