obvious.com · San Francisco, CA · founded 2014 · team 6 · Seed and Series A; $5M to $12M per investment · trust 0/4
The most valuable companies of their time will be the ones solving humanity's biggest problems. Focus: Human Health, Planetary Health, and Economic Health.
| Firm name | Obvious
source: https://obvious.com (homepage) |
| Investment thesis | The most valuable companies of their time will be the ones solving humanity's biggest problems. Focus: Human Health, Planetary Health, and Economic Health.
source: https://obvious.com/about/ |
| Headquarters location | San Francisco, CA
source: https://obvious.com/about/ (190 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94111) |
| Founded year | 2014
source: https://obvious.com/ (portfolio companies shown starting 2014) |
| Number of partners/investors | 6
source: https://obvious.com/team/ (James Joaquin, Vishal Vasishth, Andrew Beebe, Kahini Shah, Rohan Ganesh, Mo Islam) |
| Founding partners | James Joaquin, Vishal Vasishth, Evan Williams
source: https://obvious.com/about/ (James Joaquin & Vishal Vasishth as CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR); LinkedIn: Obvious Ventures Fund V post by Jesse Landry (Evan Williams, James Joaquin, Vishal Vasishth as the three operators who started the firm - Twitter, Blogger background) |
| Investment stage and check sizes | Seed and Series A; $5M to $12M per investment
source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jesselandry23_venturecapital-institutionalinvestors-activity-7423041558733664256-bdCf (Invests roughly 10 companies a year; $5-12M at seed and Series A) |
| Business entity | Venture capital fund (Fund V: $360,360,360)
source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jesselandry23_venturecapital-institutionalinvestors-activity-7423041558733664256-bdCf (Fund V details and $360,360,360 capitalization) |
| Public contact email | No direct contact email found; newsletter signup only via https://obvious.com/subscribe
source: https://obvious.com/ (footer shows newsletter signup, no public email) |