Adapt Ventures

Adapt Ventures Research Overview Adapt Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm and venture studio founded in 2020 by brothers Ammar and Mohammed Amdani. Based in New York with offices in San Francisco, the firm backs visionary founders building disruptive companies with a global mandate spanning the US, Latin America, and beyond. Investment Thesis & Philosophy Adapt Ventures backs "electric founders with an uncontrollable passion for creating disruptive companies." The firm operates as both a traditional VC firm and a venture studio, meaning they not only provide capital but actively help build groundbreaking companies alongside founders. They believe in supporting audacious founders with bold visions from inception through scaling. The firm invests across multiple sectors and geographies, with particular strength in identifying early-stage opportunities that can scale globally. Their portfolio reflects a diversified approach across technology, consumer, and infrastructure sectors. Investment Focus & Sectors Adapt Ventures maintains a broad investment mandate across multiple sectors: Primary Focus Areas: Enterprise Software & SaaS : Queue, Levels, Modernbanc, Bizwise, Zelt Fintech & Payments : Clara, Kasheesh, Pogo, Stake, Embed, OpenEnvoy, Valur, Pluto AI & Machine Learning : Ellis (AI immigration law), Default (AI sales intelligence), MosaicVoice (voice AI), Revv (AI auto repair), Sanas (AI voice technology), Moonvalley (AI filmmaking) Healthcare & Consumer Wellness : Hello Patient, Mora Health, Dutch (telehealth pets), Boundless (mens health), Pym (mental health supplements) Consumer & CPG : Create (creatine), Behave (candy), Feel Goods (supplements), Graza (olive oil), Jambys (loungewear), Snif (fragrances), Cottonball (skincare) Real Estate & PropTech : Wander (vacation rentals), Welcome Homes (custom homebuilding), Residesk (residential AI), Stageglass (3D visualization) EdTech & Community : On Deck (ambitious community), Ender (gaming for learning), Wise (tutoring OS), Heritage (family office community) Marketplace & Talent : Heroes Jobs (social recruiting), Laskie (hiring marketplace), Mora Health (nurse staffing) Infrastructure & Aerospace : Senra Systems (AI manufacturing for aerospace/defense), Niko (solar for LatAm) Other Tech : SpaceX (Series E), Clay (personal CRM, acquired), Arctype (SQL tools, acquired) Stage Focus & Check Size Stage Focus: Primary: Pre-Seed and Seed Secondary: Series A (selective) Also supports incubation/venture studio model (building from scratch) Check Size: Current range: $250,000 - $350,000 (per firm data) Historical range: $25,000 - $250,000+ (per investor lists) Typical Pre-Seed: $250K-$500K Typical Seed: $500K-$3M+ The firm writes relatively small checks compared to their fund size, maintaining significant reserves for follow-on investments Lead Tendency & Decision Process Lead Tendency: Both (Leads and Syndicates) Adapt actively leads rounds but also participates in syndicated rounds with other strong co-investors. Their diverse portfolio suggests they have both led and followed investments. Decision Process: Partnership Model With two managing partners (Ammar and Mohammed Amdani) plus additional partners and scouts, Adapt uses a lean partnership-driven approach. Recent Activity & Fund Status Fund Status: Actively Deploying Adapt demonstrates consistent recent deployment with 66+ investments tracked across platforms. Recent Investments (2025-2026): January 2026: xAI (AI company) August 2025: Feel Goods (supplements seed round) 2025: Sanas (Series B), Snif (Series B), Marti (IPO preparation) Continuous deployment across pre-seed and seed stages Notable Portfolio Milestones: Marti (Turkish mobility) reached IPO Multiple portfolio companies achieved Series A/B Several early acquisitions (Arctype, Capital, Embed, Clay, Laskie, Lighthouse, Heroes Jobs, Rollfi, Smartrr, Vibely, Symba) Summary Adapt Ventures is a dynamic, growth-stage early-stage VC firm with a venture studio model. Founded by the Amdani brothers in 2020, the firm combines rapid deal sourcing with hands-on operational support. Their diverse, global portfolio spanning fintech, SaaS, healthcare, consumer, and infrastructure reflects an opportunistic but disciplined investment approach. With offices in New York and San Francisco and investment reach across the US, Latin America, and selectively worldwide, Adapt backs visionary founders building disruptive companies across sectors. The lean partnership model, combined with strong follow-on reserve capacity, positions them as active, committed investors for early-stage founders seeking both capital and operational support.