224 Ventures Fund I

United States
Pre Seed
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About 224 Ventures Fund I

Applications, robotics, infrastructure, and core intelligence

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

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

Key GPs & Partners

SJ
Shaun Johnson
Partner
AI-nativecommunity-buildertechnical
YL
Yann LeCun
Advisor/Partner
frontier-researcherdeep-learningacademic
OV
Oriol Vinyals
Advisor/Partner
frontier-researcherdeep-learningtechnical

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Fund Overview

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Key People

Shaun Johnson, Yann LeCun, Oriol Vinyals

Shaun JohnsonPartner
Yann LeCunAdvisor/Partner
Oriol VinyalsAdvisor/Partner

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