Day One Ventures

Venture capital firm
San Francisco, United StatesFounded 2018$450M AUMwww.dayoneventures.comSee connections →

Early-stage venture capital firm founded by Masha Bucher that pairs seed-through-Series-C investment with in-house communications support.

Strategy

Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BSeries C
Sectors
AIFintechClimate & EnergyEnterpriseFuture of WorkConsumerDeep TechWeb3
Geographies
USASan Francisco, United States
Check size
$500K - $5M

Recent changes

  1. Oct 19, 2026Check size updated: $500K - $5M privateequitylist.com
  2. Sep 5, 2026Sectors updated: AI, Fintech, Climate & Energy, Enterprise, Future of Work, Consumer, Deep Tech, Web3 dayoneventures.com
  3. Sep 5, 2026Stages updated: Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C dayoneventures.com
  4. Feb 20, 2025Invested in Valar Atomics (Seed, $19M) TechCrunch
  5. Jan 1, 2025New fund: Day One Ventures Fund I ($49M) Value Add VC funds tracker
Earlier changes (1)
  1. Jan 1, 2024New fund: Day One Ventures Fund III ($150M) Value Add VC funds tracker

Funds

2
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Day One Ventures Fund I2025$49MFlagship
As of 2025Value Add VC funds tracker
Day One Ventures Fund III2024$150MFlagship
As of 2024Value Add VC funds tracker

Portfolio

1 total

Recent Investment Activity

1

Track record: led 0 and participated in 1 of 1 tracked venture round

DateCompanyEventRoleAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Feb 20, 2025Valar AtomicsSeedParticipated$19M—
Riot VenturesLeadunverifiedInitialized CapitalunverifiedAlleyCorpunverifiedDay One VenturesunverifiedSteel Atlas
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Co-Investors

12

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Latest Pulse

  1. Valar Atomics Sues Its Own Investor Over $1B RoundValar Atomics is suing early investor Day One Ventures in Delaware court over how its roughly $1 billion Series B was allocated and whether pro-rata rights were improperly stripped before closing.→
  2. Securitize Rings NYSE Bell as Tokenized Stock Era BeginsSecuritize completed its SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners II and rang the NYSE closing bell on July 6, becoming the first newly public company to tokenize its own stock on Solana and Avalanche on day one.→
  3. Ent Raises $100M Seed to Defend Against AI-Enabled CyberattacksCybersecurity startup Ent raised a $100M seed -- enormous for the stage -- from Sequoia, Craft, Felicis, Crosspoint, Shield Capital and In-Q-Tel. The thesis: as attackers weaponize AI, defense has to be AI-native from day one, and that requires frontier-scale capital before product-market fit.→

Day One Ventures FAQ

How large are Day One Ventures' funds?

Day One Ventures funds Value Add tracks include Day One Ventures Fund I ($49M, 2025); Day One Ventures Fund III ($150M, 2024), out of 2 Day One Ventures funds tracked in total.

What companies has Day One Ventures invested in?

Day One Ventures' portfolio includes Valar Atomics.

Who does Day One Ventures co-invest with most?

In the rounds Value Add tracks, Day One Ventures most often invests alongside AlleyCorp (1 shared deal), Atreides Management (1 shared deal), Contrary Capital (1 shared deal), Conviction (1 shared deal), Crosscut Ventures (1 shared deal).

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  • Value Add VC funds trackerValue Add VC data2 facts

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