# Future Ventures

> Future Ventures is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Software. See 79 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 79
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Fund size: $200M
- Last fund: Feb 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/futureventures/
- Website: https://future.ventures/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FutureVenturesVC

Future Ventures is a financial services platform with a focus on disruptive technology companies such as commercial space exploration, deep learning, quantum computing, robotics, AI, blockchain, sustainable transportation, synthetic biology and clean meat.As venture capitalists, the founders of Future Ventures have led founding investments inseveral companies that had successful IPOs and others that were acquired for over $16 billion in aggregate. Some of our early VC investments include Memphis Meats, Mythic, Nervana, Planet, Rethink Robotics, Skype, SpaceX, Tesla and Zoox. Current board seats include SpaceX, Tesla, and D-Wave.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.7M–$26M |
| Series A | $9M–$55M |
| Series B | $30M–$863M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 14 | 18% |
| Software | 12 | 15% |
| Medical | 8 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 10% |
| Health Care | 7 | 9% |

78 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 26 | 33% |
| Seed | 14 | 18% |
| Series B | 11 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 8% |
| Series C | 3 | 4% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 37 | 47% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |
| Estonia | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maryanna Saenko | Co-founder and Partner | 20 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maryanna-saenko |
| Benjamin A Coppel Sullivan | Limited Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-coppel |
| Steve Jurvetson | Managing Director & Founder | 81 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-jurvetson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hephae Energy Technology | Hephae Energy Technology is an energy company that offers integrated drilling system to enable the generation of geothermal energy. | $17.8M | Series A | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| Gaussion | Gaussion is revolutionising batteries by utilising magneto-electrochemistry. | $27.8M | Series A | Jun 29, 2026 |  |
| Red Metals | Red Metals is a next-generation copper manufacturing startup building America's first domestic high-conductivity copper rod production facility in Charleston, South Carolina. | $10M | Seed | Jun 04, 2026 |  |
| Red Metals | Red Metals is a next-generation copper manufacturing startup building America's first domestic high-conductivity copper rod production facility in Charleston, South Carolina. | $10M | Seed | Jun 04, 2026 |  |
| Pumpkinseed Technologies | Pumpkinseed allows for high-speed readings of biological bits. | $20M | Series A | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Pumpkinseed Technologies | Pumpkinseed allows for high-speed readings of biological bits. | $20M | Series A | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Mojo Vision | Mojo Vision is a developer of augmented reality products and platforms intended to invent the future of computing. The company has developed a smart contact lens with a built-in display that gives timely information without interrupting the focus and delivers immediate, powerful, and relevant information without the intrusions of today'smobile devices, enabling users to connect with others at a glance, anytime, anywhere handsfree.Mojo Vision was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Saratoga, California. | $17.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| Mythic | Mythic is a diverse group of individuals focused on developing cutting-edge analog matrix processors based on our unique analog compute-in-memory. Their products are the M1076 Analog Matrix Processor, MP10304 Quad-AMP PCIe Card, and MM1076 M.2 M Key Card. They offer AI solutions, from the data center to the edge device. | $125M | Series D | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| Unconventional AI | Unconventional AI develops a novel computing platform that rethinks how hardware and software interact to support artificial intelligence workloads with a focus on energy use and computational efficiency. The company works on integrating principles from biological neural systems into silicon-based circuits and related software interfaces to createa different substrate for running AI models. Its products and research aim to address the rising energy demands of AI by exploring non-traditional architectures that move beyond conventional digital simulation of neural networks. Unconventional AI also engages in early-stage development of prototypes and toolchains that support this new approach to AI computation. | $475M | Seed | Dec 08, 2025 |  |
| Lace Lithography | Lace Lithography develops chip patterning technology, aiming to extend Moore's Law and enable future chip production. | $40M | Series A | Dec 04, 2025 |  |

10 of 79 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bold Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bold-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Korify Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korify-capital) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [RA Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ra-capital-management) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [TA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ta-venture) — VC Fund, 7 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Future Ventures invest in?

Future Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology, Software and Medical startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 79 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Future Ventures's check size?

Future Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.7M–$26M at Seed, $9M–$55M at Series A and $30M–$863M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Future Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Future Ventures?

Public channels for Future Ventures include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Future Ventures?

The team at Future Ventures includes Maryanna Saenko (Co-founder and Partner), Benjamin A Coppel Sullivan (Limited Partner) and Steve Jurvetson (Managing Director & Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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