Artis Ventures
Artis Ventures is a San Francisco venture capital firm founded in 2001, known for its 'TechBio' thesis at the intersection of technology and biology. It participated in Arkenstone Defense's $35M seed round.
Artis Ventures is a San Francisco venture capital firm founded in 2001, known for its 'TechBio' thesis at the convergence of technology and biology — AI, gene editing, synthetic biology — applied to health, infrastructure, and security. It invests from seed through growth, with typical checks of $2M-$15M and reserves for follow-ons; it closed a $200M TechBio II fund in December 2023.
Overview
- Firm
- Artis Ventures
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Founded
- 2001
- AUM
- $200M (TechBio II fund, closed Dec 2023)
- Avg. check
- $2M-$15M
- Stages
- Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth
- Thesis
- 'TechBio' investing at the convergence of technology and biology — AI, gene editing, synthetic biology — applied to health, infrastructure, and security; invests seed through growth with reserves for follow-ons.
Portfolio companies2
- CompanyArkenstone DefenseArkenstone Defense sells commercial technology companies a ready-made government-contracting back office — workforce operations, HR, payroll, insurance, personnel security, contracting support, compliance, and accreditation — so they can sell to the U.S. government without building that operational infrastructure themselves. Its Foundation product handles FedRAMP/ATO/CMMC compliance and contract management; its Cohort product is a PEO for defense and dual-use companies.
- CompanyValarianUK 'sovereign infrastructure' platform letting governments run AI workloads under their own control.
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Frequently asked
- What is Artis Ventures?
- 'TechBio' investing at the convergence of technology and biology — AI, gene editing, synthetic biology — applied to health, infrastructure, and security; invests seed through growth with reserves for follow-ons.
- How much does Artis Ventures manage?
- Artis Ventures manages $200M (TechBio II fund, closed Dec 2023) in assets, and was founded in 2001.
- What stages does Artis Ventures invest at?
- Artis Ventures invests at Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, with typical checks of $2M-$15M.
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Artis Ventures, founded 2001 in San Francisco, closed its TechBio II fund at $200M in December 2023, investing seed through growth at the tech/biology convergence
VC Sheet: Artis Ventures (AV) - VC Fund BreakdownReported2026-07-20