Venture capital · Innovation accelerator
We back great ideas for vast markets with passionate visionaries—and help turn breakthrough technologies into life-transforming businesses.
About us
We facilitate the rapid creation of life-transforming businesses, help invent or re-invent critical industries, and move the frontier of progress for the good of humankind.
We primarily invest in companies whose impact is disproportionately large because they use new techniques that leverage accelerating technologies.
Reduce the cost of environmentally friendly natural resources and make them easier to access.
Improve metropolitan life through advanced transportation, delivery methods and modern urbanism.
Improve and expand education.
Advance healthcare and solutions to aging.
Enhance communications and connected devices.
Apply artificial intelligence, data and machine learning.
Automate financial transactions.
Improve the efficiency of government and administration.
Our innovation accelerator
We work beside founders to protect their focus, sharpen their strategy, and accelerate execution.
We start, source and seed startups or teams compatible with our investment criteria and the exponential-organization concept. Beyond financing, we help with strategic vision, product roadmaps, business plans, mentorship, and commercial and administrative support.
We are extremely sensitive to speed of execution. Founders should spend the vast majority of their time developing great products, supported by extraordinary partners who can take non-strategic work off their plates.
We generally make small investments that help founding teams reach their first institutional round, often through a convertible note with a discount to the next financing and a negotiated valuation cap.
Mentorship, strategy, product ideation and roadmaps, fundraising, recruiting, legal, IT, web, sales and marketing, plus international reach and expansion.
Our team
Experience across technology, company building, global growth, finance and executive leadership.
Managing Director
Venture Partner & Chief Matchmaker
Venture Partner
Venture Partner
Special Advisor
Advisor
Executive Assistant
Our portfolio
Companies spanning software, hardware, analytics, healthcare, autonomous systems and immersive technology.
Strategic partners
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