Micro‑fund dedicated to the very earliest stages in robotics and AI, targeting technically deep founders tackling hard problems, led by a former Facebook deal lead and prioritizing founder control. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Ranked by shared stages, industries, geography, cheque size and investor type. 400 related investors in the directory.
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.
On one hand, prioritizes businesses addressing needs arising from massive demographic changes; on the other, differentiated by its thematic expertise in demographic-driven markets.
Pre-seed specialist backing pre-traction, pre-formation founders with $500k–$1M+ checks, issuing founder-name term sheets and running a Founder-in-Residence (including university) to ideate and form companies. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
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.
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.
