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The Venture Collective (TVC)

New York, New York · Invests in US; Europe; Global · Website

Pre-SeedSeedSeries AB2B SaaSAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsHealthcare & BiotechEducationClimate & EnergyBiotech & Life SciencesHealthcare & Digital HealthAerospace & DefenseClimate & Clean EnergyDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRobotics & AutomationEdTech

Thesis

Permanent balance-sheet investor backing highly defensible, category-defining, mission-driven companies solving the world's biggest problems. Focus on founders transforming legacy industries with emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Likely not a fit for

Non-mission-aligned purely commercial plays, gambling/casino models, pure hardware plays without software defensibility, teams not committed to diversity and inclusion

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually leads
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Not required
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

6 contacts on file

CM

Cat Middleton

General PartnerGeneral Partner · Primary contact

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c•••@th•••.com

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EA

Emily Aronin

PartnerPartner

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e•••@th•••.com

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Nicholas Shekerdemian

General PartnerFounding Partner

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n•••@th•••.com

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Gina Shekerdemian

General PartnerFounding Partner

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g•••@th•••.com

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Stephanie Sarelakos

PartnerPartner

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s•••@th•••.com

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Nicole Seligman

Executive in Residence

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Portfolio

Axiom SpaceAerospace Defense

Axiom Space is the leading provider of human spaceflight services and developer of human-rated space infrastructure. We operate end-to-end missions to the ISS while developing its successor, Axiom Station, and building next-generation spacesuits for low-Earth orbit, the Moon and beyond.

X-energyClimate Clean Energy

X-energy is focused on advanced nuclear reactor and fuel design engineering, particularly with their Xe-100 small modular reactor and TRISO-X fuel technology, aiming to provide safe and efficient nuclear energy solutions.

HelixnanoBiotech Life Sciences

HelixNano focuses on mRNA technology to develop innovative treatments, including a mutation-resistant COVID-19 vaccine. The company emphasizes rapid experimentation and decentralized scientific inquiry.

FlyteHealthHealthcare Digital

FlyteHealth delivers precision cardiometabolic care for prediabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and more, utilizing an AI-driven prescribing model for personalized treatment.

Wonderbelly

Wonderbelly is a company focused on clean digestive medicine, providing innovative solutions to enhance digestive health. They are committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities, continuously improving user experience through various accessibility features on their website.

QlooEnterprise Software

Qloo is a leading AI company that interprets and predicts consumer tastes and preferences using its award-winning Taste AI technology. The company operates a vast database of lifestyle entities and consumer behavior signals to deliver personalized experiences while ensuring privacy compliance.

BIOS HealthHealthcare Digital

BIOS Health is a neural engineering startup focused on developing AI-powered neural interfaces to read and write neural data, enabling the creation of personalized digital therapies for chronic diseases.

NodaEnterprise Software

Noda is the first AI-powered building orchestration platform for the commercial built environment, helping real estate teams cut energy waste, costs, and carbon with intelligent workflows that take you from insight to action, seamlessly.

Snafu RecordsMedia Entertainment

Snafu Records provides growth capital and marketing services to music artists, labels, and distributors, helping them maximize the value of their music catalogs through data-driven insights and financial support.

VioletSecurity Cyber

Violet is a compliance and identity infrastructure provider for decentralized finance (DeFi), offering services such as anti-money laundering, geo-blocking, and sybil resistance through its blockchain-native compliance solutions.

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BettaF!shFood Beverage

BettaF!sh offers plant-based seafood alternatives made from seaweed and plant proteins, including products like SAL-NOM (smoked salmon alternative) and TU-NAH (tuna alternative). Their mission focuses on sustainability, promoting seaweed consumption, and providing healthier food options.

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The Venture Collective (TVC) Research Investment Thesis The Venture Collective is a permanent balance-sheet, early-stage venture firm with an explicit mission-driven focus. Founded by a team of accomplished entrepreneurs, operators, and financiers, TVC invests in "highly defensible, category-defining, mission driven companies solving for the world's biggest problems." The firm's thesis is deeply a

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