# Horizons Ventures

> Horizons Ventures is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Software. See 279 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 279
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 41%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizons-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/horizonshk?lang=en
- Website: http://horizonsventures.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HorizonsVenturesLimited/

Horizons Ventures is a VC fund in Hong Kong focused on Biotechnology and Software. Horizons Ventures focuses on investing in disruptive and technology-focused start-ups. The firm was founded in 1999 and is based in Hong Kong. Some of the latest exits are Skype, Siri, Facebook, Summly, and Waze.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$11M |
| Series A | $6.2M–$47M |
| Series B | $10M–$110M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 34 | 12% |
| Software | 30 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 30 | 11% |
| Health Care | 22 | 8% |
| Information Technology | 19 | 7% |

202 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 72 | 26% |
| Series B | 54 | 19% |
| Seed | 36 | 13% |
| Series C | 30 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 21 | 8% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 84 | 30% |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 6% |
| Canada | 11 | 4% |
| Israel | 10 | 4% |
| Australia | 9 | 3% |

18 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bart Swanson | Advisor | 37 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-swanson |
| Chris Liu | Special Projects | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chirs-liu |
| Patrick Poon | Project Director | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-poon |
| Debbie Chang | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/debbie-chang |
| Frances Kang | Director | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frances-kang |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FiSee AI | FiSee AI is an academic vertical AI search service provider. | $8M | Series A | Jul 30, 2026 |  |
| getquin | getquin is the social network for investors where members can aggregate their investments in one place and interact with a community of like-minded investors. It's about time to make investing finally more inclusive and interactive. | $14M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Cauldron Ferm | Cauldron Ferm is a bio-acceleration process that exponentially scales up any precision fermented prototype to commercial quantities faster and with a lower cost of goods than any traditional production method. | $13.3M | Series A | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| Cortical Labs | Cortical Labs is a biological computing startup that is revolutionizing computing by integrating living neurons into chips. The biOS from Cortical Labs creates their reality and transmits data about it via electrical signals. The activity of the neuron is then translated into actions within that reality. The mind perceives these actions as having apositive or negative impact on biOS, which it then adapts to in order to enhance that feedback. The self-programming, infinitely flexible human neuron is the product of four billion years of evolution. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| ZeroAvia | ZeroAvia provides hydrogen-electric propulsion systems designed to eliminate aviation emissions while maintaining operational efficiency. The company focuses on scalable technologies that can retrofit existing aircraft and support sustainable aviation. By partnering with various stakeholders, ZeroAvia aims to revolutionize the aviation industrywith cleaner, more efficient flight options. |  |  | Dec 22, 2025 |  |
| Xampla | Xampla creates plant protein material for commercial use. Our next generation material performs like synthetic polymers, but decomposes naturally and fully, without harming the environment. | $14M | Series A | Sep 03, 2025 |  |
| Harrison.ai | Harrison.ai is a clinician-led healthcare AI company using deep learning to improve the odds of IVF success for thousands of patients. The company leverages deep learning to solve the biggest challenges in healthcare and seeks to improve patient outcomes. It empowers physicians and healthcare providers with customized AI-enabled tools thatintegrate into existing clinical workflows which ultimately lead to improved patient outcomes.Harrison.ai uses the deskside DGX Station for experimentation, research, and development. The company uniquely combines exceptional deep learning expertise with clinical experience to develop and deploy healthcare AI solutions. Harrison.ai’s IVY deep learning model analyzes the full five-day video feed from an embryo scope, helping it surpass the performance of AI tools that provide insights based on still images.Harrison.ai's mission is to continuously innovate and commercialize more efficient and more affordable healthcare products and services to healthcare providers and patients.Harrison.ai was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Barongarook, Victoria, Australia. | $112M | Series C | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| Owlstone Medical | Owlstone Medical focuses on creating breath-based diagnostic tools to enhance early detection of diseases such as cancer and respiratory conditions. The company's Breath Biopsy platform utilizes advanced technology to identify volatile organic compounds in breath, facilitating the discovery of non-invasive biomarkers. | $27M | Series E | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Fleet Space Technologies | Fleet is an agile space company connecting the Internet of Things around the world using a massive fleet of small low-cost satellites. We’re making it faster, simpler and cheaper to connect the world’s devices.We provide direct, global access to a secure low-cost low-bandwidth connectivity platform ideal for machine to machine data exchange anddeploying IoT sensor networks at scale. With simple device setup and management through a web interface and powerful cognitive analytics built in, the IoT is about to take a giant leap forward.Our mission is to Connect Everything using cutting-edge communications and space technologies to maximize the resource efficiency of human civilization and enable the next industrial revolution with our free, ubiquitous connectivity platform. | $100M | Series D | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Notpla | Notpla is a sustainable packaging start-up that develops a material derived from seaweed and plants. The company's products include a coating for takeaway boxes, film, paper made from seaweed pulp, and a rigid plastic alternative, also made from seaweed. Notpla was founded in 2014 and is based in London, England. | $26.9M | Series A | Sep 24, 2024 |  |

10 of 279 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Horizons Ventures invest in?

Horizons Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology, Software and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 279 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 Horizons Ventures's check size?

Horizons Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$11M at Seed, $6.2M–$47M at Series A and $10M–$110M 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 Horizons Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Horizons Ventures?

Public channels for Horizons Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. 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 Horizons Ventures?

The team at Horizons Ventures includes Bart Swanson (Advisor), Chris Liu (Special Projects) and Patrick Poon (Project Director), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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