Catalog of the Permanent Collection · June MMXXVI
+A specimen catalog of frontier engineering, prepared for the technically literate visitor.
+Proprietary museum of Root Ventures · Seeding bold engineers since A.D. 2015.
+Galleries at 2670 Harrison Street, San Francisco, California 94110.
+ Est. 2015 · Fund III · $190M ++ Root Ventures is constituted to support the + earliest stages of those engineers who, demonstrating uncommon technical + nerve, accept the risk inherent to attempting things not yet known to work. +
+« Seeding bold engineers. »
++ Stated more plainly: a San Francisco–based deep tech seed fund. As engineers + ourselves, we specialise in leading initial funding for founders tackling new + technical opportunities. Sector concentrations include deep tech, hard tech, + robotics, manufacturing, automation, AI/ML, and devtools. +
+The seven officers responsible for the acquisition, conservation, and interpretation of the collection.
+ +Sixty-three specimens, accessioned between the founding of the museum and the present.
Each is labeled with its binomial, common name, and provenance.
The museum maintains a strict acquisitions policy: a candidate specimen must demonstrate genuine engineering risk — that is, the founders must be attempting something whose feasibility is not yet established. The Curators conduct technical inspection in the founders' workspace where possible; in the case of remote or hazardous habitats (low earth orbit, the open ocean, energy infrastructure perimeters) the conservators rely on field reports and direct correspondence.
+Specimens are accessioned at the earliest reproducible sighting and are followed thereafter at intervals not less than quarterly. Reserves are held against subsequent observed growth; the museum's reserves ratio is two thirds of fund capital, allowing meaningful re-acquisition of viable specimens through later instars. The cadence of new acquisitions is deliberately slow — a selective few per year — in order to ensure each specimen receives appropriate curatorial attention.
+Visitors who wish to nominate a specimen for consideration are directed to the Registrar's Office (see Inquiries, below).
+The museum seeks one technical Associate to join the curatorial staff in San Francisco. The position involves sourcing of candidate specimens, technical diligence, and direct support of accessioned companies.
+Suitable applicants will possess:
+Additional consideration is given to those who have built side projects, contributed to open source, or operated within prior startups. Inquiries may be addressed to the Registrar's Office; see below.
+Through the East Door · The Archive Wing
++ The present catalog is a snapshot of the Cabinet as of June 2026. Previous + exhibitions remain accessible in the museum's Archive Wing — the entire + rotating program is preserved in perpetuity, each former exhibition reachable + exactly as it was first installed. +
+ Enter the Archive Wing + +All correspondence—press, founder inquiries, donations of new specimens—is received and routed by the Registrar.
+ hello@root.vc +Limited partners and friends of the museum convene once a year. Travel arrangements and program at:
+ +Applications for staff positions are routed via the careers desk:
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+ Root Ventures
+ Catalog set in Trajan, Caslon, and Cormorant Garamond. Printed at the press of the Cabinet, San Francisco. All specimens remain the property of their respective founders; the museum holds no claim beyond the privilege of observation. The collection grows.
+ © MMXV–MMXXVI Root Ventures — Seeding bold engineers.
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