Humba Ventures II.

United States

Pre Seed

About Humba Ventures II.

Humba Ventures II. is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, Mobility Transport, Enterprise Software, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Climate Sustainability

Enterprise Software

Mobility Transport

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Technical founder building hard tech others won't touch

hard tech

deep tech

American Dynamism

bio & health

defense & aerospace

manufacturing

robotics

climate & energy

nuclear

chips & data centers

protein design

Bullish Signals

60% seed-to-Series-A vs 20% avgexternal

10+ unicorns across 150+ portfolio cosexternal

$2-3 co-investment per $1 deployedexternal

Susa Ventures pedigree, $750m+ AUMexternal

Deep portfolio: 40+ named cos, 12+ yearswebsite

Prior exits: Scalyr, Hightouch $2.75b, Mashgin $1.5bwebsite

5 verticals: robotics, bio, climate, defense, hardwarewebsite

CloudTrucks $850m, Placer $1.5b, Veho $1.5b exitswebsite

Deep Tech Fellowship program activewebsite

Portfolio spans 6 core sectors: manufacturing, robotics, bio, climate, defense, hardwarewebsite

Named exits: Hightouch $2.75b, verified 150+ companies backedwebsite

Seed check size $750k-$1.5m, co-investment average $2-3xwebsite

Portfolio includes nuclear, protein design, chips/data centerswebsite

50+ portfolio companies across manufacturing, bio, climate, defensewebsite

Contrarian Signals

Niche focus limits deal flow breadthexternal

Small team, two GPs onlyexternal

Majority portfolio cos remain stealth/undisclosedwebsite

Supportive checks legacy: Glade, Nourish, non-core SaaSwebsite

Founder Do's

Build in difficult, underexplored sectors

Show technical defensibility others can't replicate

Embrace hard manufacturing or science problems

Expect co-investment help ($2-3x per $1)

Fit nuclear, bio, robotics, defense verticals

Target: what others won't/can't build

Deep dive into complex, non-obvious problems

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch pure software/SaaS plays

Don't avoid technical depth or moats

Don't expect fit without hard-tech angle

Key GPs & Partners

Leo Polovets

General Partner

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Anna-Sofia Lesiv

General Partner

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$40M

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Key People

Leo Olovets

Leo PolovetsGeneral Partner

Anna-Sofia LesivGeneral Partner

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