General Inception

General Inception

San Francisco, Californiageneralinception.com

Overview

General Inception is a Deep Tech Venture studio that partners with extraordinary technical co-founders to solve fundamental problems in science-based company creation. They focus on bringing together the right people, customers, and funding to start and scale successful companies. Their model involves guiding companies from idea to seed investment and beyond, providing legal, financial, business strategy, and operational support. General Inception works across various industry categories, including Engineered Biology, Life Science Tools & Diagnostics, and Therapeutics, creating an interconnected ecosystem to access new technologies, customers, and markets. As an Igniter company, General Inception brings a new way to partner with scientific inventors to ignite innovation and nurture transformational companies. General Inception becomes a co-founder and brings together domain expertise, seasoned executive talent, infrastructure resources, and capital to nurture and scale growth throughout the entire company journey.

Year Founded

2020

Portfolio Companies

9

Investments

CompanyDateStageLead
Surf TherapeuticsMar 2026SeedCo-investor
Planet SmartNov 2025Pre SeedLead
Enable MedicineDec 2024M&ACo-investor
Komo BiosciencesJul 2024SeedCo-investor
Alida BioJun 2024Series ACo-investor

Key People

Vikram Chaudhery

Founder, President & COO

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HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Year Founded2020

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