Humba Ventures is an early stage fund focused on categories like defense tech & security; climate & energy; and robotics & manufacturing. $250k-$1m checks.
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Humba Ventures retweeted
Storytelling is hard, especially for founders building in technical areas like defense, energy, and manufacturing.
So I built an American Dynamism pitch writer.
My favorite rewrite is below. Reply with yours!
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Congrats to Swarm Aero on a great Series A! They're developing swarms of Group 5 drones (think car-sized instead of backpack-sized), which is an incredibly valuable capability for our country and military to have. We're proud to be a small part of the early journey.
Modern conflicts are decided in the air. Swarm Aero is building a radically effective way to scale air power.
We're proud to share that we've raised $35 million in Series A funding, led by @TwoSigmaVC and @SilentVentures and joined by our seed investors @khoslaventures, @ScribbleVC, @friendsfamcap, @constructcap, @coatuemgmt, @foundersfund, @alumniventures, and @MaCVentureCap! This brings total capital raised to $59M to accelerate the deployment of our large UAV and the swarm software that enables drones to be controlled at scale.
While smaller drones pack smaller punches and require assistance to get to the fight, our large, multimission UAV can cover long distances and defeat high-value targets. Designed to manufacture at unprecedented volume and cooperate with superhuman dexterity, our UAV achieves asymmetric impact at dramatically lower cost than traditional aircraft.
The future world order depends on who controls air power. Swarm is building the technologies needed for deterrence and dominance in the 21st century. And we’re hiring!
Read more in @axios' Future of Defense exclusive on the raise (thank you @demarest_colin!) and our press release:
axios.com/2026/03/11/swarm-a…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Here's a postcard with every investment we've made in the last 12 months.
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Rocket scientists rebooted space. Now they want to fix energy. They say “if we can put a 40MW turbopump in a rocket, we can damn well fit a 2MW generator in a shipping container.”
Here's my piece on Critical, a team rethinking how we build power plants from first principles.
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Only 2 days left to apply for the Humba Deep Tech Fellowship! It's a chance to check out what's at the bleeding edge in deep tech and American Dynamism.
There's no requirement to be an aspiring VC (unlike most fellowships).
Details + short application: humbaventures.com/fellowship…
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Humba Ventures retweeted
9 days left to apply for the @humbavc Deep Tech Fellowship! It's a 5-week program where you join us for pitches & we learn from each other.
Sample startups from July:
- SAR satellites
- terraforming robots
- BCIs for thought-to-text
- next gen cell analysis
- mid-range missiles
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Humba Ventures retweeted
We've raised $22M Series A to restore American food sovereignty.
Co-led by @foundersfund and @interlagoscap.
One of our most important supply chains is broken. @ShinkeiSystems is here to fix it. 🧵
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Founders face endless high-stakes decisions with too many options and limited time -- who to hire, which customer segment to prioritize, and more.
I wrote a post about how to balance exploring new options vs. committing to the best one using the explore/exploit framework.
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We've been investing in deep tech for a few years at @humbavc, but it's just too hard and we've realized the future is in AI and vibes. So, we're doing the smart thing and pivoting our fund focus.
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Humba Ventures retweeted
A few deep tech founders raising Series A's recently asked me about what to include in their data rooms. I wanted to be data-driven, so I compiled some stats from ~30 data rooms on which sections were common and which were not. Here's what I found:
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The ebbs and flows in deal flow are so dramatic in VC. @humbavc averages one investment per month, but two years ago we had two 1-month periods w/4-5 investments each, and one 5-month period with 0 investments.
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I'm thrilled to announce that @annasofialesiv is joining me at @humbavc to invest in deep tech and American Dynamism startups.
We back incredible and spiky people, and our team should be incredible and spiky, too. Anna-Sofia is a perfect fit! 🦍💪
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I'm looking forward to hiring @humbavc's first full time employee in the next few months (details coming soon). It's going to be a really fun job for someone!
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I 💛 deep tech. Startups I got to meet this week:
🎞️AI chip design
🌴carbon capture @ palm oil farms
💱chip marketplace
🪸coral reef protection
⛽️green fuel production
👶ivf v2
🚨marine sensor network
🧬multiomic sequencing
🧠neuromodulation hardware
🤖sw for hardware testing
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We're excited to be working w/@ShinkeiSystems! They're developing automated fish processing solutions.🐟🤖
It's a great application of robotics: more humane for the fish, the fish meat is higher quality & longer-lasting, there's less waste, and this job is hard for humans to do.
I’m excited to share that @ShinkeiSystems raised $6M in seed funding led by @cantos, with participation from @8vc, @ImpatientVC, @RavelinCap, @SusaVentures @humbavc, Carya, @RedAndBlueVC, @UndeterredCap, and more.
Here's more about what we're up to 👇
techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/sh…
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We're tired of competing with the Filipino humba pork dish recipe when it comes to SEO, so we're changing our logo from a gorilla to the humba dish.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
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Humba Ventures retweeted
Expect the unexpected!
So excited to announce our $6.3M seed led by @foundersfund and @a16z with participation from @CapitalAlso, @LongJourneyVC , @BoxGroup, @humbavc
At @NorthwoodSpace we have our sights on building a data highway between earth and space. We are designing shared ground infrastructure from first principles to expand access to space.
We have a lot of work ahead of us but that’s the fun part. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in locations around the globe with real impact, we want you at Northwood. northwoodspace.io/careers
Exclusive: @bridgitmendler is adding space CEO to her list of actress, singer, and songwriter.
Introducing Northwood Space, which aims to mass produce ground stations and is backed by @a16z, @FoundersFund and more: cnbc.com/2024/02/19/disney-s…
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I'm amazed at how many products ChatGPT replaces. One silly example: I wanted to make a Zoom background for @humbavc today. I tried a few websites, but they were clunky and had paywalls. Then I asked ChatGPT to generate a sci-fi zoom background, and the first result was great. 🤷♂️
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I'm excited to reveal the new @humbavc logo to the world! Humba is a new deep tech fund in the @SusaVentures fund family, and we wanted its logo to reflect Susa's gorilla theme + a more futuristic/high tech feel. The result is a gorilla in the style of a circuit diagram! 🦍
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Since I'm investing in deep tech & critical national sectors via our fund @humbavc, I wanted to better understand if deep tech is VC-fundable.
So, I did what any engineer would: I analyzed data!
TLDR: deep tech is probably the best place to invest today.
codingvc.com/p/betting-on-de…
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