About Dauntless Ventures
Dauntless Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2024. As of Sep 2026, Dauntless Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 6 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Besxar Overall, Dauntless Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn, namely Lila Sciences. A lot of funds co-invest with Dauntless Ventures, with names like Nvidia sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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Deals in last 12 months
Dauntless Ventures' List of Top Investments
Dauntless Ventures has a portfolio of 6 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investmentis in BesxarTheir portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences and 5 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by Dauntless Ventures:Developer of AI-powered autonomous scientific research platforms. These platforms integrate AI models with autonomous laboratory systems to design, conduct, and analyze scientific experiments across life, chemical, and materials sciences. The goal is to accelerate scientific discovery and address significant challenges by significantly increasing the speed, scale, and accuracy of research beyond human capabilities alone. This approach aims to reinvent the scientific method through the application of artificial intelligence.
Key facts about Lila Sciences
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $552M
- Employee Count: 552 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: ADIA, Shake and Bake Productions and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 30, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of DNA synthesis technology using enzymes. The company offers a chemical method and Next-generation technology for synthesis. Their technology is based on polymerase-nucleotide conjugates that have the ability to extend a DNA molecule by one building block at a time.
Key facts about Ansa Biotechnologies
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Berkeley (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $177M
- Employee Count: 81 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: RA Capital Management, Mubadala and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Oct 02, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Vatn Systems
Developer of autonomous underwater vehicles. It also offers navigation software to control and manage the systems.
Key facts about Vatn Systems
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Portsmouth (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $76.5M
- Employee Count: 88 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Blue Collective, Hanwha and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 10, 2025, $*****
4. Tfvector
Provider of technology and insights for modern military and defense applications. They deliver battlefield-proven insights and advanced technology to equip warfighters. The company focuses on integrating technology to address near-peer adversaries. They offer operational insights derived from conflict zones.
Key facts about Tfvector
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $122M
- Employee Count: 71 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Point72, Kickstart Fund and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 03, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Spektion
Provider of cyber risk and vulnerability assessment solutions. It is a software vulnerability management company that helps organizations to proactively manage the security of the software by analyzing behavioral data to identify unseen risks. The purpose-built platform delivers continuous vulnerability analysis for an organizations entire software inventory, leveraging runtime behavior insights to uncover vulnerabilities.
Key facts about Spektion
- Founded Year: 2024
- Location: Dripping Springs (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5M
- Employee Count: 17 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Live Oak Ventures, Tau Ventures and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 08, 2025, $*****
Dauntless Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
In 2025, it made 2 investments, while as of Sep 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Besxar.Dauntless Ventures' Investments by Stage
Dauntless Ventures has made 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $87.5M and 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $9M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 2 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Dauntless Ventures' Investments by Sector
Dauntless Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, Chemicals and Materials and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 5 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 5 Tech companies, 4 Software companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 2 |
Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech | 1 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 1 |
Chemicals and Materials | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Dauntless Ventures' Investments by Geography
Dauntless Ventures has made most investments in United States (2).Dauntless Ventures' recent investments
Dauntless Ventures has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Besxar.Here are the most recent investments by Dauntless Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 09, 2026 | - | Seed | 5185 | ||
Dec 10, 2025 | United States | Series A | 7397 | ||
Oct 14, 2025 | United States | Series A | 6965 | [+8] |
Unicorns in Dauntless Ventures' Portfolio
Dauntless Ventures has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Lila Sciences. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Lila Sciences which became a unicorn in 2025.Here is a list of unicorns in Dauntless Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
67 | Developer of AI-powered autonomous scientific research platforms | 2023 | Cambridge | Series A | mig{rki |
Co-investors of Dauntless Ventures
Over the past year, 35 investors have co-invested in Dauntless Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before Dauntless Ventures: Flagship Pioneering, General Catalyst and 21 others have invested in rounds before Dauntless Ventures. There is 1 company where Flagship Pioneering has invested before Dauntless Ventures and 1 company where General Catalyst has invested before Dauntless Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Dauntless Ventures: 12 investors entered a company along with Dauntless Ventures. These include investors like Nvidia (1 company).
