# Very Serious Ventures

> Very Serious Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Electric Vehicle. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Very Serious Ventures is an investment firm.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 25% |
| Electric Vehicle | 2 | 17% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 17% |
| Apps | 1 | 8% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 42% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chase Adam | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chase-adam |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elm AI | SaaS platform that simplifies the ESG certification process for businesses, so they are certification-ready in weeks, not months. | $2M | Seed | Apr 12, 2025 |  |
| Momentum | Momentum is an OS/inbox and copilot for anyone who runs a pipeline (sales, fundraising, success, hiring, etc). Powered by behavioral science, useful AI, and thoughtful people. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2024 |  |
| Momentum | Momentum is an OS/inbox and copilot for anyone who runs a pipeline (sales, fundraising, success, hiring, etc). Powered by behavioral science, useful AI, and thoughtful people. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2024 |  |
| Bayou Energy | Bayou Energy’s software platform provides clean energy startups with electricity billing and usage data via API or CSV files while ensuring a smooth customer onboarding experience. Receive the best utility data while freeing up your team to focus on your core business with just a few clicks or lines of code. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 10, 2024 |  |
| Monterra | Design & Sales Software for EV Charging Installers | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Nov 28, 2023 |  |
| Studdy | Studdy is a tutoring platform leveraging artificial intelligence to help students grasp diverse subjects within the school curriculum. The platform operates as a multilingual tutor that uses AI, as well as advanced speech, text, and image recognition technology to enhance students' ability to learn new subjects. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Aug 07, 2023 |  |
| Tempo | Tempo makes ebike ownership easy. Tempo members use the Tempo app to access essential services for their electric bikes, like theft protection, roadside pickup, repair assistance, and insurance. | $2.7M | Seed | Mar 30, 2023 |  |
| Cubist | Cubist brings modern software engineering practices and first-class security to web3 builders. Cubist’s toolkit makes it safe and easy to build, test and deploy multi-chain and cross-chain dapps in automated pipelines that handle keys and sequencing. | $7M | Seed | Mar 09, 2023 |  |
| Shield USDT | Shield is a user security automation for web 3 platforms. Their bot acts as a firewall to allow telegram and Discord communities to expand securely. They offer both standard and unique platforms. They sell a variety of goods, including community security systems. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 13, 2023 |  |
| Daylight | Daylight is an Application Programming Interface (API) for collecting Web3 benefits. | $3M | Seed | Nov 30, 2022 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AngelList Quant Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist-quant-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blackbaud](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbaud) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chapter One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chapter-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Higher Ground Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/higher-ground-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Spice Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oteo-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Very Serious Ventures invest in?

Very Serious Ventures invests primarily in Software, Electric Vehicle and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 Very Serious Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Very Serious Ventures?

The team at Very Serious Ventures includes Chase Adam (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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