Overview

What they do
Escape Velocity (EV3) is a venture firm that invests in exceptional founders at the earliest stages of their companies. The firm focuses on crypto-powered networks that are transforming major industries such as wireless, compute, energy, healthcare, logistics, and advertising. EV3 leads pre-seed and seed rounds with $500K-$3M checks and partners closely with a small number of new companies each year. It also develops research, analytics, events, and media assets to support its portfolio and the broader ecosystem.
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What they look for
EV3 is a thesis-driven venture investor that leads pre-seed and seed rounds of $500K-$3M in crypto-powered networks transforming industries such as wireless, compute, energy, healthcare, logistics, and advertising.
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Stage
Ideation, Pre-seed, Seed
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Sectors
Deeptech, Fintech, AI, Cybersecurity
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Based
Nyack, US
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Sources

2026-09-01ev3.xyzMahesh Ramakrishnan is co-founder and Managing Partner of Escape Velocity Ventures (EV3), a…
2026-09-01ev3.xyzWe underwrite people --before revenue, users, or a product even exists.

Portfolio, cheque size and the rest

The companies they have backed, the cheque they write, and whether they are deploying right now.

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