# Referent Ventures

> Referent Ventures is a VC fund backing Software, Life Science and Artificial Intelligence. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/referentventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ReferentVenture
- Website: https://www.referent.com

Referent Ventures is a VC fund focused on Software and Life Science. Referent Ventures invests in and advises companies and projects in three areas: blockchain, subscription services and climate change.We support founders who are solving problems that matter to their customers, are good for the world, and have business models that are aligned with the communities they serve.We drive early-stage focus onproduct-led growth, align incentives across stakeholders, and continually look deeper for opportunities to add scalable value.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Life Science | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |
| Natural Language Processing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tetsuwan Scientific | Pioneering the development of AI agents capable of wet lab experimentation. | $2.7M | Pre-Seed | Apr 18, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [2048 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2048-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Carbon Silicon Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Referent Ventures invest in?

Referent Ventures invests primarily in Software, Life Science and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Referent Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Referent Ventures closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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