OSS Ventures

www.oss.ventures

OSS Ventures builds and invests in early-stage industrial technology ventures, specifically targeting solutions that create the 'digital brain of modern factories' across manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, food & beverage, and related sectors. They focus on deep partnership models connecting startups with leading industrial operators and manufacturers.

Check Size

Not specified

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Enterprise Saas, Data Infrastructure

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Investment Thesis

OSS Ventures believes in industrializing discovery—bringing scientific rigor to the earliest, most chaotic stage of startup creation. They recognize that ‘startups are science in discovery but business in execution’ and position themselves as co-founders running alongside entrepreneurs through the ‘idea maze from day zero.’ Their approach combines hands-on operating expertise with deep manufacturing domain knowledge to transform uncertain early-stage ventures into scalable industrial technology companies. They validate six key fundamentals (problem, user dynamics, causal mechanism, solution hypothesis, economic logic, GTM mechanism) as the foundation for determining whether a startup has ‘reality underneath it.’

What Sets Them Apart

Operates as a startup studio co-founder model, not just an investor—takes 25% equity and embeds operationally with founders
Unique industry partnership network with leading manufacturers (Tesla, Michelin, LVMH, Decathlon, Safran, Chanel, etc.) providing unprecedented market access
Portfolio companies assemble a complete 'brain of modern factories': Imagining → Understanding → Reasoning → Organizing → Predicting → Deciding → Automating → Feedback
Industrialized discovery methodology based on scientific validation of six key fundamentals, not gut-driven investing
Hands-on transformation services (DigiDiag, factory floor transformation) generating operating data and insights to inform new ventures
Achieved 'top 5% fund performance' in 5 years with 28+ ventures built, 950+ factories assessed, and 1,000+ factory transformation experience
Extended ecosystem including the CXO Club (150+ C-level manufacturing leaders) for intelligence sharing and strategy development