Slow Ventures

Slack is a collaboration hub that connects your work with the people you work with. It offers a suite of productivity tools including messaging, project management, and integrations with other applications, all designed to streamline communication and enhance team collaboration.

Robinhood is a financial services company that offers commission-free trading in stocks, options, and cryptocurrencies, aiming to democratize finance for all.

Ro is a direct-to-patient healthcare company that offers a range of online health solutions, including treatments for weight loss, sexual health, fertility, hair loss, and skincare. The company provides access to medications and wellness products, leveraging a membership model to enhance patient care and convenience.

PillPack is a full-service pharmacy designed around your life, sorting medications by date and time and delivering them to your door every month.

Brightside offers online mental health care, specializing in anxiety and depression treatment through personalized plans and quick access to licensed professionals.

Solana is a high-performance blockchain network that powers internet capital markets, payments, and crypto applications. It is known for being fast, decentralized, and scalable.

Nextdoor is the essential neighborhood network for over 100 million neighbors across 345,000 neighborhoods, offering trusted local news, real-time safety alerts, neighbor recommendations, for sale and free listings, and local events. Nextdoor connects neighbors to the people, places, and information that matter most in their local communities.

Venmo is a mobile payment service that allows users to send and receive money quickly and socially. Launched in 2009, it has become a popular platform for peer-to-peer transactions, enabling users to pay friends, businesses, and even make purchases online using their Venmo balance or linked bank accounts.

Postmates offers food delivery, groceries, and alcohol from various local merchants, allowing customers to order anything from anywhere.

Hipcamp is the #1 app to find and book campsites, unifying all types of camping experiences from national parks to private lands.

Allbirds, Inc. is a global lifestyle brand that specializes in creating comfortable and sustainable footwear and apparel using naturally derived materials. The company focuses on innovation in product design to promote environmentally friendly practices in the fashion industry.

Early-stage, concentrated checks from an institutionalized family-office team (social and gaming exits) with operator-empathy, values-driven approach, broad global mandate, and quiet Sequoia/Bessemer co-invests to access elite syndicates.

Early-stage scout writing $25k–$200k checks in San Francisco, New York and Hong Kong, focused on private-asset infrastructure platforms like AngelList, Republic and Forge Global. Oyster Ventures is the earliest venture firm focused specifically on infrastructure that makes investing in private assets as easy as public investments, concentrating on platforms like AngelList, Republic, and Forge Global rather than following a broad sector approach. The fund operates as a global 'infrastructure + frontier' scout with $25k-$200k checks across San Francisco, New York, and Hong Kong, maintaining strict rules against investing in mainland China, uncapped notes, or pure crypto-tokens without equity components.