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Quest Venture Partners
Quest Venture Partners is an early-stage technology investor based in Menlo Park, California. The firm invests at the earliest stages in science-driven...
Quest Venture Partners
Quest Venture Partners is an early-stage technology investor based in Menlo Park, California. The firm invests at the earliest stages in science-driven companies solving consequential problems, leading or co-leading pre-seed and seed rounds. It is sector agnostic with a US geography focus and backs deep technology across areas including advanced materials, quantum and photonics, synthetic biology, and robotics and automation.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2007
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Menlo Park
Corporate office
Menlo Park, CA, United States
Principals
Andrew Ogawa
Managing Partner
Marcus Ogawa
Managing Partner
Maarten 't Hooft
Managing Partner
Takeshi Ito
Venture Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Quest Venture Partners?
Managing Partners Andrew Ogawa and Marcus Ogawa, who co-founded the firm in late 2007, lead investment decisions. Andrew focuses on deal evaluation and closing seed and A rounds, drawing on his automotive-industry strategy background. Marcus leads new investment sourcing and portfolio-company support, with domain expertise in digital media, mobile, and video. Maarten 't Hooft, also a Managing Partner, adds technical depth from six years at Google's Android division.
How does Quest Venture Partners source proprietary deal flow?
Quest requires entrepreneurs to obtain a warm introduction from a mutual connection before the firm will consider an investment. The firm explicitly directs founders to use LinkedIn to find a shared contact. This introduction-only policy, stated on its own contact page, means deal flow is a direct function of the partners' professional networks across Silicon Valley, automotive manufacturing, and Japanese consumer electronics.
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