Oyster Ventures
415 Mission Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Overview
Oyster Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in exceptional new-frontier technology companies. They target companies that bring liquidity and efficiency to antiquated industries, companies that enable globalization, with leverage to massively scale. It also specializes in early-stage investments in startups in fintech, with a focus on blockchain, crypto, E-commerce, market place, artificial intelligence, fintech, media tech, and SaaS companies. Oyster Ventures was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
- Total investments
- 9
- Lead investments
- 2
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 3
Sector focus
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Blockchain
- FinTech
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Ridepanda
Participated · Equity · Oct 2025
Ridepanda operates an e-bikes-as-an-employee-benefit platform that enables companies to subsidize electric bike and scooter subscriptions for their workforce. Founded in 2020 by Chinmay Malaviya and Charlie Depman, the company targets enterprise customers seeking to boost wellness, retention, and ESG performance. Employees access a curated fleet of e-bikes and scooters through monthly subscriptions, while employers track impact metrics such as reduced single-occupancy car trips. Ridepanda more than doubled its business in 2025 and now serves high-profile organizations including Amazon, Google, Goodwin Law, and the County of San Mateo. The platform positions the firm as a U.S. leader in micromobility benefits. With fresh capital, management plans to expand its enterprise sales team, speed product development, and further scale the service. No specific revenue or user figures were disclosed, but the rapid growth and marquee client list highlight strong commercial traction.
- Rithmm
Led · Seed · Jun 2023
Rithmm builds an AI-driven sports-betting platform that lets users create customized analytical models to generate recommended picks, predicted outcomes, win probabilities, and expected values. The platform leverages machine learning and AI algorithms to deliver personalized recommendations and predictive analysis for bettors. Rithmm already offers products for the NBA, WNBA, NCAA Basketball, and NCAA Football, and is launching an NFL product to complement those offerings. The company is led by CEO Megan Lanham and is based in Boston. Rithmm intends to use its recent funding to accelerate expansion, launch the NFL product, further enhance platform capabilities, and invest in talent acquisition and marketing. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article.
- Revere
Participated · Equity · Nov 2022
Revere builds a ratings system and research product that evaluates emerging venture fund managers using data provided by the firms. It scores managers across 20 categories grouped into five areas: sourcing, team, value add, track record and firm management, and produces heat maps and research reports. The 11-person startup has written over 80 reports, hosts more than 100 funds on its platform, and typically produces a report in about two weeks. Revere charges limited partners on a per-rating basis or via a monthly subscription and does not charge fund managers; the company says millions have been invested in funds as a result of its reports. Over time Revere plans to use accumulated data to establish performance benchmarks for the asset class and to scale report production if demand increases. The company does not rely on AI to draw conclusions, and its founders acknowledge that qualitative judgment could introduce subjectivity and invite skepticism from some investors. Revere is an invite-only online marketplace and capital markets network connecting CRE brokers, developers, owners, lenders, and investors. The platform lets equity, debt, and investment sales teams manage the entire capital markets workflow from sourcing to close, and provides profiles, searchable first‑party capital markets data, matchmaking algorithms, and workflow automation. There is no commission on transactions; members pay a flat monthly fee. Launched in May 2021 and based in New York, Revere has onboarded 500+ companies and has $1.0 billion of transactions slated for the first half of 2022. The product supports single assets, portfolios, and funds across property types and locations and enables deal marketing, feedback aggregation, touring, and term‑sheet comparison on a single dashboard. Revere says its engineering team includes four ex‑Googlers and plans to grow engineering, product, sales, and marketing teams with support from its investors. The company positions itself as a Bloomberg‑like tool for CRE capital markets and emphasizes access to thousands of dealmakers. Revere offers monthly subscription boxes of plant-based workout and energy drink powders formulated with ingredients such as pea protein, sweet potato powder, tart cherry and green tea. The mixes are vegan and free from gluten, nuts and soy, and include distinct pre- and post-workout options. Customers personalize boxes by answering questions about age, body type, activity level and workout routines. The company launched with a $2 million seed round to support early growth. Revere plans to deploy much of the new capital on customer support and outreach to scale its direct-to-consumer e-commerce business. Founders Matthew Scott, Alex Blodgett and Jasper Nathaniel emphasize science-backed product development and rely on an advisory board that includes PhDs in nutrition and exercise physiology and a professional fitness trainer.
- Smallsmall Technology
Participated · Seed · Oct 2022
SmallSmall (formerly RentSmallSmall) operates a platform that lets renters pay monthly rent while giving landlords tenant vetting, property management tools, and modest extra margins. The company runs three product lines — RentSmallSmall, BuySmallSmall and StaySmallSmall — to address supply constraints and enable users to invest toward homeownership. SmallSmall has processed over 25,000 monthly stays across Lagos and Abuja, with a typical user staying 17 months, and reports under a 7% rent default rate. Since 2018 the platform has registered more than 476,000 people (about 80,000 on a waiting list) while serving roughly 1,500 users, highlighting demand imbalance versus supply. Financially, SmallSmall generated over $5 million in its first three years and turned a profit last year. The company plans to expand into Port Harcourt, Enugu and Jos before the end of Q1 2023 and will use new funding to build technology and deepen partnerships with landlords, developers and asset managers.
- AAG Ventures
Participated · Equity · Dec 2021
AAG Ventures operates a Play-to-Earn guild and is developing P2E and Learn-to-Earn platforms that let players earn crypto while playing and learning transferable skills. The company is advancing an L2E product that rewards users for learning skills such as math and programming in a gamified format. AAG plans to launch beta versions of its P2E and L2E platforms in 2022 and to expand its guild operations globally. The guild currently includes more than 2,000 scholars across the Philippines and six other countries. Leadership includes co-founders Nelly Sutjiadi (Co-Founder and Chairwoman) and Jack Vinijtrongjit (Co-Founder and CEO). AAG states a broader goal to bring 100 million people onto the metaverse by 2030 to spread economic sufficiency.