Far Out Ventures

Investment decisions are led by the firm's two Managing Partners, Jonathan Fentzke and Ian Hathaway. The firm's public materials do not describe an investment committee, junior partners, or a broader deal team, suggesting a flat, partner-driven approval structure. Both partners are directly involved in portfolio company mentorship according to the firm's website.

Far Out Ventures publicly states it seeks founders with earned wisdom and execution ability regardless of place, pedigree, or existing network. The firm's sourcing model appears to rely on outbound, thesis-driven conviction rather than inbound syndicate or accelerator flows, though no specific sourcing channels, scout programs, or advisor networks are disclosed.

The firm's stated strategy is exclusively direct investing, with a preference to lead or co-lead a startup's first institutional pre-seed round. There is no mention of fund-of-fund commitments, SPVs, or secondary activities in its public materials. Far Out Ventures reserves follow-on capital for Seed and Series A rounds of existing portfolio companies.

Far Out Ventures explicitly targets pre-seed rounds, describing itself as the lead investor for first institutional capital. The firm reserves follow-on capital for companies as they progress to Seed and Series A stages. It does not invest in later-stage growth equity, buyouts, or public markets.

The firm has not published a negative sector screen. Its positive mandate covers vertical enterprise software and fintech, with specific interest in process automation for large legacy industries. Consumer internet, hardware, biotech, and climate technology are absent from its stated focus, suggesting these are out of scope but not formally excluded.