# Thursday Ventures

> Thursday Ventures is a VC fund backing Robotics and Information Technology. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Newport, United States
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 32%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thursday-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/thursday_vc
- Website: https://www.thursday.vc/

Thursday Ventures is a provider of Advise, invest, and build teams at rapidly scaling early to growth stage start-ups. To find, fund & nurture tech that will change & empower the world. We leverage a vast network built over the last decade connecting ideas, talent & capital.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 5 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 23% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| Analytics | 3 | 14% |
| Information Services | 3 | 14% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 27% |
| Series A | 5 | 23% |
| Series C | 2 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |

9 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ryan McKillen | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-mckillen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Möbius Industries | Möbius Industries is building automated, full-stack facilities that recover and refine raw materials from urban waste streams using robotics, AI and materials science. From electronics and appliances to industrial scrap, Möbius turns complex waste into high- purity copper, aluminum, steel, critical minerals and plastics for reuse in manufacturingto enable a domestic, circular materials economy. | $3.8M | Pre-Seed | Oct 09, 2025 |  |
| Picnic | Picnic is an innovator of food production technology and robotics solutions. Picnic has collected an experienced team of food and technology industry veterans to develop and provide specialized intelligent technology and exclusive solutions for the food service and hospitality industries. Picnic's Pizza Production System is the firstautomated pizza system designed for commercial kitchen retrofit or new installations, producing hundreds of custom pizzas per hour with chef-chosen ingredients and recipes. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 29, 2024 |  |
| Formant | Formant is a monitoring and operations infrastructure that allows companies to monitor robot fleets, receive alerts, and embark on root cause analyses when something goes wrong. Its platform is built on a secure and scalable cloud stack that can integrate robotic applications and existing tools that lets clients with a cloud infrastructure aid inrobotic automation.Founded by a team of former Google, Savioke, and Redwood Robotics software engineers, roboticists, and product managers—Formant believes that more efficient cloud infrastructure can help unlock the shared potential of humans and robots.The company was established in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $21M | Series A | Oct 11, 2023 |  |
| Teleport | Teleport is a venture-funded startup that has developed a way to build decentralized marketplaces. Our first product is ridesharing. The system is just as safe and easy to use as Uber & Lyft, but drivers earn more, riders pay less, and early adopters get rewarded. Key to what the company does is a web3 reward system that rewards drivers andriders for inviting others and helping unlock cities (by hitting minimum driver/rider numbers so that everyone has a great experience from day one).Join the movement #teleport me: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/teleport-request-a-ride/id1607881031 | $9M | Seed | Oct 27, 2022 |  |
| Fishtail | Fishtail is a provider of a solution that allows freight forwarders to offer financing to their customers within minutes. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| The Wanderlust Group | The Wanderlust Group is the team behind Dockwa and Marinas.com. We build marketplaces and technology platforms that connect adventurers to destinations and help those destinations grow. You’ll find our apps and software used by more than 250,000 people, across 15,000 destinations in more than 30 countries. We believe time spent outdoors,connected to nature, makes all of our work better. Research backs that up. Spending time outside has been connected to a greater commitment to the environment, better mental health, and stronger physical health. That's why the Wanderlust Group is a remote-first company. | $30M | Series C | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| Formant | Formant is a monitoring and operations infrastructure that allows companies to monitor robot fleets, receive alerts, and embark on root cause analyses when something goes wrong. Its platform is built on a secure and scalable cloud stack that can integrate robotic applications and existing tools that lets clients with a cloud infrastructure aid inrobotic automation.Founded by a team of former Google, Savioke, and Redwood Robotics software engineers, roboticists, and product managers—Formant believes that more efficient cloud infrastructure can help unlock the shared potential of humans and robots.The company was established in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $18M | Series A | Jan 05, 2022 |  |
| Building Machines | The Building Machines Company offers commercial products and is currently in stealth mode. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts, United States. | $6M | Seed | Nov 08, 2021 |  |
| Biobot Analytics | Biobot Analytics is a wastewater epidemiology company that is transforming wastewater infrastructure into public health observatories. Its wastewater monitoring technology analyzes urine and stool samples to create a health database that is independent of hospital reporting systems, free from societal biases affecting who can and can’t seek care,and most importantly, rapidly adaptable to new and emerging public health threats. | $20.8M | Series A | Oct 23, 2021 |  |
| The Org | The Org is a professional community to explore organization charts for public and private companies. The company's mission is to make organizations more transparent and understand more about their own companies and the people in them. It follows companies to stay updated on personnel changes, new hires, and promotions.The Org was founded in2017 by Christian Wylonis and Andreas Jarbøl and is headquartered in New York. | $20M | Series B | Sep 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/institutional-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Promus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/promus-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Two Sigma Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/two-sigma-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [CAVU Consumer Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cavu-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Creative Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creative-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ericsson](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ericsson) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Thursday Ventures invest in?

Thursday Ventures invests primarily in Robotics, Information Technology and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 22 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 Thursday Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Thursday Ventures?

The team at Thursday Ventures includes Ryan McKillen (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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