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Multimodal Ventures
Multimodal Ventures is a venture capital fund that backs YC startups. Its mission is to consider every YC startup's unique opportunity across emerging founders...
Multimodal Ventures
Multimodal Ventures is a venture capital fund that backs YC startups. Its mission is to consider every YC startup's unique opportunity across emerging founders and invest in what matters most, backing those it believes can lead and shape their industry while supporting growth. Its vision is to become a leading venture capital fund delivering significant returns to LPs through a diverse portfolio. It uses a proprietary AI algorithm called Midas to help determine investment decisions.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Mountain View
Corporate office
Mountain View, CA, United States
Additional offices
Burlingame, CA · Naperville, IL · Los Altos, CA
Principals
Jeff Heitzman
Founder and Managing Partner
Niraj Shah
Co-founder and Managing Partner
Ryan Havlick
Co-founder and Managing Partner
Kelly Kozlowski
Director, Investor Relations
Jean Ortega
Machine Learning, Software, and Data Engineering
Tim McGee
Autonomous, Space, and Robotic Technology
Andrew Bartynski
Bio Technology
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Does the firm invest in therapeutic-asset companies or only in tool/platform builders?
The observable portfolio emphasizes platform and tool builders — companies creating the computational infrastructure that pharma and biotech customers use to discover or design their own assets. While the firm has not published an explicit exclusion of therapeutic-asset companies, its thesis favors companies whose primary product is software or software-enabled discovery capabilities rather than clinical-stage drug candidates.
How does Multimodal Ventures differentiate itself from other AI-focused seed funds?
The firm's narrow focus on multimodal biology — rather than broad horizontal AI — sets it apart. Many seed funds allocate a portion of capital to healthcare AI as one of several sectors. Multimodal Ventures was built exclusively for that convergence, competing on domain expertise and network depth within the specific community of founders who straddle deep learning and life sciences.
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