Sean McCroskey publishes a long-running newsletter called "Welcome to the Stage" that features in-depth founder stories and connects global startup trends with local observations, like comparing Birmingham's micro-transit to Tanzanian minibuses. Before joining Vast Ventures, he worked at Atento Capital where he designed ecosystem-building programs including a $250K university pitch competition and authored detailed founder's guides to emerging startup cities like Tulsa and Birmingham.
About their Fund
Sectors
Consumer, Health, Fintech, AI, Climate
Rounds
Pre-Seed - Series B+
Avg Check Size
$250K - $3M
Notable Investments
Vast Ventures is one of the few manifesto-driven venture capital funds that organizes around five concrete objectives including improving worldwide health and happiness and promoting resource sustainability, using these pillars as the primary lens for investment selection rather than a traditional sector or stage thesis. The fund positions itself as both investor and company-builder, emphasizing that they have "started and grown" companies beyond just funding them, with a portfolio concentrated in enabling infrastructure and platform companies like Ginkgo Bioworks and ASAPP that align with their goal of increasing human potential and productivity.
Other partners at the fund
Notable Fund
Investments
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Popular Investors
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Rounds
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Links
Deeptech / Hardware
Robotics
Biotech
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12
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Unknown
Pre-Seed - Seed
Unknown
$400K - $2M
Unknown
Defense
Deeptech / Hardware
Energy
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7
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Unknown
Pre-Seed - Series A
Unknown
$100K - $5M
Unknown
Defense
Deeptech / Hardware
Energy
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7
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Unknown
Pre-Seed - Series A
Unknown
$100K - $5M
Unknown
Biotech
Health
Deeptech / Hardware
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2
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Unknown
Pre-Seed - Seed
Unknown
$250K - $2M
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Climate
Deeptech / Hardware
Materials
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4
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Unknown
Pre-Seed - Seed
Unknown
$400K - $1.5M
Unknown
Deeptech / Hardware
Robotics
Biotech
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7
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Unknown
Pre-Seed - Seed
Unknown
$400K - $2M
Unknown
Deeptech / Hardware
Robotics
Biotech
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2
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Unknown
Pre-Seed - Seed
Unknown
~$750K
Unknown
Fintech
Deeptech / Hardware
Devtools
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2
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Unknown
Pre-Seed - Series A
Unknown
$250K-$1M
Unknown
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