Invests at pre-seed in first-time, under-networked Black and Brown founders outside major tech hubs, leveraging the founder's Twitter-built network and public fundraising and term-sheet guidance. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
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Zeros in on unsexy, antiquated markets (warehousing, real estate, adult incontinence), avoids crypto/VR/drones, and runs alumni-focused Company builders Programs (Palantir, Rippling, Amazon) plus a Quit-by-Christmas support program.
Early investor in AI applications and infrastructure, led by active AI practitioners Socher, Manning, and Goldbloom who continue hands-on research and company-building, providing domain expertise and founder partnership. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Co-founds and incubates emerging ventures upwards of 4–18 months inside the Allen Institute for AI's frontier research ecosystem, providing up to $600k, $1M non-dilutive cloud credits, and ~7% SAFE. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Seed investor making repeatable first institutional checks ($100K–$500K) into pre-vetted, capital-efficient tech-enabled startup ventures (biotech to industrial AI) via a proprietary curated deal network and Wall Street finance discipline. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Stealthy investor across frontier sectors (space, biotech, AI) making sub-$500K average checks into technically complex startup ventures with exceptional defensibility and operational guidance from GP Rob Ness’s 2% Rule. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Global alternative-protein accelerator with a five-month program (New York, Singapore, Paris), backing consumer and enabling-technology-driven emerging ventures and extending direct access to incumbents like AAK, Bel, Bühler, Givaudan, Tyson Ventures. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
