Oxonian Ventures

Oxonian Ventures, founded in 2016 and based in Palo Alto, California, is a venture capital investment firm focused on supporting early-stage companies, particularly in the educational technology sector. The firm consists of a group of angel investors who are Oxford-educated and share a common interest in fostering entrepreneurship among fellow alumni. By providing both financial backing and mentoring, Oxonian Ventures aims to nurture and promote the growth of innovative startups founded by Oxford graduates, thereby contributing to the broader ecosystem of Oxonian entrepreneurship.

Christine Li- Auyeung

Investor

Jasmine Bacchus

Venture Associate

Melania Edwards

Investor

Leslie Huynh

Venture Associate

Delcho Ivanov

Investor

Christine Li-Auyeung

Venture Associate

Kanika Thapar Mehta

Investor

Allie Morse

Investor

Nnamdi Nwachukwu

Investor

Cameron Turner

Fund Manager

19 past transactions

CNote

Series A in 2022
CNote is an investment platform that earns a better return while investing in the causes and communities that matters. CNote rewards great savers with alternative financial vehicles that earn more - safely and simply. Their first product, CNote Savings, helps good savers earn up to 2.5% annual return -- that's 35x more than a traditional savings account. The was founded in 2016 by two women with decades of experience working in finance, venture capital, and private equity. CNote is headquartered in Oakland, California.

Proof of Impact

Seed Round in 2021
Proof of Impact B.V. is a company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that operates a blockchain-based platform designed for impact verification and financing. Founded in 2017, it connects donors and investors with verifiable projects that deliver measurable social and environmental benefits, such as child vaccinations, solar energy installations, and ocean cleanup initiatives. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including non-governmental organizations, corporations, non-profit entities, and individual contributors. By utilizing blockchain technology, Proof of Impact ensures that transactions are linked to specific, verifiable impact events, providing transparency and accountability. This enables all stakeholders to witness the tangible positive changes resulting from their financial contributions.

Pomp & Whimsy

Seed Round in 2021
Pomp & Whimsy Inc., founded in 2015 and headquartered in Pelham, New York, specializes in the production of gin and other spirits. The company focuses on creating a uniquely refined liquor by infusing traditionally distilled gin with a naturally flavorful botanical liqueur, resulting in a lightly sweetened and fruit-floral spirit that appeals to a broader palate. Pomp & Whimsy aims to provide a distinctive alternative to standard dry gin, making their offerings more accessible to consumers who prefer a smoother taste. The company is involved in the manufacturing, distribution, and sales of its products, highlighting its commitment to quality and innovation in the spirits market.

The Beans

Seed Round in 2021
The Beans is a financial planning platform that aims to simplify the journey to financial success. Founded on September 15, 2016, by Matthieu Tourne and Melissa Gail Pancoast, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The platform utilizes visual tools involving dried beans and corn to provide an engaging and accessible approach to wealth management. By offering proactive and positive support, The Beans helps users alleviate financial stress, allowing them to concentrate on their passions and interests.

Mote

Seed Round in 2021
Mote is a Chrome extension that enables users to add transcribed voice comments to shared documents, enhancing communication and feedback in educational and workplace settings. The software allows users to provide voice notes on documents and assignments, which are transcribed for easy reading or listening by recipients. It also facilitates communication in users' preferred languages, thereby improving the overall effectiveness of feedback. By allowing users to edit transcripts, Mote ensures clarity and precision in communication, making it a valuable tool for teachers and teams aiming to enhance their feedback processes.

Mote

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Mote is a Chrome extension that enables users to add transcribed voice comments to shared documents, enhancing communication and feedback in educational and workplace settings. The software allows users to provide voice notes on documents and assignments, which are transcribed for easy reading or listening by recipients. It also facilitates communication in users' preferred languages, thereby improving the overall effectiveness of feedback. By allowing users to edit transcripts, Mote ensures clarity and precision in communication, making it a valuable tool for teachers and teams aiming to enhance their feedback processes.

Docuvision

Seed Round in 2020
DocuVision Inc. develops automated tools for businesses. It offers AI-powered redaction of documents and emails to automatically find and remove personally identifiable information; AI-powered PII discovery to automatically find and index personally identifiable information; and privacy portal to manage CCPA data requests. The company’s solutions include legal, DSAR and SAR requests, privacy discovery and remediation, and security for unstructured data. It serves legal, marketing, and privacy teams. DocuVision Inc. was founded in 2019 and is based in Berkeley, California.

Probably Genetic

Seed Round in 2019
Probably Genetic is dedicated to assisting individuals with rare genetic conditions that are often misdiagnosed as autism spectrum disorder. Typically, patients endure an exhausting wait of up to seven years to receive accurate diagnoses, leading to significant emotional and financial burdens as they consult numerous doctors and specialists. To address this issue, Probably Genetic provides educational resources and DNA sequencing tests, facilitating a more straightforward path to understanding whether there may be underlying genetic factors contributing to their symptoms. The organization's goal is to support those who are overlooked by the existing healthcare system, ultimately helping families find clarity and answers more efficiently.

Apero

Angel Round in 2019
Apero Health is a tech-focused medical billing company that provides full transparency to practices and patients.

Netifi

Seed Round in 2018
Netifi Inc. develops and offers cloud-native application platform for developers. It provides reactive microservices platform, built on RSocket that offers API management, routing, service discovery, predictive load balancing, and ultra low latency RPC in a single deployable. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Rainmakers

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Rainmakers is the leading recruiting platform built specifically to help companies hire top sales talent.

CNote

Angel Round in 2017
CNote is an investment platform that earns a better return while investing in the causes and communities that matters. CNote rewards great savers with alternative financial vehicles that earn more - safely and simply. Their first product, CNote Savings, helps good savers earn up to 2.5% annual return -- that's 35x more than a traditional savings account. The was founded in 2016 by two women with decades of experience working in finance, venture capital, and private equity. CNote is headquartered in Oakland, California.

Going Merry

Seed Round in 2017
Going Merry Inc. is an online platform that streamlines the scholarship application process for students seeking financial assistance for their education. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the platform allows users to create personalized profiles, apply directly for various scholarships, and automatically populate applications with pre-filled information. Additionally, students can save, edit, and reuse essays, as well as track the status of their applications across devices. The company aims to simplify the scholarship process for both students and scholarship providers, inspired by the efficiencies introduced by the Common App for college admissions. With a team comprised of graduates from Stanford and Carnegie Mellon, Going Merry is dedicated to ensuring that all students have equal access to educational opportunities.

BabyNoggin

Seed Round in 2017
Developer of a mental health screening application designed to empower parents to self-screen using evidence-based screening tools. The company's application allows parents to track children's development that reflects the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the screening results are automatically scored, reimbursed, and made accessible through the EMR system, enabling parents to identify kids at risk of developmental delays.

OpenSponsorship

Seed Round in 2017
OpenSponsorship operates an online platform that serves as a two-sided marketplace for sports sponsorship, facilitating connections between corporate brands and rights holders, including athletes, teams, and leagues. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, the platform enables rights holders to create profiles and publish sponsorship opportunities. Brands can submit anonymous requests for proposals (RFPs) detailing their marketing needs, which rights holders can respond to by applying directly. The platform features a proprietary database that allows brands to search for suitable sponsorship opportunities and engage with rights holders through a messaging system. By streamlining the sponsorship process, OpenSponsorship aims to make it easier for both brands and rights holders to establish successful partnerships, thereby supporting the sustainability of professional sports.

The Beans

Seed Round in 2017
The Beans is a financial planning platform that aims to simplify the journey to financial success. Founded on September 15, 2016, by Matthieu Tourne and Melissa Gail Pancoast, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The platform utilizes visual tools involving dried beans and corn to provide an engaging and accessible approach to wealth management. By offering proactive and positive support, The Beans helps users alleviate financial stress, allowing them to concentrate on their passions and interests.

Astrileux

Seed Round in 2017
Astrileux Corporation is a semiconductor R&D company, driven by a desire to make technology faster and more accessible. The future is exciting, and continually seek new ways to advance the state of human kind. Astrileux’s strategy is to design revolutionary advanced engineering technologies that enable high volume manufacturing of next generation integrated circuits (IC) chips. The implications of this development are to accelerate the arrival of next generation computing technology creating faster, smaller more powerful mobile devices and providing evolutionary advances in quality of life for a globally-social electronic community. To implement this strategy Astrileux will strive to champion the market in technology/cost performance, enable new untapped market segments for chipmakers and drive clean tech products.

Dropel Fabrics

Angel Round in 2017
Dropel is the performance-based yarn and cotton fibers company. Dropel’s patent-pending technology applies material science and cotton processing technology to make clothing “life proof”, including stain proof and spill proof. Dropel won Demo China’s Silicon Valley Summit in 2016 and was named Apparel magazine’s 2016 Top Innovator. At SXSW Interactive, Dropel was a World Technology finalist, wowing the audience with its presentation at SXSW’s Innovative World Technology forum.
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