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2048 Ventures

2048 Ventures backs early-stage founders building transformative companies across AI, DeepTech, Climate, SaaS, and Consumer, with a long-horizon view on where the world is headed by 2048.

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Ticket size$500K – $2M
StagesPre-Seed
Sectors5 focus areas
01 — Snapshot

At a glance

Key signals founders use to decide if this investor is worth a conversation.

Ticket size
$500K – $2M
Stages
Pre-Seed
Sectors
5 focus areas
Themes
13 mapped
02 — Focus

Where they invest

Stages and sectors this investor typically backs.

Sector focus

AI / MLSaaS / EnterpriseConsumer / D2CClimate / SustainabilityDeep Tech
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Lead / invest stages

Pre-Seed
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03 — Thesis

Investment thesis

Themes this investor is mapped to across the VC Dekho directory.

2048 Ventures backs early-stage founders building transformative companies across AI, DeepTech, Climate, SaaS, and Consumer, with a long-horizon view on where the world is headed by 2048.

Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatCategory creatorsImpact & inclusionGrowth & scale-upsDeep science / hard techSaaS / B2B softwareAI / MLClimate / sustainabilityPre-seed / day-zeroConsumer / D2C brands
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04 — Portfolio

Portfolio companies

40 companies mapped to this fund.

B
Broome
AI
Pre-Seed
11 Mar 2026
A
Aclid
Security and safety API layer for synthetic biology
$3.3M · Seed
12 Oct 2023
A
Acorn Finance
POS financing tool for contractors
A
Aerodome
Air support and Drone-as First-Responder infrastructure
$6.5M · Seed
14 Oct 2023
A
Airspace Link
Workflow and infrastructure for flying drones
Pre-Seed
30 Sept 2019
A
Arrow
Healthcare payments
$110M · Series A
1 May 2022
A
Aviary Health
Virtual cardiac rehab
C
Citrus Labs
Digital CRO
Seed
C
Cobalt ID
Business identity verification
Pre Seed
C
Coding.Bio
Modular therapies engineered for immune activation
C
ConverseNow
Voice AI platform for restaurants
$3M · Seed
13 Apr 2020
E
Eli Health
At-home saliva-based hormone monitoring
$1.85M
1 May 2023
E
Enurgen
Operating system for solar energy
Seed
F
Fazeshift
AI-powered apps for invoicing & accounts receivable
$17m · Series A
12 May 2026
F
Flyp
Marketplace connecting re-selling platforms
Seed
12 Dec 2020
G
GlossGenius
Beauty Industry
$44 million · Series D
23 Jul 2026
G
Growth Signals
AI-powered system of record and communication
Seed
1 Feb 2026
H
Humane Genomics
Synthetic oncolytic virus platform
I
Impilo
Operational OS for at-home health
I
InfraHub
Road infrastructure management
L
Laminar
Precision automation for industrials and data centers
$12.4M · Series A
16 Jul 2025
L
Lendflow
Embedded lending services
$10.8M · Series A
13 Oct 2021
N
Nimbus Health
Pulmonology
$12M
13 Jun 2025
N
Nionyx Bio
Programmable AAV vectors
$4M · Seed
29 Sept 2025
05 — Story

About 2048 Ventures

Background and context for founders evaluating this investor.

2048 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing at Pre-Seed and Seed stages across AI, DeepTech, Climate, SaaS, and Consumer. The firm's thesis is oriented around backing founders who are building for a fundamentally different world, making it a natural fit for contrarian or frontier bets rather than incremental plays. Typical cheques range from $500k to $2M, which aligns with founders raising their first institutional round or a follow-on seed extension. For Indian founders, 2048 Ventures is most relevant if your product has a global ambition or addresses a problem that is technology-forward and not purely domestic in scope. Given the firm's thematic focus on AI and DeepTech, founders working on foundation models, applied AI infrastructure, climate tech hardware, or vertical SaaS with a strong technical moat are likely to resonate most. Because the firm invests early, traction signals at this stage can be qualitative, but a sharp articulation of the problem, the technology edge, and the scale of the opportunity matters. Founders should look for warm introductions through the broader startup ecosystem, reference recent portfolio activity to tailor outreach, and lead with a concise framing of what milestone the current round unlocks.

The firm's thesis is oriented around backing founders who are building for a fundamentally different world, making it a natural fit for contrarian or frontier bets rather than incremental plays.

Notes

2048 Ventures is a US-based early-stage VC with a global outlook that includes emerging market founders. Indian founders building in AI, DeepTech, or Climate with global ambitions are a reasonable fit. Cheque sizes of $500k–$2M are typical for Pre-Seed and Seed rounds.

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06 — Investors

Investors at 2048 Ventures

Partners and principals mapped to this fund in the directory.

Founder and Partner

Alex Iskold

2048 Ventures

Partner

Zann Ali

2048 Ventures

Partner

Julie Wolf

2048 Ventures

Principal

Daniella Cohen

2048 Ventures

07 — Nearby

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08 — Explore

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Pre-Seed
AI / MLSaaS / EnterpriseConsumer / D2CClimate / SustainabilityDeep Tech
Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatCategory creatorsImpact & inclusionGrowth & scale-upsDeep science / hard tech
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