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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.

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

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About 2048 Ventures

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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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