Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
San Francisco, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- France
- Israel
Investment stages
- Pre-Seed
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- AI Applications
- Robotics
- AI Infrastructure
- Core Intelligence
- Foundation Models
- Enterprise AI
- AI-Native Technology
- Deep Tech
About
224 Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on backing AI-native teams building iconic companies in the AI revolution. Their focus spans AI applications, robotics, AI infrastructure, and core intelligence across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, and Israel. The firm supports AI founders from pre-seed through Series A stages.
224 Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm focused on backing AI-native teams building iconic companies in the AI revolution. Their focus spans AI applications, robotics, AI infrastructure, and core intelligence across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, and Israel. The firm supports AI founders from pre-seed through Series A stages.
Investment Thesis
224 Ventures is a pre-seed to Series A stage venture capital firm deploying capital across AI applications, robotics, AI infrastructure, and core intelligence sectors. They invest $1M-$5M at the earliest stage as participatory investors in AI-native teams operating with speed and determination to disrupt industries. The firm differentiates itself through embedding at the frontier of AI with an LP base primarily made up of AI operators including frontier researchers, product and engineering leaders, chief AI/data officers, and CEOs.
Manager's Experience
Launched August 2026 with $100M+ AUM. Co-founded by Nikita Bier (Founder, serial entrepreneur who previously founded TBH acquired by Facebook and Gas Networks acquired by Discord). Yann LeCun (Meta's former Chief AI Scientist, Turing Award winner, and NYU professor, considered one of the "godfathers of AI") joins as investment lead. Oriol Vinyals (Google DeepMind researcher who served as technical co-lead on Gemini AI model) joins as investment lead. LP base primarily includes AI operators such as frontier researchers, product and engineering leaders, chief AI/data officers, sales and marketing executives, and CEOs. Focused on backing AI-native teams at pre-seed through Series A stages.
Team
Nikita Bier - Founder
Yann LeCun - Investment Lead
Oriol Vinyals - Investment Lead