# Oxonian Ventures

> Oxonian Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 33 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 33
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxonian-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/oxfordangels
- Website: http://www.oxonianventures.com

Oxonian Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Oxonian Ventures is the leading early-stage venture fund investing in Oxford alumni founded companies, using investment capital from Oxford alumni and affiliated institutions. Oxonian Ventures brings together Oxonian founders and investors to move ventures forward and elevate the visibility and reputation of Oxonian founded companies.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 30% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 24% |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 18% |
| Wellness | 4 | 12% |
| Health Care | 4 | 12% |

75 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 45% |
| Pre-Seed | 9 | 27% |
| Convertible Note | 3 | 9% |
| Series A | 2 | 6% |
| Angel | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 24 | 73% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 15% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rich Gill | Fund Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rich-gill |
| Austin Hwang | Venture Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-hwang |
| Cameron Turner | Fund Manager | 3 | — |
| Charlie Cheesman | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlie-cheesman |
| Delcho Ivanov | Vice President | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Valink Therapeutics | Valink Therapeutics is a health care drug discovery for next-generation cancer treatments. | $11.8M | Seed | Oct 20, 2025 |  |
| Motives AI | Motives AI operates AI agents that design, recruit, conduct, and analyze consumer interviews. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Plexe AI | Plexe is a platform for creating ML models simply by describing problems in natural language. No ML expertise required. | $2.1M | Seed | Aug 25, 2025 |  |
| EVERBLOOM | Bloomlabs provides a method to catalyze waste value by regenerating it as adaptable and appealing bio-plastics and textile fibers. It envisions a future in which outmoded, resource-intensive processes are phased out in favor of cutting-edge, sustainable, and scalable alternatives. | $7.5M | Seed | Aug 19, 2025 |  |
| Parsewise | Automate data extraction, resolution, and validation from document packages to accelerate investment and underwriting workflows. Parsewise applies your decision criteria, completes custom templates, and delivers reliable insights – so your team acts faster with confidence. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Conductor Quantum | Conductor Quantum is building quantum computers on silicon chips. Our AI-software creates qubits 1000x faster than current methods. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 21, 2024 |  |
| Ligo Biosciences | Ligo Biosciences develops deep-learning models for enzyme design to reduce the cost of chemical manufacturing. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| Granza Bio | Granza Bio is a company that developing cancer therapies based on human body's immune system. | $7.1M | Seed | Jul 03, 2024 |  |
| Louisa AI | Louisa is a collective intelligence platform. The company's platform connects to a company's various data sources and auto-creates a comprehensive map of who and what everyone in the company knows. By providing employees with a centralized platform to access the collective intelligence of the company, Louisa is the one-stop shop for allyour knowledge and expertise needs. | $4.3M | Seed | Sep 01, 2023 |  |
| ExcepGen | ExcepGen is a venture-backed, early stage biotechnology company located in San Francisco. The company is focused on solving fundamental underlying problems in drug discovery and applying those solutions to create a new generation of therapeutics. | $4M | Seed | Aug 24, 2023 |  |

10 of 33 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Oxford Angel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxford-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [CV VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cv-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Franklin Templeton](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franklin-templeton-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Golden Seeds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-seeds) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hoxton Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hoxton-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Oxonian Ventures invest in?

Oxonian Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 33 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 Oxonian Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Oxonian Ventures?

The team at Oxonian Ventures includes Rich Gill (Fund Manager), Austin Hwang (Venture Associate) and Cameron Turner (Fund Manager), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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