Necessary Ventures leads $1-2M pre-seed rounds and invests as a non-lead from pre-seed to pre-IPO. The thesis-driven firm backs deep tech, hard tech and AI companies tackling fundamental challenges across healthcare, reindustrialization, climate, financial services and education, and helps founders use their missions to win talent, non-dilutive and strategic capital, and attention through its earned and owned media, including the Money Moves show and the Necessary Nuggets newsletter.