Future Ventures

Future Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and early-stage investments in mission-driven founders developing disruptive technologies. The firm targets purpose-driven entrepreneurs whose innovative ideas have the potential to transform entire industries, with a focus on areas such as commercial space exploration, deep learning, quantum computing, robotics, artificial intelligence, nuclear fusion, sustainable agriculture, climate solutions, and biotechnology.

Co-founded by Steve Jurvetson and Maryanna Saenko, Future Ventures builds on Jurvetson's extensive track record from co-founding Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and leading early investments in transformative companies. Established around 2018, the firm draws from over 25 years of experience backing visionaries at the frontier of technology. Jurvetson, a Stanford-educated engineer and MBA, previously worked at Hewlett-Packard, Apple, NeXT, and Bain & Company, while Saenko brings expertise from Khosla Ventures, DFJ, and Airbus Ventures, with a background in biomedical and materials engineering from Carnegie Mellon.

The firm has an impressive portfolio of notable investments, including early stakes in SpaceX, Tesla, Planet Labs, Boring Company, Commonwealth Fusion, D-Wave, Skype, and Upside Foods, which collectively represent $1.7 trillion in aggregate value creation through IPOs and acquisitions. Current portfolio companies span deep tech, food and agriculture, climate technologies, life sciences, and communications, underscoring their commitment to high-impact innovations.

The team combines deep technical expertise and operational experience. Alongside Jurvetson and Saenko, Nico Enriquez focuses on energy, robotics, and climate, with a background as a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur, ARPA-E fellow, and degrees from Brown, Stanford, and Columbia. This multidisciplinary team supports founders pushing technological boundaries without exploiting human vulnerabilities.