UniWill Ventures

UniWill Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in Palo Alto, California, in the heart of the Bay Area. The fund invests in emerging technologies and the business models built around them, spanning ag-tech, fintech, ed-tech, clean-tech, artificial intelligence, space access, IoT, TMT, waste management, alternative protein and digital health, almost entirely in the United States. Its investment philosophy is organised around three guiding themes, 'Health,' 'Happiness' and a 'Young Entrepreneurial Spirit,' reflecting a conviction that technology should ultimately serve human wellbeing, and it has also championed impact-oriented investing. UniWill concentrates on seed and early-stage technology companies and runs a fund of around $40 million, generally as a co-investor. The firm is led by a two-partner team: co-founder Winston Sun, who established UniWill in 2017 and manages the Bay Area headquarters, and Crysti Chen, who holds a Master of Management in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University's Schwarzman College, an MS.Ed in Education Entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA in Political Economy and International Studies from the University of Washington. Across a portfolio of roughly 18 companies, UniWill has backed four unicorns, including construction-equipment marketplace EquipmentShare, 3D-printed rocket maker Relativity Space and fintech data network Plaid, and has seen one IPO and one acquisition; its most recent disclosed investment was in Soar Robotics in June 2023. By organising its thesis around human wellbeing and emerging technology, UniWill Ventures backs early-stage US founders across a wide frontier of sectors.