Liquid 2 Ventures

Liquid 2 Ventures, established in 2015, is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm. It specializes in seed-stage investments, focusing on early-stage technology companies, particularly in the software and TMT sectors. The firm, founded by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma, aims to support and nurture startups during their initial growth phases.

Michael Ma

Partner and Founder

Mike Miller

General Partner and Founder

Joe Montana

Founder and Managing Partner

Nathaniel Montana

Partner

Matt Mulvey

Partner

Past deals in Design

Fastrak AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Fastrak AI specializes in AI-driven software development platforms, empowering users to create functional prototypes, refine specifications, and demonstrate products to clients without requiring in-house engineering expertise. Their platform automates prototype development, offers project oversight dashboards, supports e-commerce website creation, and includes game prototyping features with advanced user interfaces, thereby accelerating product development and reducing overhead costs.

Canoa

Series A in 2023
Canoa specializes in providing digital tools that streamline the process of retrofitting and adapting existing buildings. Their platform allows designers to create, share, and manage design work seamlessly, facilitating collaboration among stakeholders. By enabling clients to visualize potential transformations of their spaces, Canoa supports brands in implementing low-carbon office solutions at scale. This approach not only reduces transaction costs associated with building modifications but also minimizes environmental impact, promoting sustainable practices in the design and construction industry.

Castle

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Castle operates an application to create and develop interactive cards. It offers a digital editor for designing and game development.

Takeoff Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Takeoff Labs is an app development company specializing in the creation of consumer applications that leverage a launchpad for effective market entry. The company focuses on social consumer experiences and employs an advertising platform to enhance application visibility, driving downloads and revenue generation. By integrating technology, design, marketing, and data analytics, Takeoff Labs provides organizations with the tools necessary to successfully launch their next application, ensuring they reach their target audience effectively.

Flux

Seed Round in 2021
Flux develops a collaborative, in-browser platform for electronic design and development. Flux provides a programmable simulator, version control, instant part sourcing, and project unblocking through its open-source Community Library. Flux enables seamless product development and assists electronics teams in getting to market faster. Flux can be accessed through any modern web browser and does not require any software downloads or licenses. It facilitates teamwork by removing the roadblocks and challenges that engineers have experienced in the past.

Moving Parts

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Moving Parts develops a scalable library of reusable mobile user interface components designed to facilitate the creation of design systems and core frameworks. The company focuses on providing components that easily integrate with one another, enhancing the native design language while adhering to localization, accessibility, and native platform conventions. This approach enables designers and engineers to effectively address real-world challenges in the design and development of native mobile applications.

Castle

Seed Round in 2020
Castle operates an application to create and develop interactive cards. It offers a digital editor for designing and game development.

Casai

Series A in 2020
Casai is a startup in Latin America, merging smart home technology, and premium accommodation to innovate the hospitality industry. It is a real estate platform for fully-furnished premium apartments in Mexico City and is a hospitality concept designed for the nomadic generation. Casai curates beautiful apartments that merge the design and comforts of a boutique hotel with the technology of a San Francisco home and the local ambiance of a vacation rental.

Takeoff Labs

Seed Round in 2020
Takeoff Labs is an app development company specializing in the creation of consumer applications that leverage a launchpad for effective market entry. The company focuses on social consumer experiences and employs an advertising platform to enhance application visibility, driving downloads and revenue generation. By integrating technology, design, marketing, and data analytics, Takeoff Labs provides organizations with the tools necessary to successfully launch their next application, ensuring they reach their target audience effectively.

Aesthetic

Seed Round in 2020
Aesthetic's mission is to make the world more well designed by giving every business creative superpowers. To do this, we're automating all the production design work needed by companies, starting with social media graphics. Social media is an important marketing channel for businesses, but creating quality content is hard. Our product creates the social marketing posts your brand needs without doing any design work.

Tonality

Seed Round in 2020
Tonality offers design solutions that includes website and web development, print production and various types of logos.

Flux

Seed Round in 2019
Flux develops a collaborative, in-browser platform for electronic design and development. Flux provides a programmable simulator, version control, instant part sourcing, and project unblocking through its open-source Community Library. Flux enables seamless product development and assists electronics teams in getting to market faster. Flux can be accessed through any modern web browser and does not require any software downloads or licenses. It facilitates teamwork by removing the roadblocks and challenges that engineers have experienced in the past.

Draftbit

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Draftbit, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that offers a drag-and-drop software platform for building mobile applications. Founded in 2017, Draftbit enables users, whether designers or developers, to create cross-platform native iOS and Android apps quickly and efficiently. The platform allows teams to design applications visually, without the need for extensive coding, and facilitates the export of clean, well-documented code and libraries. This approach empowers startups and business owners to launch and iterate on their mobile applications in a matter of minutes, streamlining the development process and reducing time to market.

Casai

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Casai is a startup in Latin America, merging smart home technology, and premium accommodation to innovate the hospitality industry. It is a real estate platform for fully-furnished premium apartments in Mexico City and is a hospitality concept designed for the nomadic generation. Casai curates beautiful apartments that merge the design and comforts of a boutique hotel with the technology of a San Francisco home and the local ambiance of a vacation rental.

Untitled Labs

Seed Round in 2019
Untitled Labs, Inc. is a consumer application idea lab based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2018. The company specializes in testing various consumer technology business ideas across multiple sectors, including social and professional networking, mobility, personal finance, premium services, health and wellness, travel, photography, and dating. Led by serial entrepreneur Roger Dickey, Untitled Labs systematically evaluates and refines these ideas with the goal of developing valuable technology products that can engage large audiences. Ultimately, the company aims to establish a sustainable business by focusing on the most successful concepts identified through its testing processes.

MADE

Pre Seed Round in 2019
MADE is an architecture and planning company that specializes in home renovation. It provides managed services that combine design, materials, and construction into a single, stress-free home renovation experience. Made Renovation offers design estimation, 3D renderings, materials, and construction. They create photorealistic 3D renders of a future bathroom using the same technology as movie studios. The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Honeylove

Seed Round in 2018
Honeylove, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in manufacturing women's undergarments, focusing on shapewear that provides targeted compression to enhance confidence and comfort. Founded in 2016 by EDM artist Betsie Larkin, Honeylove launched its products publicly in 2018 after Larkin's quest for quality shapewear led her to create her own line. The brand has since expanded its offerings to include tops, bras, leggings, and various other garments, gaining recognition from influencers and media outlets like The New York Times and Good Morning America. Honeylove aims to revolutionize conventional shapewear by combining technical and artistic approaches to design, ensuring that its products cater to women of diverse shapes and sizes, while providing an alternative that allows for a smooth, tucked-in appearance under clothing.

BioRender

Seed Round in 2018
BioRender is a Toronto-based company that develops a science visualization platform tailored for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. Founded in 2017, the platform allows scientists to create and share professional scientific figures without the need for drawing skills. BioRender's tool features a comprehensive library of icons and employs a standard visual language to ensure clear communication of scientific concepts. By enabling users to export custom images in various formats, the platform enhances the ability of researchers to effectively showcase their work. The service is designed to save time and reduce costs, ultimately empowering scientists to communicate their findings more efficiently and accessibly.

Anomalie

Seed Round in 2017
Anomalie Inc., founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in designing and selling custom wedding apparel, particularly wedding gowns. The company focuses on creating unique dresses tailored to individual preferences, utilizing high-quality materials and craftsmanship. Anomalie collaborates closely with brides to ensure each gown reflects their vision, offering consultations to confirm fabric, lace, silhouette, and measurements. This approach allows brides to obtain personalized wedding dresses that fit their imagination and budget, making custom wedding attire accessible to a broader audience.

Anomalie

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Anomalie Inc., founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in designing and selling custom wedding apparel, particularly wedding gowns. The company focuses on creating unique dresses tailored to individual preferences, utilizing high-quality materials and craftsmanship. Anomalie collaborates closely with brides to ensure each gown reflects their vision, offering consultations to confirm fabric, lace, silhouette, and measurements. This approach allows brides to obtain personalized wedding dresses that fit their imagination and budget, making custom wedding attire accessible to a broader audience.

Joy

Seed Round in 2016
Joy Life, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers a comprehensive wedding planning portal and application designed to assist users from engagement through to their honeymoon. Founded in 2014, Joy's platform provides tools for organizing wedding details, including customizable checklists, wedding websites, and mobile applications. Users can manage guest lists, send digital or printed invitations, track RSVPs, and link gift registries. The application also fosters interaction among wedding guests by allowing photo sharing and comments on a private timeline. Additionally, Joy offers features for sending custom notifications and messages, enabling a seamless planning experience for couples and their wedding parties.

Pagedraw

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Pagedraw is a software company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in transforming website mock-ups and designs into functional code. Founded in 2016, Pagedraw provides a user-friendly UI builder that allows designers to input their drawings into an editor. The software automatically generates production-ready code, including HTML, CSS, JSX, ERB, and PHP, which can be seamlessly integrated into GitHub. By automating the translation of graphics into semantic and dynamic code, Pagedraw enables web design teams to streamline their workflow without compromising on design quality or coding standards.

Materialist

Seed Round in 2015
Materialist operates an online shopping platform designed to assist designers, architects, and builders in sourcing and purchasing materials for interior projects. The platform facilitates the discovery and ordering of various building products and surfaces, streamlining the procurement process. By consolidating access to multiple suppliers, Materialist enables users to save both time and costs associated with acquiring necessary materials for their projects.
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