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Civilization Ventures
Venture capital · Tiburon, CA, United States · North America
Civilization Ventures is a life sciences venture firm that backs founders in health and biotech, with a focus on AI. It runs a Fellowship program that trains PhDs to become entrepreneurs and describes its approach as "mentor capital".
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordslife sciencesbiotechgenomicsdiagnosticsdigital healthsynthetic biology
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Or find every investor that fitsCivilization Ventures lists 59 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 75% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (73%), AI & Machine Learning (6%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (5%). 91% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, ARTIS and Axial.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Civilization Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Civilization Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 59. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 13% |
| Series A | 75% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 13% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 88th | 59 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 55th | 13% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 69th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 92th | 73% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 73% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 6% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
| Fintech | 3% | 12% |
| Consumer | 3% | 3% |
| Food & Agriculture | 3% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 2% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 2% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 9 |
| ARTIS | 5 |
| Axial | 5 |
| Prefix Capital | 4 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 3 |
| General Catalyst | 3 |
| IQT | 3 |
| IndieBio | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5898%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Civilization Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Civilization Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 20 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 20 Aug 2025 | Series C+ | |
| 11 Aug 2025 | Series A | |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Civilization Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Civilization Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
59 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10x Science develops software to molecularly characterize proteins at scale and analyze complex data in real time. | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| 23andMe sells DNA testing kits and subscription plans that report on a person's genetic ancestry and genetic health risks. | Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Adyn provides at-home birth control tests and personalized prescriptions based on genetic background and hormone levels | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aikium integrates deep learning with ultra-large-scale wet lab experimentation to develop next-generation protein therapeutics | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Alveo develops and provides molecular testing and diagnostic solutions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ample delivers energy to electric vehicles through modular battery swapping technology | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Antheia manufactures essential medicines using advanced biosynthesis technologies to produce Key Starting Materials and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aperiam Bio identifies hyperfolding variants of target proteins with improved expression, solubility, and specific activity | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aspect Biosystems develops bioprinted tissue therapeutics to treat diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Axonis Therapeutics develops medicines targeting neurological disorders | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Babyscripts provides a maternity care solution that uses early risk detection to improve maternal health outcomes | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & ManufacturingCybersecurity | Portfolio page | |||
| Catena Biosciences develops therapeutic structures, including antibody-drug conjugates, using its CysTyr conjugation platform. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Convergent Genomics is a genomic diagnostic company that develops a non-invasive genomic urine test to detect and predict the risk of urothelial cancer | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Curai Health provides virtual medical care and connects patients with board-certified doctors and medical experts | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Curve Biosciences monitors chronic diseases using Whole-Body Intelligence models and blood tests. | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Delineate creates models from available evidence for consequential decisions in therapeutic areas | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| DermBiont is developing a treatment for skin disorders such as Melasma and hyperpigmentation. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ermit develops and builds physical AI products, including connected devices, real-time intelligence, and human interfaces | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| FidoCure uses genomic testing to determine the best course of action for canine cancer therapy | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- civilizationventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Apr 2025
- Companies checked
- 59
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