An engineer-first solo GP Timothy Chen investing in infra formative-stage companies at repo/demo or GitHub-alpha stage, uniquely comfortable backing founders before products exist and highly technically driven. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
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Formative-stage investor writing $1–25M checks, operating as a tiny, operator-led team (founder Jack Altman) that maintains direct founder relationships and is a preferred AI/software co-investor with Sequoia and Y Combinator. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Funds exceptional venture leaders building automation in traditional industries using ML/AI to enhance security, productivity tools for distributed work. A key differentiator: and upskilling for the trajectory.
Pre-seed (first $250K–$2M) investor for technical founders building enterprise data, AI infrastructure and security; founder-led AI engineer presenting whole-stack perspective, AI-native experiments and Sand Hill Road graduation proven history. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Hybrid venture and hedge fund that backs brilliant founders working in distributed ledger technology. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Backs Black and African-led crypto formative-stage businesses, prioritizing scalable web3 and blockchain infrastructure for diaspora infrastructure; led by a founder with 15 years of operation' global funding-flows experience and a 20-country CBEE network.
Decentralized web3-focused VC that sources and vets deals through a global network of deal partners and contributors, awarding carry beyond the GP and prioritizing world-positive founders. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
