Vishal Vasishth
Investor and Builder of Companies with Inspiring Purpose
Vishal Vasishth
Investor and Builder of Companies with Inspiring Purpose
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & Managing Director
2014 - Current
Obvious is a venture capital firm investing in startups reimagining trillion-dollar industries through a world positive lens. Our three investment pillars are Planet Health, Human Health, and Economic Health. We invest at both early and emerging growth stages. Select investments include Beyond Meat, Miyoko's Creamery, and Good Eggs in food; Virta, Devoted Health, and Galileo in healthcare; Zymergen, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, and LabGenius in computational biology; Proterra, Lilium, and Amply in electrified transportation; One Finance, Corvus, and Openly in fintech; and Incredible Health and Gusto, platforms helping people thrive at work.
Board Observer
2024
Accelerating the development of lifesaving medicines and enabling patients globally to have equal access to the highest quality of cancer care and research
Board Member
2023
Democratizing the use of cash flow underwriting in our banking system.
Board Observer
2023
Working to accelerate the impact that transformers and generative AI can have in the healthcare industry.
Board Member
2022
Branded wallet (debit+credit) for brands.
Board Member
2022
Building a platform for improving financial lives of working families.
Board Member
2022
Building a modern fintech platform for healthcare.
Board Member
2024
Computer vision driven endoscopy for GI disease
Board Observer
2021
Building a tech enabled full stack healthcare company in the Autism space, with a goal to improve outcomes and reduce cost.
Board Observer
2020
Building a managed marketplace in the DME healthcare space with a goal to delight all stakeholders, improve outcomes and reduce cost.
Education
Investments
Latest Articles
Bringing Credit Scores into the 21st Century
Talks about Fintech, Worldpositive and Open Banking