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2048 Ventures

330 7th Ave Fl 10, New York City, New York, 10001, United States

Overview

We back visionary founders who are building technologies of the future. 2048 Ventures is a thesis-driven earliest stage venture capital firm. We are founders, experienced operators, nerds and dreamers obsessed with the future. We've backed over 200 startups and have the experience and conviction to lead your pre-seed or seed round. We get you and your vision before others. We are systems thinkers, engineers, and product junkies. We think about the future non-stop and are ready to understand and back you before anyone else. When we decide to invest, we write you a check and then help you close the rest of the round. We lead rounds with high conviction, and write $500K - $2M checks.

Total investments
47
Lead investments
17
Investments · 12mo
6
Active investors
8

Sector focus

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • B2B
  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Machine Learning
  • Robotics
  • SaaS
  • Venture Capital
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Investment portfolio

  • Genius AI

    Participated · Series D · Jul 2026

    Genius AI (formerly GlossGenius) is a New York-based technology platform for in-person service businesses, building software that automates the administrative work of running a business. Its flagship product, GlossGenius, handles booking, payments, marketing, staff management and client management for salons, spas and studios, and includes branded card-reader hardware alongside back-office tools for bookkeeping, inventory and expenses. The platform serves more than 125,000 service businesses across roughly half of all US ZIP codes. Following a July 2026 rebrand from GlossGenius, the company is extending beyond beauty and wellness into the wider in-person service economy, including health, with agentic AI products intended to run end-to-end workflows autonomously. Genius AI is approaching a $200 million annual revenue run rate and is headquartered in New York. Financially, the company states it has raised more than $125 million to date, most recently a $44 million Series D at a $1.15 billion valuation led by Lux Capital.

  • Nebex

    Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

    Nebex builds market infrastructure for the global space economy, operating as an exchange layer that links space companies with sovereign buyers and the capital that moves deals. Founded in late 2025 by Tejpaul Bhatia, Anand Subramanian, and Manlio Di Stefano, the company aims to reduce revenue and cash-flow frictions that space founders face when engaging in government contracting. Nebex has secured a $30M seed investment led by GV and a banking relationship with J.P. Morgan to scale its platform and expand international commercial collaboration. The founder and CEO, Tejpaul Bhatia, previously led Axiom Space and is credited with over $1B in commercial space deals. Nebex's stated mission is to ensure international spend is reinvested in nations' own economies by enabling market mechanisms similar to other industries. The company is backed by a syndicate of venture funds including Eniac Ventures, 2048 Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Oceans Ventures, AIN Ventures, Also Capital, Anagram, Armory Square Ventures, Multiball Capital, Trajectory Capital, and VSC Ventures.

  • Century Health

    Participated · Seed · May 2026

    Century Health develops the Century Health Abstraction & Retrieval Model (CHARM), an AI-powered platform that automates identification, curation, and enrichment of fragmented clinical data into research-ready real-world evidence. CHARM has achieved 97% accuracy when validated against clinical expert judgment. Over the past year the company grew its specialty provider data network 60x, spanning neurology, nephrology, ophthalmology, respiratory, metabolic, and immunology, and counts multiple Top 5 pharma companies as partners. Century Health is continuing to expand its disease-specific registry network, deepen pharma collaborations, and advance CHARM for complex abstraction and data harmonization. The company raised a $5M seed round to scale collaborations, grow its provider network, and expand its AI-powered data curation infrastructure.

  • Rely

    Led · Seed · May 2026

    Rely offers an AI-native platform that automatically classifies and analyzes thousands of files for multifamily real estate transactions, producing structured, source-linked outputs. Its outputs support lease audits (rent, fees, concessions, deposits, and terms), utility and vendor contract reviews, and work order and operational analysis, with financial audits noted as in development. The company was founded by George Matelich and David LoBosco and is based in Portland, Maine. Rely recently completed a $4.5M seed round to expand engineering headcount and deepen relationships with lenders and servicers, including planned hires in New York and New England. The article does not provide revenue, user, or other operating metrics.

  • Fazeshift

    Participated · Series A · May 2026

    Fazeshift develops an AI platform that automates accounts receivable tasks, claiming to handle over 90% of manual AR work for finance teams. The company was founded in 2023 by Caitlin Leksana and Timmy Galvin and has rapidly scaled its customer base to dozens of enterprises, including eight unicorns. Fazeshift reported 12x revenue growth in a single year, reflecting strong early commercial traction. Its platform aims to reduce operational overhead and accelerate collections by operating workflows directly with AI. The company is positioning itself as an alternative to legacy, rule-based AR software by leveraging LLM and agent capabilities to automate context-aware financial actions.

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