Oyster Ventures

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We target companies that bring liquidity and efficiency to antiquated industries, companies that enable globalization, with leverage to massively scale.

Check Size

$250K - $5M

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Enterprise Saas, Fintech

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Investment Thesis

Oyster Ventures invests in exceptional new-frontier technology companies that reimagine how things could work in tomorrow’s world. The firm believes breakout companies will be those that leverage software, new business models, and hardware to disrupt incumbents who have operated the same way for decades or centuries. They articulate this as going beyond Marc Andreessen’s ‘software eating the world’ thesis to include new business models and hardware enabled by software and networking.

What Sets Them Apart

Focus on cross-border expansion expertise, particularly Western businesses expanding to Asia and vice-versa, leveraging Sophie Liao's background in cross-border M&A and network in greater China
Deep understanding of emerging market opportunities where growing middle class purchasing power combines with abundant cheap labor
Recognition of cryptocurrency's standardization and interoperability benefits for creating early liquidity in traditionally illiquid asset classes
Emphasis on companies that can achieve massive scale with small teams through technology and automation (e.g., 500 employees serving tens of millions of users)
Global investment approach with presence in San Francisco, New York, and Hong Kong