Framework Ventures

Framework Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2019 by Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson, who previously worked at Netflix and Snapchat. The firm was among the earliest venture investors focused on digital assets and has since broadened its focus to include robotics, artificial intelligence, fintech and energy. It has raised several funds to date and describes itself as searching for founders in emerging technologies, taking a high-conviction approach and typically acting as the lead investor in the rounds it joins. Its site describes itself as a firm with a track record of partnering with what it calls winning founders, and references news coverage of its fundraising as it has expanded into robotics and AI. Its stated portfolio includes companies such as Mecka AI, described as training robots with human data, and Obex, described as aiming to serve stablecoin startups.