Venture capital firm

2048 Ventures

Thesis-driven pre-seed venture firm backing early founders building next-generation technology across North America

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TrustList summary

2048 Ventures is a thesis-driven venture capital firm investing at the earliest stage. Its team describes itself as founders and operators who focus on the future, and it says it has backed over 200 startups.

It will head pre-seed rounds anywhere in North America, and says it reviews every pitch it receives.

Products and services

Pre-seed investment: heading early rounds for new companies.
Founder support: hands-on help with hiring, tough conversations and strategy.
Thesis-led focus: next-generation platforms such as APIs, data, infrastructure, marketplaces and certain vertical SaaS.
Pitch process: a route for startups to submit their company for review.

Customers and markets

Mission-driven teams, serial founders, immigrants and first-time founders. Its stated sectors include biotechnology, digital health, artificial intelligence, robotics, climate, energy, space, mobility, logistics, security and developer tools.

Key facts

Investments: over 200 early-stage startups
Coverage: investments in over 20 cities including New York, Boston and Toronto
Stage: pre-seed

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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Rankings

2048 Ventures is ranked on 5 TrustList rankings: #10 on 2, #16 on 1, #23 on 1 and #32 on 1.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. 2048 Ventures has no reviews yet and 3 of the 10 profile details we look for. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

Venture capital firm · 5 rankings

#10of 48
Austin
It is the only one of the 48 here listing peer-to-peer and one of 2 here listing pre seed.
Of the 48 here, 11 also cover partners and 9 also cover early stage; 13 also work in San Francisco and 11 also work in Silicon Valley.
Behind EnergyX, ahead of 8VC.
#10of 30
Seattle
It is the only one of the 30 here listing peer-to-peer and one of 5 here listing pre seed.
Of the 30 here, 8 also cover seed stage and 5 also cover pre seed; 5 also work in New York City and 3 also work in Chicago.
Behind Dexterity Capital, ahead of Anthos Capital.
#16of 87
Chicago
It is one of 2 here listing peer-to-peer and pre seed.
Of the top 65 here, 8 also cover series a and 8 also cover series; 17 also work in London and 14 also work in Boston.
Behind Golub Capital, ahead of 7wire Ventures.
#23of 110
Boston
It is the only one of the top 69 here listing peer-to-peer and one of 6 here listing pre seed.
Its profile: “- Investments: over 200 early-stage startups - Coverage: investments in over 20 cities including New York, Boston and Toronto - Stage: pre-seed 2048 Ventures is a thesis-driven venture capital firm investing at the earliest stage.”
Of the top 69 here, 11 also cover biotech and 9 also cover healthtech; 8 also work in Tokyo.
Behind 1414 Ventures, ahead of ABRY Partners.
#32of 207
Pre seed
It is one of 2 here listing peer-to-peer.
Its profile: “It will head pre-seed rounds anywhere in North America, and says it reviews every pitch it receives.”
Of the top 71 here, 12 also cover deep tech and 11 also cover SaaS; 3 also work in Seattle and 3 also work in Europe.
Behind 1984 Ventures, ahead of 27V.