January Ventures

https://www.january.ventures

Last activity: 14.04.2026

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January Ventures (previously known as Jane VC) invests early and opens doors for the visionary founders of the future.

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Date	Name	Website	Total Raised	Location
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Sep 4, 2025	RYE	rye.energy	$1.17M	United Kingdom
Feb 28, 2023	Gable	gable.to	$16M
Jan 12, 2023	Oula	oulahealth.com	$50.3M	United States
Sep 29, 2022	Pano AI	pano.ai	$84M	United States, California, San Francisco

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	Marlíse	Arellano		LinkedIn

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Jan 31, 2026	European Tech Powerhouses Secure Massive Funding: AI, Robotics, HealthTech Lead Investment Wave	European tech startups just secured massive funding. RobCo raised $100 million for modular AI robots, targeting US expansion. Recare landed €37 million to scale its AI healthcare platform globally. Portugal's Sword Health acquired Germany's...
Jan 29, 2026	RobCo erhält 100 Millionen – Recare sammelt 37 Millionen ein – Sword Health kauft Kaia Health	Im #DealMonitor für den 29. Januar werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-A...
Sep 4, 2025	RYE raises €1M pre-seed to help hospitality and retail monetise energy demand	London-based RYE, the energy intelligence solution redefining how multi-site businesses manage, monetise and scale energy operations, has closed a €1 million pre-seed funding round. The funding will enable RYE to increase their range of pro...
Jan 27, 2025	Systole Health Raises $2M to Transform Women’s Heart Health with Group Virtual Care	What You Should Know: – Systole Health, a telehealth company focused on women’s heart health, today announced a $2M pre-seed funding round led by Benchstrength with participation from January Ventures, J Ventures, and Tom X. Lee (founder of...
May 14, 2024	‘We predicted increases in cocoa prices months before the market.’ Helios taps AI to power forecasting platform for soft commodities	AI-powered startup Helios has launched what it claims is the world’s first global platform to forecast prices and availability of soft commodities from fruits and vegetables to cocoa. Founded in December 2022 by ex-Google AI/ML engineer Ede...
Feb 11, 2024	Seed funding: Everything founders should know about fundraising, seed rounds and more for 2024	If you’re looking at the current seed funding climate and thinking it’s rough out there, you’re not alone. The last few years have been a roller coaster for startups. First came the uncertainty in the early days of the pandemic, then came t...
Oct 19, 2023	Early-stage founders are optimistic about raising again — but not all of them	Raising capital is never easy, and the past few years have been particularly tough for startups. But there are signs that the tide may be starting to turn, as some founders are starting to get optimistic about their fundraising chances agai...
Oct 3, 2023	Cersi, what are the biggest risks to my supply chain today? Helios launches AI supply chain analyst, raises $1.85m pre-seed round	Virginia-based startup Helios has launched an AI-powered supply chain analyst called Cersi and raised $1.85 million in a pre-seed round led by Supply Change Capital with participation from January Ventures. The brainchild of ex-Google AI/ML...
Oct 1, 2023	How to raise a Series A in today’s market	If you’re an early-stage founder, the crazy days of 2021 are a distant memory. Money is tight, and the process of getting more is as unsettled as ever. The past few tumultuous years have tossed out the milestones that defined previous Serie...
Jul 11, 2023	Brief: Pano AI raises $17m growth round to expand its wildfire detection technology	US-based Pano AI has raised a $17 million growth capital round for its technology that can detect wildfires and issue warnings to local firefighters. Valor Equity Partners led the round with participation from new investors Salesforce Ventu...
Dec 6, 2022	Early-stage startups say no runway, no problem heading into 2023	Startup funding continues to dwindle and layoffs keep making headlines as 2023 nears. And yet, pre-seed and seed companies don’t seem to be enduring the same state of panic as their more mature startup peers. A recent survey of 450 early-st...
Sep 12, 2022	15 U.K.-Based Venture Capital Investors Supporting Underrepresented Founders	These 15 U.K.-based angels and venture capital investors are worth following on the topic of ... [+] investment in underrepresented foundersVARIOUS
May 10, 2022	How To Raise A VC Fund: 15 Tips From Women Who Have Done It	The rising tide of women successfully building their own VC firms Candice Matthews Brackeen, Addie Lerner, Rachel Holt, Jewel Burks Solomon, Sara Adler, Ali Rosenthal, Hannah Chelkowski, Soraya Darabi, Ella Goldner, Samara Mejia Hernandez, ...
May 1, 2022	January Ventures Closed $21M Fund II	January Ventures, a Boston, MA- and London, UK-based venture capital firm, closed its second fund, at $21M. Fund II investors include institutions like Wellington Management, Bank of America, IDEAL Investments, and The Kapor Foundation. The...
Apr 28, 2022	January Ventures’ new fund will help young startups navigate this ‘Darwinian moment’	When Maren Bannon and Jennifer Neundorfer first launched their venture capital firm, Jane VC, they wanted to end the practice of “warm intros” in tech. The goal was to back female founders who weren’t based in Silicon Valley, didn’t have ra...
Apr 13, 2022	Can employees achieve ‘deep work’? London-based FLOWN scores £2.5 million to show how	While the pandemic may be almost over, the seismic shift made to how and where we work is here to stay. As individuals and teams continue to transition to a fully remote or hybrid model, responding to employees’ desires for more flexibility...
Oct 10, 2021	The growing pains of Apple’s subscription addiction	Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, we talked about how YouTube has managed to skate along while Facebook has gotten pummeled over platform responsibility concerns. This week, we’re looking at another slippery slop...
Oct 6, 2021	Getting the details right in your pitch deck	VCs read pitch decks extremely quickly, which means that every detail holds the potential to get them to double down on a startup or just pass altogether. While crafting the high-level narrative is critical, of course, founders can’t skimp ...
Dec 11, 2020	Five Predictions For Early Stage Startups In 2021	getty
Nov 2, 2020	Pandemic’s impact disproportionately reduced VC funding for female founders	The last few quarters did not play out as as expected for venture capitalists or entrepreneurs; instead of a pandemic-fueled recession that cauterized the flow of private investment into startups, the economic shifts brought on by COVID-19 ...
Oct 9, 2020	Sexual Wellness App Kama Raises $3 Million In Seed Funding To Democratize Access To Sex Therapy	Kama's sexual wellness appKama
May 30, 2020	How To Cold Pitch A VC In the Time Of Covid-19	Future via Getty Images
	HIMSS21 Day 2 Roundup: CVS Health Virtual Primary Care, M&A Activity, Funding, More	Raintree Systems Mourns the Passing of its CEO, Richard Welty Raintree Systems, a software development company that provides value-based solutions for the healthcare industry, announces the passing of the company’s Founder and CEO, Richard ...
	Elektra Health Raises $3.75M for Evidence-Based Menopause Care	What You Should Know: – Elektra Health, a new women’s health tech company on a mission to smash the menopause taboo, is announcing $3.75M in seed funding co-led by Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six and Flare Capital Partners, with participat...
	Can employees achieve ‘deep work’? London-based FLOWN scores £2.5 million to show how	While the pandemic may be almost over, the seismic shift made to how and where we work is here to stay. As individuals and teams continue to transition to a fully remote or hybrid model, responding to employees’ desires for more flexibility...

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FAQ about January Ventures

What funds has January Ventures raised?

January Ventures has announced 1 fund on Parsers VC.

How many startups has January Ventures invested in?

January Ventures has 5 portfolio companies on Parsers VC, among them RYE, Gable and Oula.

What has the press written about January Ventures?

Parsers VC has collected 26 articles mentioning January Ventures, among them “European Tech Powerhouses Secure Massive Funding: AI, Robotics, HealthTech Lead Investment Wave” (Jan 31, 2026) and “RobCo erhält 100 Millionen – Recare sammelt 37 Millionen ein – Sword Health kauft Kaia Health” (Jan 29, 2026).

Is January Ventures still active?

Yes, January Ventures is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 14, 2026.