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Humba Ventures II.

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $40M
Focus: AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, Enterprise Software and Mobility & Transport
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

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.

N°02 / Thesis

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

Backing frontier orgs: organoids, IVF tech, surgical robots, drone swarmswebsite

70+ named portfolio companies across 6 verticals documentedwebsite

GPs provide playbooks from 150+ cos, 10+ unicorns, 12+ yearswebsite

100+ public portfolio names across manufacturing, robotics, bio, climate, defense, hardwarewebsite

Specific wins: organoid drug testing, nuclear microreactors, drone swarms, surgical robotswebsite

Portfolio breadth: 3D carbon fiber, biochar, geothermal, fish automation, cell therapywebsite

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

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$40M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Leo Olovets

Leo PolovetsGeneral Partner

Anna-Sofia LesivGeneral Partner

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