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Tess Ventures
Venture capital
Tess Ventures is the investment fund of Tess Hau, who has made over 200 investments across 12+ years. The fund backs technical founders building AI, robotics and deep tech companies, often writing early checks before a first prototype ships.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordsartificial intelligenceroboticsdeep techagentsinfrastructureuniversity spinouts
Your fit with Tess Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsTess Ventures lists 22 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (30%), Fintech (15%) and Education (10%). 50% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Menlo Group and Sequoia Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Tess 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 Tess Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 22. 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 | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 55th | 22 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 52th | 30% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 30% | 18% |
| Fintech | 15% | 12% |
| Education | 10% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
| Human Resources | 5% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 4 |
| Menlo Group | 3 |
| Sequoia Capital | 3 |
| StartX | 3 |
| 3cubed Ventures | 2 |
| Acadian Ventures | 2 |
| Founders Circle Capital | 2 |
| Mighty Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1986%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company314%
- 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 Tess Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Tess Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Aug 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Tess Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Tess Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
22 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aethir provides secure and cost-effective access to enterprise-grade GPUs around the world through its distributed cloud compute infrastructure. | AI & Machine LearningGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Aitomatic builds digital engineers for physical industry | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Media & EntertainmentFintech | Portfolio page | |||
| Automation Anywhere provides agentic automation to autonomously run mission-critical processes, empowering employees to focus on what matters most. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Blushh predicts a user's menstrual cycle and auto-delivers period products before they are needed | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| Degreed provides a learning and upskilling platform with AI-powered solutions for workforce development | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Joinable Labs provides a platform for enabling and governing trusted knowledge for AI agents | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Aug 2025Seed | Funding round | |
EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | |||
| Kithward guides users to find an independent living community that's right for them. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Nubank provides financial services including credit cards, accounts, and loans. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Pareto builds products and conducts research to advance human-based training signals for models | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| PastureMap is a desktop and mobile app used by ranchers to simplify their grazing management, make accurate predictions, and get the most from their land. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a virtual agent for IT and HR employee service using AI technology. | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Pintaria creates AI-powered learning adventures for kids in subjects like Math, English, and Science. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides construction management software and related services. | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Plentina provides instant loans for buying goods and services that can be repaid through electronic wallets or over-the-counter at 7-Eleven stores in the Philippines. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| PrimeVax is a clinical stage immuno-oncology company developing novel therapies for cancer. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ramani finances and clears trade for import traders and local distributors, paying suppliers and clearing goods port to port, with repayment from sales or per shipment. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Robinhood provides a platform for trading and investing in stocks, ETFs, crypto, options, and futures. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- tessventures.xyz
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 4 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 22
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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