2048 Ventures

About 2048 Ventures

Thesis-driven pre-seed and seed fund focused on Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Healthcare, and Biotech. Leads early rounds with initial checks of $500K-$3M.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Biotech

Deep Tech

Digital Health

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Technical or repeat founder building vertical AI, deep tech, or biotech pre-seed

vertical-AI

deep-tech

healthcare

biotech

pre-seed-lead

Bullish Signals

Fund III oversubscribed at $82M, signalling strong LP conviction in thesisblog

Leads pre-seed rounds with meaningful checks before institutional capital arrivesblog

Rapid deployment process reduces founder waiting time significantlyblog

Live pitch competitions, $50K prizes per verticaltwitter

Portfolio CTO AI survey — active community engagementtwitter

Portfolio co wins Edison Award for Physical AItwitter

Biotech + Deep Tech Boston events May 27–28twitter

Healthcare + Vertical AI NYC event June 2twitter

Century Health founder interview — portfolio spotlighttwitter

Deadline extended — high founder demand for pitch eventstwitter

Laminar Edison Award — physical AI portfolio wintwitter

CTO AI survey signals deep portfolio engagementtwitter

Contrarian Signals

Rejects volume-based investing; only high-conviction bets consideredblog

Avoids short-lived tech trends without fundamental differentiationblog

Heavy event focus may slow direct founder outreachtwitter

Founder Do's

Show deep technical differentiation and defensible data moats

Highlight domain depth and specialisation over broad applicability

Come with clarity of thesis and founder capability, not just traction

Be open to 2048 leading and co-structuring your round from scratch

Apply to pitch competitions — direct access to fund

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch broad generalist platforms without domain specificity

Don't expect slow or opaque fundraising processes — match their speed

Don't rely on existing traction as your main signal; thesis and team matter more

Key GPs & Partners

2048 Ventures Team

General Partner

thesis-drivenfast-movercommunity-builder

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$82M

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Key People

Alex Iskold

2048 Ventures TeamGeneral Partner