Venture capital firm

Obvious Ventures

Venture firm backing purpose-driven founders in health, sustainability and industry

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TrustList summary

Obvious Ventures is a venture firm that invests in companies solving large human and planetary problems. Its team describes itself as product designers and company operators first.

What Obvious Ventures does

Industrial systems: backs companies making the global economy safer, more efficient and carbon-free.
Health and food: funds ventures in healthcare, nutrition and consumer goods.
Portfolio range: includes lab-grown diamonds, plant-based meat, electric trucking and cyber insurance.
Named holdings: Beyond Meat, Proterra and Diamond Foundry.

Who it works with

Purpose-driven entrepreneurs building profitable, scalable companies. Its current portfolio also includes payroll software for small businesses, satellite imaging, robotics for warehouses and senior healthcare.

Key facts

Investment pillars: Three
Founders' background: Helped grow Apple, Twitter and Patagonia, per its site

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

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Rankings

Obvious Ventures is ranked on 1 TrustList ranking at #22.

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Venture capital firm · 1 ranking

#22of 31
Sydney
Of the 31 here, 4 also cover series a and 4 also cover partners; 15 also work in London and 14 also work in New York City.
Behind Macquarie Capital, ahead of OCBC Bank of Singapore.

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