Obvious Ventures raises $77.7 M in its First Round

Obvious Ventures, is a venture capital firm which was started by Twitter and Medium co-founder Ev Williams. It brings experience, capital and focus to startups combining profit with purpose for a better world.

This startup helped a lot of companies launch, grow and generate financial returns. Some of these companies also deliver positive environmental benefits with every dollar of revenue they earn.

Obvious Ventures is a team of experienced investors with many IPOs under their collective belt. But they are product designers and company builders first, and the startup’s mission is to help fuel startups which combine profit and purpose. They create new solutions to big problems in a profitable and scalable way.

How much Obvious Ventures was funded?

Ev Williams, Obvious Ventures has raised a total of $77.7 M in its opening round.

Obvious Ventures has investments in many companies which includes plant based protein food company Beyond Meat, energy efficient startup Flux, Magic Leap an augmented reality company and the HR software firm which is next generation ZenPayroll.

What is next for Obvious Ventures?

Obvious Ventures has unveiled in December 2014, with the aim of investing in startups which can have a positive impact on the world. Obvious Ventures is the 3^rd entrepreneurial effort from Ev Williams with the word obvious in its name.

More about Obvious Ventures

Obvious Ventures is focusing on funding startups across 3 main themes; Sustainable Themes which are innovative ways to remake and re imagine things which we use every day to increase the value and to reduce the carbon footprint, People Power which is technology that empowers the individuals and small businesses, and to drive an improvement in education, employment and collaboration and finally the Healthy Living which are products and services that improve human health and wellness and performance in medicine, nutrition and fitness.