Fund profile / United States

224 Ventures Fund I

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: USD
Focus
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About 224 Ventures Fund I

Applications, robotics, infrastructure, and core intelligence

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Deeply technical AI-native founder disrupting large industry

AI-native

robotics

infrastructure

applications

core-intelligence

Bullish Signals

Yann LeCun & Vinyals as advisorsexternal

LP base of frontier AI operatorsexternal

Big tech + Fortune 100 network accessexternal

Early-stage AI conviction, $1–5M checksexternal

Robust ecosystem: customers, partners, mentors, co-founderswebsite

Early stages of AI revolution, iconic opportunitieswebsite

Contrarian Signals

Participatory only — no lead checksexternal

Narrow AI-only mandate limits scopeexternal

Founder Do's

Be deeply technical

Show AI-native architecture

Target large industry disruption

Leverage operator LP network as design partners

Move fast, high determination

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch non-AI-native products

Don't come without technical depth

Don't expect lead check — participatory $1–5M

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund SizeUSD

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Shaun Johnson, Yann LeCun, Oriol Vinyals

Shaun JohnsonPartner

Yann LeCunAdvisor/Partner

Oriol VinyalsAdvisor/Partner

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