# Bison Ventures Closes $160m Fund 2

> Bison Ventures closes $160m fund to back AI, robotics, and physical world tech breakthroughs.
- Title: Bison Ventures Closes $160m Fund 2 · Pulse 2.0 | Shortify
- Summary: Bison Ventures closes $160m fund to back AI, robotics, and physical world tech breakthroughs. Bison Ventures closes $160 million Fund 2 to invest in AI…
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- Source: Pulse 2.0 — https://pulse2.com/bison-ventures-closes-160-million-fund-2-to-invest-in-ai-robotics-energy-and-physical-world-technologies
- Author: Amit Chowdhry
- Published: 2026-10-20T21:20:55+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: bison ventures, fund 2, ai, robotics, energy, physical world technologies, real world intelligence, am d, cobot, zephyra, vivodyne, thinking machines
## Bison Ventures Announces Fund 2
Bison Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on frontier technologies, announced the closing of its $160 million Fund 2 to support founders developing artificial intelligence and other breakthrough technologies for the physical world.
## Real World Intelligence Focus
The new fund follows Bison Ventures’ $135 million debut fund and will continue investing in companies from pre-seed through Series B.
## Market Opportunity
Founded in 2021 by Tom Biegala and Ben Hemani, Bison Ventures believes Real World Intelligence represents a $50 trillion market opportunity across the global economy.
## Investment Strategy
Its investment thesis centers on the expectation that AI’s next major wave of innovation will extend beyond digital applications into industries responsible for producing goods, developing medicines, generating energy, and maintaining essential infrastructure.
## Portfolio Highlights
Zyphra is developing frontier AI models and infrastructure using AMD’s full-stack computing platform, while Cobot has deployed collaborative robots across healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics.
## Key takeaway

Bison Ventures closes $160 million Fund 2 to invest in AI, robotics, energy, and physical world technologies for $50 trillion market opportunity.