# Dangerous Ventures

> Dangerous Ventures is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dangerousventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/_DangerousVC
- Website: https://www.dangerous.co

Dangerous Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups focussed on adaptation and resilience solutions to empower people, the planet, and society to thrive in an ever-changing environment. DV was founded in 2022 and is based in LA, SF and Santa Fe, NM.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 30% |
| Electronics | 5 | 25% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 20% |
| Software | 3 | 15% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 15% |

47 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 45% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 25% |
| Series A | 3 | 15% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 70% |
| Canada | 2 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ward Hendon | General Partner | 2 | — |
| Gabrielle Darbyshire | General Partner | 0 | — |
| Mike Lin | General Partner | 0 | — |
| Nathan Mintz | Venture Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carbogenics | Carbogenics is an Edinburgh-based start-up company which produces sustainable carbon adsorbents from difficult to recycle organic waste. | $2.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 19, 2026 |  |
| Macrocosm | Macrocosm provides a platform that represents a comprehensive simulation of the worldwide economy - a vibrant, agent-oriented framework featuring companies, sectors, marketplaces, and economies. That helps asset managers, energy firms, central banks, insurance companies, or policymakers turn uncertainty into quantifiable risk you can plan against.Macrocosm changes daunting uncertainty into something measurable, manageable, and actionable. | $2.8M | Pre-Seed | Dec 23, 2025 |  |
| Copper | Copper is a a battery solutions startup. | $28M | Series A | Aug 27, 2025 |  |
| Magnefy | Magnefy (previously known as Infinion) is a Stanford spin-out pioneering an edge AI-powered, high-frequency magnetic sensing platform for real-time predictive maintenance of critical power assets like transformers, switchgear, and generators. Our $500 non-invasive IoT solution captures 250× more low-noise, high-frequency data—accurately detectingfailures like partial discharge and higher harmonics weeks to months in advance, at one-tenth the cost of legacy systems. We help mission-critical facilities—data centers, IPPs, utilities, and manufacturers—avoid outages, boost reliability, and maximize power efficiency. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Aug 04, 2025 |  |
| Skyward Wildfire Technologies | Skyward is a climate & fire solution that prevents lightning, when and where needed, from starting catastrophic wildfires | $4.3M | Seed | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Epistemix | Epistemix helps organizations forecast outcomes and manage risks by simulating how people behave. Populous, Epistemix’s population data platform, enables clients to understand total addressable market (TAM), assess trends, and analyze population changes. Polaris, Epistemix’s scenario planning platform, empowers organizations to test strategies,optimize decisions, and shorten decision cycles. Health, CPG, and government clients use the platform to drive faster, smarter decisions for resource allocation, product launches, and health benefit adoption. | $7M | Series A | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Hydrosonics | Hydrosonics is developing electrolysis methods that allow for the complete integration of economical, small-scale on-site hydrogen generation with renewable electricity sources. | $875K | Pre-Seed | May 16, 2024 |  |
| Gradient | Gradient’s mission is to cool the world by transforming every home to be more comfortable and healthy for the people who inhabit it — without compromising the environment. Today, heating and cooling equipment emits more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector, and expansion in the use of cooling is projected to double theseemissions in the next 30 years. However, comfortable buildings are critical for health and productivity, especially among communities that are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Gradient’s vision is a future where everyone has access to comfortable buildings that are fully decarbonized. Our launch product is a direct-to-consumer high-efficiency and low-carbon heat pump. | $9.5M | Series A | Feb 28, 2024 |  |
| Harvest Thermal | Harvest Thermal develops a control system for home use that integrates heating, hot water, and cooling with thermal storage. Its Harvest Thermal Pod is a cloud-connected IoT device that is machine learning enabled. It aims to provide affordable and low-carbon heating, hot water, and cooling systems that reduce the impact on the planet whileproviding comfort and safer homes. | $4M | Seed | Oct 19, 2023 |  |
| Channing Street Copper Company | Channing Street Copper Company provides Energy Storage Equipped (ESE) appliances such as induction cookers. The company offers an induction cooker that uses electricity to directly heat the pan and it's an electric range that works during a power outage. Channing Street Copper Company was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA. | $6.9M | Seed | Aug 31, 2023 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Dangerous Ventures invest in?

Dangerous Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Electronics and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Dangerous Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Dangerous Ventures?

The team at Dangerous Ventures includes Ward Hendon (General Partner), Gabrielle Darbyshire (General Partner) and Mike Lin (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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