Root Ventures

LiquidMetal Ventures is a newly established venture capital fund based in Boston, aiming at investing in early-stage (Seed, Angel, and pre-A round) in a minority group, particularly deep-tech startups. LiquidMetal Ventures is based on deep-tech start-up communities and has a unique advantage in reaching out to ‘off-the-market’ early-stage deals and cooperating with peer VC funds tightly to reduce the risk, overall a high return could be expected. LiquidMetal Ventures focuses on biotech and healthcare, carbon neutrality, AI and data, infrastructure, and consumer tech. There is a huge tide of startups among Boston entrepreneurs in the US on the way. We would like to be the first to check VC with the founders. Investment FocusBioTech Medical Device Sustainability AI & Data Science Advanced Energy Technology Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing

Investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, nurturing Singapore-based tech startups with intellectual property and global market potential. SEEDS Capital was founded in 2001 to foster entrepreneurship in Singapore when the technology and startup ecosystem was nascent. Today, Singapore is ranked first in Asia and seventh globally in Startup Blink’s Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2022. SEEDS is one of the most active investors in Singapore according to Tech In Asia. As the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, SEEDS catalyses private sector investments into Singapore-based, early-stage technology startups that are pioneering scientific and engineering solutions. We co-invest with institutional investors such as venture capital funds (VCs), corporate venture capital arms (CVCs) and family offices in innovative startups with strong intellectual content and global market potential. As early-stage investors, we invest in the first and second institutional rounds of technology startups. Our focus sectors are Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering, Health & Biomedical Sciences and Urban Solutions & Sustainability. We also look at emerging areas such as Agri-tech, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Quantum and Space Technologies. Post-investment, we leverage Enterprise Singapore’s network across industries and global overseas centres to add value to our portfolio companies. Since 2017, we have deployed more than S$220 million and stimulated more than S$950 million of private sector investments into more than 160 companies. Learn more about our co-investment partners and portfolio startups.

We partner early with unstoppable entrepreneurs leveraging breakthrough science and technology to pursue progress at scale. Everything we do revolves around a single problem: What are the best ways to reconcile economic growth with human and planetary health? We invest in teams and solutions that address multi-decade problems that humanity has no choice but to solve. Our focusing questionsHow can we decouple improving living standards from resource depletion? How can we ensure food, energy and materials supply security when confronted by deglobalization, multipolarity and the distractions of the attention economy? How can we improve life on Earth and unlock future economic growth potential by leveraging next-generation computing and exploring outer space? How can the clean industrialization of biological processes reduce humanity’s impact on our planet? How we invest in unstoppable founders We look to problems and unmet needs first and then to which technologies and solutions have the potential to address those problems effectively. We don’t push any one type of technology or limit ourselves to one field. We look for founders and companies at the pre-seed and seed stages leveraging the three basic disciplines (physics, chemistry, biology) to engineer economically viable solutions. We look for teams that are uniquely suited to address the opportunity and its inherent challenges and for solutions that are radically better, technically viable, and defensible. Some of the areas we are keen to continue exploring include clean commodities, space technology, industrial decarbonization, electro- and green chemistry, next-generation computing, new materials & production methods. How we partner for the long-term Starlight is a Pre-Seed and Seed investor and ideally the first institutional check into your company. Having been in your shoes as founders and scientists ourselves, we will serve as an ally in the journey ahead. Here’s what you can expect from working with us: We will lead or co-lead your first institutional round. We reserve capital for follow-on investment in later rounds, and we have to ability to partner with our LPs to augment our participation in future opportunities. We will be personally invested in your success, as a large portion of our fund comes from our own team. We will put a particular focus on ensuring that your roadmap is focused on the key risks and milestones unique to addressing the most pressing problems. We will work with you to establish rock-solid governance and operational practices that hold up to the scrutiny of the world’s best institutional investors. We will help you line up and credibly engage the right future investors for your business and trajectory. Let’s partner and make change happen.

Our world stands at the threshold of a new era shaped by Trustless Infrastructure, Digital Intelligence, Atomic Breakthroughs. Over the next decade, these forces will render legacy models obsolete and form the foundations of civilizational change. Crypto Crypto is freedom technology. Fundamentally, it creates a new way for human beings to coordinate at scale, removing intermediaries and replacing them with code and incentives. With native monetization baked into open source technology, crypto represents both a computational and financial innovation simultaneously with massive surface area for experimentation. We believe these systems are early in a profound shift that will disintermediate every vertical where network effects are captured by centralized entities. Deep tech AI is ushering in a golden age of Deep Tech. A new breed of founder is gaining unprecedented execution leverage on complex science and engineering problems. This is powered by ever-evolving foundational models and massive capital outlays. This leverage compounds, driving breakthroughs in both bits (algorithms, synthetic data, advanced simulations) and atoms (robotics, bioengineering, materials science). We believe this confluence is fundamentally rewiring entire industries and tackle civilization-scale problems. Our story Forged in the fires of crypto, Delphi helped write the playbook for an entirely new class of founder that leveraged open source, composable primitives to rapidly innovate. Over the past 7 years, our broader hivemind has navigated the bleeding edge of technology from the researcher, builder, and investor perspectives. With the advent of AI, a new breed of founder is emerging with immense execution leverage both in the digital and natural world.

HB Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in Deep Tech and Web3 opportunities in Asia Pacific and other regions. We focus on investing in early and growth stage technology companies. Our typical investments are Series A to Pre-IPO stage companies whose founders have built solid traction, and we come in to bring in capital and corporate networks to accelerate expansion. We invest in scalable businesses with sustainable model built around core technology. Sectors: Semi-conductor, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Web 3.0, Advanced Manufacturing, Biotech, Medical Equipment, Renewable and Alternative Energy, Fintech,and other emerging technologies Target Regions: Greater China and Southeast Asia, and we are also open to investment opportunities in the US & Europe Investment Ticket: Initial USD1-5 Million (up to RMB50-100m with our strategic partners and co-investors) Business Model: Technology led and capital efficient companies whose founders have clear vision and proven traction in building companies Our Deep Tech funds focus on early growth to Pre-IPO stage companies while our Web3 funds, in collaboration with our strategic partner Web3Labs, focus on earlier stage opportunities as well as Fund of Fund investments. We also provide AI Cloud services as well as Incubation programs to our Web3 related portfolio companies. Our Advisory Board and Partners have backed 100+ technology companies with notable capital market and M&A exits, and they are here to bring deep industry insights and networks to our portfolio companies. Experience and Expertise: Our partners and advisers have hands-on experience in building successful technology companies from sketch in leading roles Extensive Business Network: The track record and diverse background of our partners and advisors allows us to provide senior connections critical for scaling up the operation of an early-stage Future Financing and IPO: We will bring in our corporate finance experiences as well as networks with late-stage funds and banks to accelerate the growth of our portfolio companies. We could assist, or even take a leading role, in further fund raising and IPO of our portfolio companies A Strong Community + Decades of Experience = Wisdom and EmpathyTransparency: We are direct, honest and cooperative in our interactions with each other, our entrepreneurs and LPs Entrepreneurship: We are more than just investors, we are entrepreneurs: pragmatic, risk-tolerant and decisive when key opportunities arise Team: We are a diverse team in skills and backgrounds and achieve our goals through building cooperative relationships Winning Mentality: We are ambitious like the entrepreneurs we invest in. We walk the extra mile to build global companies

Cybernetix Ventures is a venture capital firm leading the way for investment into early-stage robotics, automation, and AI startups. Headquartered in Boston, the world’s epicenter for robotics innovation, Cybernetix connects its portfolio to the national and global robotics ecosystems, bringing unparalleled expertise to companies poised to make major impacts in sectors including advanced manufacturing, logistics/warehousing, architecture, engineering and construction and healthcare/medical devices. The fund will also invest in key robotics-enabling software companies in AI/machine learning, cloud robotics, cybersecurity, autonomy, and sensors/edge computing.