Obvious Ventures

Phoenix, Arizona
Founded 2006, Obvious Corporation is an incubator founded by Biz Stone, Ev Williams and early Twitter employee Jason Goldman. Initially, Twitter grew within the startup incubator called Obvious Corp. before the service was spun off. The Obvious Corporation is dedicated to developing systems that help people work together to improve the world. Obvious Ventures is a principal investment firm specializing in startups and growth capital. Obvious Ventures has a goal to bring experience, capital, and focus to companies combining profit and purpose for a better world.
Founded:2006
Firm Location:Phoenix, Arizona • San Francisco, California • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Cambridge, Massachusetts • San Francisco Bay Area
Investor Firms That Co-Invest with Obvious Ventures
NFXAudrey CapitalGlobal Innovation FundO'Reilly AlphaTech Venturesformation|8Triangle Peak PartnersSpark CapitalShasta VenturesAleph VCResolute VenturesFounder CollectiveVast VenturesQuiet CapitalTeam Ignite VenturesCongruent VenturesSound VenturesKapor CapitalFika VenturesYes VCXtripe AngelsJuxtapose CapitalCRVRRE VenturesAVP (Advance Venture Partners)AI FundHeavybit500 Startups KoreaGotham Gal VenturesRogue Capital CollectiveCraft VenturesThreshold VenturesPartech VenturesOffline VenturesCatapult CapitalBondACME CapitalM13Moxxie VenturesAngel investorDeerfield ManagementTwitterScifi Vc10100Vista Venture PartnersUnshackled VenturesLombardStreet VenturesJazz Venture PartnersCoughdrop CapitalEcosystem Integrity FundPassion CapitalCherry VenturesTrinity VenturesMerus CapitalKraken VenturesLigatureThink ColoradoClimate CapitalAndreessen HorowitzKhosla VenturesGeneral CatalystGoogle VenturesMonochrome CapitalWGI GroupUnknown VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)DCVC (Data Collective)Tenacity Venture CapitalIndex VenturesRethink Capital PartnersPrimary Venture Partners#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)Todd and Rahul's Angel FundAdverb VenturesNotion CapitalGradient VenturesGreylockGSR VenturesKleiner PerkinsRedpoint VenturesTrue VenturesUlu VenturesAirAngelsEnergize VenturesPiva CapitalMoving CapitalVine Ventures (vine.vc)ASDF VenturesOwl VenturesShutterstockNext Play VenturesForerunner VenturesInspired Capital6 Dimensions CapitalBowery CapitalGreycroftNorwest Venture PartnersNotable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)IVPInnovation EndeavorsBenchmarkHomebrew.406 VenturesBreakthrough Energy VenturesCanvas Ventures75 & SunnyPicus CapitalMenlo VenturesSapphire VenturesTiger Global ManagementAnthemis GroupSlow Ventures8090 IndustriesWorkLife VenturesFreestyle CapitalLowercarbon CapitalPrelude VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Eclipse VenturesENIAC VenturesB Capital GroupCoinbase VenturesY CombinatorAfore CapitalCollaborative Seed & Growth PartnersMayfield FundHanabi CapitalBetaworks VenturesVine Ventures, L.P.S2G InvestmentsGreylock PartnersSelf-employedgokulrajaram.comThe Founders FundSm4rt Predictive SystemsDistroKidFPV VenturesVercelDropoutAnthropicC2 VenturesCESPPAHeavybit IndustriesPrist CapitalEnergize CapitalCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)SV Angel LLCUberA24The BatteryAirbnb, Convoy, Facebook, Uber, Zappos, etcInstacartTextMarksKamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners ScoutEphemeral TattooCouncil on Foreign RelationsLunateThe Operator NetworkOathAngel Investors LP FundsFigma, Inc.VintheraSpotifyKnights of DegenGovernor's NFL Task ForceWinston ApSMeetup, Inc.Maven VenturesSSC Venture Partners
Obvious Ventures Team