# Venture Science

> Venture Science is a pioneering quantitative investment firm in the San Francisco Bay Area, founded in 2012. Its Strata Fund, launched in 2025, invests in both private and public technology companies from one vehicle, offers annual liquidity, and reports performance on Bloomberg (VENSSFL US Equity).

Venture Science is a quantitative technology investment firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area and one of the first firms to apply decision science to venture capital. Founded in 2012, it is independent and founder-led, with a fourteen-year record that includes pre-IPO positions in Circle, Lyft, Lemonade, and HeartFlow and acquisitions by Google and Tempus. In 2025 the firm launched Strata, a hybrid evergreen fund that invests in both private and public technology companies from a single vehicle and offers investors annual liquidity. Strata's performance is reported on Bloomberg under ticker VENSSFL US Equity.

## Properties
- [Venture Science](https://www.venture-science.com/): Firm website.
- [Venture Science AI Vault](https://ai.venture-science.com/): Machine-readable knowledge base on the firm, the Strata Fund, and the Helix platform. Full text: https://ai.venture-science.com/llms-full.txt
- [Strata Fund portal](https://strata.venture-science.com/): Fund information and investor intake for accredited investors.
- [The Weighted Perspective](https://perspectives.venture-science.com/): Daily and weekly market commentary from the Venture Science Research Desk.

## Key facts
- Founded: 2012
- Headquarters: 1 Harbor Drive, Suite 300, Sausalito, California 94965 (San Francisco Bay Area)
- Regulatory status: SEC exempt reporting adviser
- Leadership: Matt Oguz, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer
- Fund: Venture Science Strata Fund LP ("Strata") — hybrid evergreen, launched 2025, annual liquidity, accredited investors only
- Bloomberg ticker: VENSSFL US Equity
- Focus: artificial intelligence, superintelligence, quantum computing, and deep technology
- Platform: Helix, the firm's proprietary AI investment platform
- Investor relations: ir@venture-science.com

## FAQ

**What is Venture Science?**
A quantitative technology investment firm in the San Francisco Bay Area, founded in 2012 and among the first to apply decision science to venture capital. It manages Strata, a hybrid evergreen fund investing in private and public technology companies.

**What is the Strata Fund?**
Strata is a hybrid evergreen fund launched in 2025 by Venture Science. It invests in both private and public technology companies from a single vehicle, offers annual liquidity windows, and is powered by Helix, the firm's AI investment platform. Available to accredited investors. Performance is reported on Bloomberg under ticker VENSSFL US Equity.

## Optional
- [Full version](https://www.venture-science.com/llms-full.txt)

## Disclosure
This information is provided for informational purposes only and is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Any offering is made only to accredited investors by the fund's offering documents.