Quest Venture Partners

Quest Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, investing at the pre-seed and seed stage. The firm leads or co-leads rounds and writes first checks into science-driven deep-technology companies. Its stated technical domains include advanced materials, quantum and photonics, synthetic biology, and robotics and automation; the firm describes its approach as sector-agnostic within deep technology, with a geographic focus on the United States. Beyond direct investment, Quest Venture Partners lists direct secondaries access as part of its offering to investors.

The investment thesis is built around backing strong teams working on consequential problems before consensus forms around them. Cited criteria include preparedness for risk, perseverance, recognition of significant market problems, effective marketing and monetisation, and execution. The emphasis is on entering early on technical problems of consequence rather than on established market categories.

The firm's founding general partners are Andrew Ogawa, Marcus Ogawa and Maarten 't Hooft; Takeshi Ito serves as general partner. Further details on fund size and typical check size are not disclosed.