Salt Lake City–based fund backing founders addressing underserved populations across 49 states, using a pedigree-penalizing scorecard and a 6+ month startup academy of specialist coaches to reach overlooked geographies. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
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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.
Backs early-phase life sciences businesses, often backing founders when they are no more than an idea.
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.
Concentrates on technically demanding hardware alongside niche founders in computer outlook, robotics, alongside 3D computing; delivers hands-on proficiency from an early Oculus/spatial-computing leader alongside referral-driven, defense-resilience sourcing.
Headed by consumer-brand operator Susan Lyne and born of #BUILTBYGIRLS, they use a internally developed Polyculture thesis and data from 100+ female-led companies to guide company builders exploring polycultural markets.
