Founded in 2022, Wisdom Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to investing in compassionate innovation that enhances human potential, wellbeing, and emotional resilience. Based in San Francisco, the firm invests globally in compassion and wellness startups, leveraging a partner team with extensive networks and a proven track record as investors, experts, and leaders. The firm bridges Silicon Valley innovation with deep expertise in mindfulness and emotional intelligence, supporting founders committed to not only building valuable companies but also creating lasting positive impact.
Wisdom Ventures invests in companies using AI to accelerate human flourishing across health, wellness, and human connection. The firm's mission is to leverage AI and technology to improve health, wellness, and human connection, with a particular emphasis on emotionally intelligent AI, digital health, childhood wellbeing, and employee empowerment. The firm maintains a core commitment to inclusivity, with 74% of the Fund I portfolio having diverse founding teams across race, gender, and sexual orientation.
Wisdom Ventures closed its oversubscribed $77.7M Fund II in May 2026, following the successful deployment of its $10 million Fund I. Fund II will deploy checks between $1 million and $5 million into approximately 40 mission-driven startups. Fund II's limited partners include many of the world's top technology leaders including Reid Hoffman (Founder of LinkedIn), Evan Sharp (Co-founder of Pinterest), Stewart Butterfield (Co-founder of Slack), and Jen Rubio (Co-founder of Away).
Since closing in July 2022, Wisdom Ventures' Fund I rapidly ascended to the top quartile of early-stage funds, with a 38-startup portfolio that includes both major AI LLMs OpenAI and Anthropic, and 14 markups.
Leadership
Fund II is led by three General Partners: Bradley Horowitz, former VP of Product at Google, who brings deep experience in investing, product innovation, and strategy; Cecily Mak, who contributes legal and operational excellence and hands-on experience scaling startups; and Soren Gordhamer, founder of the renowned Wisdom 2.0 conference, who leverages an extensive global network and expertise in building communities around mindfulness, resilience, and compassionate technology.
The firm is also supported by Zoë Rogers (Operating Partner), Jack Kornfield (Venture Partner), Ruchika Sikri (Venture Partner), and Diego Perez (Venture Partner). Dr. Vivek Murthy, a world-renowned physician who served as the U.S. Surgeon General under Presidents Obama and Biden, joined as Senior Venture Partner to advise on investments across health and wellness.
Investment Strategy
Wisdom Ventures writes checks of $1 million to $5 million into early-stage startups at the intersection of AI and human flourishing (ie: mental health, wellness, etc). Beyond writing checks, the firm treats the mental health of its founders as a core KPI, with a "whole-founder" support model that includes meditation retreats and monthly community check-ins, based on the belief that a resilient, mindful leader is more likely to build a multi-billion dollar enterprise.
It actively backs both software and hardware solutions, from digital grief support to AI models trained to understand human emotions. While wellness is the primary lens, the firm takes a flexible approach, investing in adjacent areas such as social technology, alternative consumer electronics (like “dumb phones”), and physical wellness experiences.
Notable Investments
The first fund backed startups include:
Other investments include startups focused on addiction recovery, digital detox, and outdoor physical activity like pickleball.
Notable Exits
As of now, no public exits have been announced from Wisdom Ventures’ portfolio.
Other
Founders interested in Wisdom Ventures should be aligned with the firm’s mission of promoting intentional, mindful innovation.
Wisdom Ventures is looking to prove that the most valuable companies of the next decade won't just be the ones that work, they'll be the ones that care.
The firm actively evaluates whether new technologies enhance or erode well-being, and seeks founders who are building in response to real-world harm. Wisdom’s early backing of companies like Hume and Betterleave positions it as a leading voice in a growing category of wellness-centered tech investing.
Media Contact: zoe@wisdom.ventures
Bradley Horowitz – General Partner
Cecily Mak – General Partner
Soren Gordhamer – General Partner
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