18.ventures is a venture capital firm. Team members are concentrated in Houston, Texas, United States. Among the 5 companies in the known portfolio are MeliBio, Polygen, Trace Network Labs, Ethermon and Galaxy Fight Club.
Is 18.ventures a fit for your startup?
Paste your website. AI checks the fit and scores every other investor too.
Investment focus
- Focus
- Alt ProteinBlockchain GamingCryptoFoodTechGamingNFTPrecision FermentationWeb3
Who to pitch at 18.ventures
18.ventures portfolio companies (5)
- MeliBio
- Polygen
- Trace Network Labs
- Ethermon
- Galaxy Fight Club
Co-investors
Funds that share portfolio companies with 18.ventures.
Similar funds
Showing 20 of 100
About 18.ventures
The firm's listing covers sectors Consumer, FinTech and Food, and focus areas Alt Protein, Blockchain Gaming, Crypto and FoodTech; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed and Seed.
The contacts to approach at 18.ventures are David Meister (Founding Partner) and Nik Talreja (Partner).
18.ventures shares portfolio companies with 16 other investment firms, among them Zokyo, Blackedge Capital and Biconomy.
Frequently asked questions
What is 18.ventures?
18.ventures is a venture capital firm whose team is concentrated in Houston, Texas, United States, with a known portfolio of 5 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does 18.ventures invest in?
Listed sectors include Consumer, FinTech and Food; listed focus areas include Alt Protein, Blockchain Gaming, Crypto and FoodTech. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does 18.ventures invest at?
The known deals of 18.ventures include Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at 18.ventures?
Both people on file at 18.ventures are listed as contacts for the firm, each with their own profile page.
How do I contact 18.ventures?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 2 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
Skip the browsing. Let AI find your ideal investors in one minute.
Paste your startup website and AI picks your best-fit investors out of 135,000+ profiles.
Data: RaiseHunt investor dataset · Snapshot 5 September 2026 · How this data is built · Report a correction or request removal