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Zygote Ventures

Zygote Ventures

Berkeley, Californiazygoteventures.com

Overview

Zygote Ventures is a privately held seed/angel venture capital fund. Zygote typically invests first, or very early, in innovative enterprises, most often technology, biotech, and agriculture. We are most interested in companies that can “change the game” — improving the world in a meaningful way . As a privately held “angel” investor, Zygote Ventures falls somewhere between an entrepreneur and a traditional venture capital fund . Zygote invests only its principal's money, and therefore earns no fees, profiting only from an increase in the value of the enterprise .

Year Founded

2008

Portfolio Companies

2

Investments

Zygote Ventures investments
CompanyDateStageLead
Bolt ThreadsJun 2015Series BCo-investor
Brillouin Energy Corp.May 2012Series ACo-investor
Bolt Threads-Series ACo-investor

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SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersBerkeley, California
Year Founded2008

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