What 1984 Ventures does

1984 Ventures is a US-based pre-seed and seed venture capital firm founded around 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco at 128 King Street, with a secondary office at 6 St Johns Lane in New York and a mailing address at 44 Tehama Street in San Francisco. The firm invests in founders using AI to solve real-world problems across three stated verticals: Vertical AI, Devtools & Infrastructure, and Digital Health. It is led by Founder and Managing Partner Ramy Adeeb alongside three additional investment partners — Samit Kalra (SaaS & Marketplaces), Mark Percival (Infrastructure + Dev), and Farzad Soleimani (Healthcare) — supported by senior advisors including Andy Rachleff (Founder of Benchmark Capital), Michael Smith (Dean of Arts and Sciences at Harvard), Jim Messina (former Obama operations chief of staff), and Sir Mohamed Mansour (Chairman of Mansour Group), technology partners from Instabug, Groupon/Facebook, and Pinterest, and four venture partners.

The firm's operating stack is built around a self-serve investment application platform (apply.1984.vc) and an LP-facing portfolio tracker (portfolio.1984.vc), both authenticated via Google OAuth, with a public cap-table modeling tool hosted at startup-finance.1984.vc and fund administration handled via FundPanel.io. 1984's standard deal structure is a $1M lead check into a $2-3M pre-seed round via post-money SAFE, with a stated 72-hour response window and one-week decision timeline, and no warm intro required. The firm publishes a Founders Handbook covering cap tables, SAFEs, priced rounds, Series A decks, M&A, engineering best practices, open-source playbooks, and QSBS tax planning as a content-marketing and lead-generation asset.

Revenue follows the standard venture fund model: annual management fees charged against committed capital plus a carried-interest share of fund profits after investments return capital. Notable portfolio outcomes include Postscript (2019), BuildOps (2018), Trusted (2018), Fay (2022), HouseRx (2021 — $55M raise to scale in-clinic specialty pharmacy), Stuut (2024 — $29.5M Series A led by a16z), PostHog ($75M Series E at $1.4B valuation), Revv ($20M Series A in November 2024 led by Left Lane Capital with Hyundai Motor Company), TeachMe.To ($3M Seed+ in September 2025), Oasys Health ($600K pre-seed in January 2026), Statusphere ($18M Series A in January 2026), Orange Slice ($5.3M seed in February 2026), and Understood Care ($3.4M pre-seed led by 1984 in March 2026). 1984 reports that 75% of its portfolio has gone on to raise Series As from firms including Sequoia, a16z, Founders Fund, Index, Khosla, Greylock, and Accel.

Name

1984 Ventures

Legal name

1984 Ventures

Website

https://1984.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

1984 Ventures is a US-based pre-seed and seed venture capital firm, founded around 2018 and led by Managing Partner Ramy Adeeb from San Francisco, investing in AI-first founders across Vertical AI, Devtools & Infrastructure, and Digital Health.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Pre-Seed/Seed) (FSANAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Series A/B) (FSANAAAB)

Keywords

• Pre-seed venture capital
• Vertical AI investing
• Developer tools investing
• Digital health investing
• Startup funding

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture fund management fees & carried interest: 1984 Ventures operates as a venture capital fund. Its primary revenue model follows the standard VC structure: annual management fees charged against committed capital, plus a carried interest (carry) share of fund profits after investments return capital. Capital is deployed via $1M lead checks into $2-3M pre-seed SAFE rounds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

1984 Ventures is a pre-seed and seed venture capital firm that leads $1M checks into $2-3M post-money SAFE rounds for early-stage US startups building in Vertical AI, Devtools & Infrastructure, and Digital Health. The firm commits to a 72-hour response and a one-week decision cycle, requires no warm intro, and surrounds its investment with 12-24 months of operational support including a 24/7 WhatsApp "Founder Therapy" line, hiring help, and introductions to follow-on VCs such as Sequoia, a16z, Founders Fund, Index, Khosla, Greylock, and Accel. Its revenue follows the standard VC structure of annual management fees on committed capital plus a carried interest share of fund profits.

Product overview

1984 Ventures operates a portfolio of loosely coupled web properties rather than a single unified SaaS platform. The corporate site at 1984.vc serves as the hub, branching into the editorial Founders Handbook, the interactive Startup Finance Cap Table Worksheet (startup-finance.1984.vc), the authenticated Portfolio Tracker (portfolio.1984.vc), the Apply Platform (apply.1984.vc) for inbound investment applications, and an externally hosted Fund Panel (fundpanel.io) for fund administration. The Apply Platform and Portfolio Tracker share Google OAuth-based sign-in, while the Cap Table Worksheet is exposed as embeddable iframe content for use across the firm's content surfaces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 1984 Ventures Pre-Seed Investment Fund Pre-seed and seed lead investment offering for US-based startup founders: 1984 leads $1M checks into $2-3M post-money SAFE rounds, with a 72-hour response and a one-week decision commitment, no warm intro required, and 12-24 months of post-investment support including a 24/7 WhatsApp Founder Therapy line, hiring help, fundraising prep, and follow-on introductions to Series A firms including Sequoia, a16z, Founders Fund, Index, Khosla, Greylock, and Accel. 75% of portfolio companies have gone on to raise Series A.
• Apply Platform (apply.1984.vc) Self-serve web application portal where prospective founders complete an approximately 20-minute structured application (team, problem, solution) to be considered for 1984 Ventures' pre-seed funding. The platform authenticates via Google OAuth and is the primary inbound deal-flow channel; it commits to a 72-hour response and a decision within one week of the first interview.
• Startup Finance Cap Table Worksheet Interactive cap-table modeling tool hosted at startup-finance.1984.vc that founders use to model priced rounds, pre/post-money SAFE conversions, option pool expansion, pro-rata rights, and founder departure scenarios. The tool is exposed as embeddable iframes.
• Founders Handbook Public, structured educational content library authored by 1984 Ventures covering seven chapters: Company Formation, Raising Your Seed, Raising Your A, M&A, Engineering, Open Source, and Tools. Content covers cap tables, SAFEs (pre/post-money), priced rounds, Series A decks, M&A legal considerations, engineering best practices, open-source marketing playbooks, and QSBS tax planning. The Handbook functions as both an open educational resource and a top-of-funnel content-marketing asset.
• Portfolio Tracker (portfolio.1984.vc) Authenticated portal at portfolio.1984.vc that supports portfolio tracking, investment management, and capital call activities for portfolio companies and the firm's LPs, secured via Google OAuth.

Named customers13 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core advisor, core technical advisor, core content partner, core talent pipeline and core infrastructure vendor.

• Andy Rachleffcore advisorOthersSenior Advisor to 1984 Ventures. Founder of Benchmark Capital. Provides strategic counsel to the team.
• Michael Smithcore advisorOthersSenior Advisor to 1984 Ventures. Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. Provides strategic counsel to the team.
• Jim Messinacore advisorOthersSenior Advisor to 1984 Ventures. Former Chief of staff for operations under President Obama. Provides strategic counsel to the team.
• Sir Mohamed Mansourcore advisorOthersSenior Advisor to 1984 Ventures. Chairman of Mansour Group, a global conglomerate and GM's largest distributor globally. Provides strategic counsel to the team.
• Moataz Solimancore technical advisorTechnology or IntegrationTechnology Partner to 1984 Ventures. Co-founder and CTO at Instabug. Provides technical due-diligence and engineering counsel.
• Kyle Oppenheimcore technical advisorTechnology or IntegrationTechnology Partner to 1984 Ventures. VP of Engineering at Groupon, director of engineering at Facebook. Provides technical due-diligence and engineering counsel.
• Karim Wahbacore technical advisorTechnology or IntegrationTechnology Partner to 1984 Ventures. Head of Data Science at Pinterest, previously at Stitch Fix, Uber, and Ginger.io. Provides data and ML due-diligence.
• Assaad Nasr (Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP)core content partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCorporate Partner and Co-Head of the M&A group at Buhler Duggal & Henry LLP, and guest writer for 1984 Ventures' Founders Handbook, contributing the Legal Considerations for M&A, Structuring M&A, and Terms to Negotiate in an M&A Transaction articles.
• Stanford GSB / Harvard alumni networkcore talent pipelineOthersRamy Adeeb holds a BA and MS in Computer Science from Harvard and an MBA from Stanford; Farzad Soleimani holds an MD, MBA, MS, and BS from Stanford. 1984 leverages these alumni networks for deal flow and talent.
• Google (OAuth)core infrastructure vendorTechnology or IntegrationGoogle OAuth is the authentication mechanism for both apply.1984.vc and portfolio.1984.vc. 1984's privacy policy discloses that they receive name and email from Google when founders and LPs sign in.
• FundPanel.iocore infrastructure vendorTechnology or Integration1984 Ventures uses FundPanel.io as its LP-facing fund panel and capital-call infrastructure, listed under 'For Limited Partners' in the website footer.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hustle Fund: Pre-seed investor known for high-volume, fast-decision, founder-friendly process. Comparable on the 'no warm intro, fast decision' GTM motion 1984 markets.
• Pioneer Fund: Pre-seed AI-focused fund led by operators. Directly comparable on stage, thesis, and the 'first check for AI founders' positioning 1984 occupies.
• Forum Ventures: Pre-seed B2B SaaS fund with similar check sizes and a focus on first-time founders. Comparable on stage, vertical SaaS thesis, and founder-support programming.
• Lerer Hippeau: Early-stage NYC-based seed fund with a media/marketplace and consumer-tech thesis. Comparable on stage and founder-first positioning; geographic overlap via NYC office.
• Pear VC: Pre-seed and seed AI-focused venture firm. Directly comparable on stage, thesis (AI-native founders), check size, and founder-first positioning; both invest in first-time technical founders.
• Y Combinator: The largest and most recognized pre-seed accelerator/funder. Directly comparable as both lead pre-seed capital provider and follow-on supporter; 1984 frequently co-invests with YC (e.g., Revv, Orange Slice, Understood Care).
• Seedcamp: European-origin early-stage seed fund with a global network. Comparable on stage, first-check positioning, and emphasis on founder coaching and follow-on support.
• Boldstart Ventures: Pre-seed enterprise/AI-focused fund with a 'first check' positioning. Comparable on stage, enterprise/AI thesis, and founder-first approach.

Broad incumbents

• Bain Capital Ventures: Multi-stage venture firm and former employer of 1984 partner Samit Kalra. Comparable as a SaaS/marketplace-focused investor that also operates at pre-seed/seed and Series A; broader stage and mandate.
• Khosla Ventures: Large multi-stage venture firm where 1984 founder Ramy Adeeb began his investing career. Comparable as a deep-tech and AI investor; broader stage and check size than 1984.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments162 records

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