Chef Robotics
Robots that help automate food production.
Early-stage deep tech · Built by founders
Backing exceptional founders before the market recognizes exceptional companies.
We backed many of our companies before they were even formed.
humbition is an early-stage deep tech fund built by founders. We invest at inception and pre-seed in people building important technology.
The future
The future is still mostly unbuilt.
Not a list of sectors. A few of the questions we can't stop thinking about.
- Q.01What happens when robots can do work that never made economic sense to automate?
- Q.02What if living to 200 turned out to be an engineering problem?
- Q.03What becomes possible when intelligence becomes nearly free?
- Q.04Which physical industries will new innovations completely rewrite?
- Q.05What technologies seem impossible today but normal 10 years from now?
- Q.06The one nobody is asking yet.
Portfolio
A few futures we're helping build.
UForce
Unmanned systems proven under fire.
Perle
Effortless labeling and better models for AI.
Braid Robotics
A DeepSeek-style model for robotics.
Rendezvous Robotics
Scalable, adaptive infrastructure in space.
Wild West Systems
Reinventing defense in the age of asymmetric warfare.
How we work
Cofounders on demand.
We've sat in the founder's chair.
humbition was created by the founders of Indiegogo and Zocdoc. We're not another investor to manage. We know what building a company actually feels like.
When something hard comes up, call us.
- A critical hire.
- A product decision.
- The next financing.
- A customer you need to land.
- A problem you cannot discuss with your team.
We will get into the weeds when helpful.
And get out of the way when we're not.
From founders
Not marketing. How founders actually experience humbition.
“Slava and Cyrus were more than pre-seed investors: they were effectively co-founders of Podz.”
“Cyrus and Slava are valued partners of ours — helping build and scale Galileo from the early days. From recruiting to fundraising, their operator mindset helps distinguish humbition among other investors.”
“Being a founder is hard and there's a lot of investors who talk a big talk but don't help. Slava is always someone I can go to for honest advice and help any day and time of the week.”
It usually starts with someone we trust.
Our investments often come through relationships with founders, researchers and operators we know. We prefer warm introductions through mutual connections, but welcome hearing from exceptional founders regardless of how they reach us.
Find our common connection →