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Origin Ventures VI

Geography: United States
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $140M
Focus: AI/ML, Data Infrastructure, Deep Tech and Defense
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Origin Ventures VI

AI infrastructure, AI software/logistics, defense, robotics, frontier tech. Seed, Series A.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Data Infrastructure

Deep Tech

Defense

Robotics & Automation

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Bold AI/frontier tech founder at Seed/Series A with deep expertise

AI Infrastructure

AI-Native Software

Frontier Tech

Seed & Series A

Productivity & Automation

Bullish Signals

25+ years leading Seed/Series Aexternal

Portfolio: Veho, Tovala, Fountain, Swarmboticsexternal

6-city investor network coast-to-coastexternal

AI Economy thesis: infra + software + frontierexternal

New portfolio: Opticore, Torus, Voze, Clearjetwebsite

Photonic computing + secure energy in portfoliowebsite

Covers compute, power, LLMs, quantum, securitywebsite

Frontier: robotics, defense, space, materialswebsite

Patient capital, long-term commitment statedwebsite

Active in 6 cities: SF, LA, SLC, Chicago, NYC, DCwebsite

Transformative tech drives human progress statedwebsite

Fifth economic era positioning: AI Economy leaderwebsite

People-first, values-aligned collaborative networkwebsite

Investment themes: compute, power, LLMs, quantum, securitywebsite

Themes: logistics, supply chain, sales, operations, consumer AIwebsite

Frontier themes: robotics, defense, electrification, space, materialswebsite

Early believers in extraordinary people—origin story focuswebsite

Patient capital + experience to help scale with purposewebsite

Contrarian Signals

Broad thesis — AI to defense to roboticsexternal

No GP info publicly visibleexternal

No fund size or check size disclosedwebsite

Founder Do's

Deep industry expertise required

Bold, norm-challenging vision

AI-first or frontier tech focus

Open to coast-to-coast partnership

Building for long-term scale

Founder Don'ts

No late-stage deals

Avoid non-transformative tech

No purely incremental ideas

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$140M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Jason Heltzer, Scott Stern, Bruce Barron, Steve Miller

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