# Telescopic Ventures

> Telescopic Ventures is an Oakland venture capital firm backing applied frontier technology, primarily for business and enterprise use. It combines early capital with help on customers, strategy, security and product integration.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Oakland, United States
- **Founders:** Adrian Walker (Founder & General Partner)
- **Products:** Early-stage venture investment, Portfolio operating support, Fund I
- **Notable:** First fund launched in 2018., Portfolio company Onion ID acquired by Thycotic in June 2020., Participated in Elotl’s $5 million seed financing in November 2021.

## Products & services

- **Early-stage venture investment** — Pre-seed through Series A capital, primarily for B2B and enterprise applications; the firm can lead or co-invest.
- **Portfolio operating support** — Assistance with early business development, business and market strategy, security strategy and product integrations.
- **Fund I** — First fund launched in 2018; LinkedIn describes its focus as seed-stage applied frontier technology.

## Achievements

- First fund launched in 2018.
- Portfolio company Onion ID acquired by Thycotic in June 2020.
- Participated in Elotl’s $5 million seed financing in November 2021.
- Participated in Mycocycle’s $2.2 million seed financing in May 2023.
- Participated in Anori’s March 2026 independent-company financing.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Anori announced its independence from Alphabet’s X on March 19 with Telescopic Ventures participating in its funding. Adrian Walker leads Anori as CEO.
- **2023-05** — Mycocycle announced a $2.2 million seed round including Telescopic Ventures, with proceeds directed toward treatment capacity, material validation and team expansion.

## Links

- Website: https://www.telescopicventures.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/telescopic-ventures
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/telescopicvent1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TelescopicVentures/

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Last updated: 2026-10-27