Thesis-Driven
AI Infrastructure
Venture Firm

Thesis-Driven
AI Infrastructure
Venture Firm

Enterprise Infrastructure and SaaS
AI | Cloud | DevOps | Data | Security

Enterprise Infrastructure and SaaS
AI | Cloud | DevOps | Data | Security

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Thesis

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Enterprise AI adoption will only scale as fast as the infrastructure allows

Enterprise AI adoption will only scale as fast as the infrastructure allows

# thesis

def thesis():
    return "Enterprise AI adoption will only scale as fast as the infrastructure allows"

# Focus Areas: compute, memory, storage, orchestration, security, data or dev tooling
# Goal: make AI practical + cost-effective in production
# thesis

def thesis():
 return "Enterprise AI adoption will only scale as fast as the infrastructure allows"

# Focus Areas: compute, memory, storage, orchestration, security, data or dev tooling
# Goal: make AI practical + cost-effective in production
# thesis

def thesis():
    return "Enterprise AI adoption will only scale as fast as the infrastructure allows"

# Focus Areas: compute, memory, storage, orchestration, security, data or dev tooling
# Goal: make AI practical + cost-effective in production

The AI hype cycle will come and go, but the winners will be the builders solving unglamorous problems in latency, reliability, scalability, interoperability and trust

The AI hype cycle will come and go, but the winners will be the builders solving problems in latency, reliability, scalability, interoperability and trust

  • We invest in technical founders who see around corners engineers who’ve wrestled with bottlenecks firsthand and are obsessed with removing them

  • We invest in technical founders who see around corners engineers who’ve wrestled with bottlenecks firsthand and are obsessed with removing them

  • We’re not here to micromanage your roadmap or chase vanity trends. Our value comes from decades of operating and investing in AI infrastructure

  • We’re not here to micromanage your roadmap or chase vanity trends. Our value comes from decades of operating and investing in AI infrastructure

  • With a deep first-degree enterprise network, we will open doors to customers, acquirers, capital and talent when it matters most to you.

    If not, we have failed you

  • With a deep first-degree enterprise network, we will open doors to customers, acquirers, capital and talent when it matters most to you. If not, we have failed you

  • With a deep first-degree enterprise network, we will open doors to customers, acquirers, capital and talent when it matters most to you. If not, we have failed you

# If you're building the rails for the next era of AI:
conversation.start()
# If you're building the rails for the next era of AI:
conversation.start()

Enterprise AI adoption will only scale as fast as the infrastructure allows.

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Investment Strategy

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Syndicate Today, Fund Tomorrow

Syndicate Today, Fund Tomorrow

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Investment Strategy

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Syndicate Today
Fund Tomorrow

Founder Focus

We prefer technical founders with direct domain expertise

Founder Focus

We prefer technical founders with direct domain expertise

Stage

From first check to Series A. Lead, co-lead or follow

Stage

From first check to Series A. Lead, co-lead or follow

Check Size

$100k to $500k

Check Size

$100k to $500k

Instruments

Priced Rounds, Notes or SAFEs

Instruments

Priced Rounds, Notes or SAFEs

Geography

USA, DE C-Corp

Geography

USA, DE C-Corp

Philosophy

ROI-driven with no rigid ownership targets

Philosophy

ROI-driven with no rigid ownership targets

Founder Focus

We prefer technical founders with direct domain expertise

Founder Focus

We prefer technical founders with direct domain expertise

Stage

From first check to Series A. Lead, co-lead or follow

Stage

From first check to Series A. Lead, co-lead or follow

Check Size

$100k to $500k

Check Size

$100k to $500k

Instruments

Priced Rounds, Notes, or SAFEs

Instruments

Priced Rounds, Notes or SAFEs

Geography

USA, DE C-Corp

Geography

USA, DE C-Corp

Philosophy

ROI-driven with no rigid ownership targets

Philosophy

ROI-driven with no rigid ownership targets

Most importantly, we earn our way onto your cap table.
Our diligence includes introducing net new customer(s).
We are actively investing

Most importantly, we earn our way onto your cap table

Our diligence includes introducing net new customer(s)

We are actively investing

Enterprise AI adoption will only scale as fast as the infrastructure allows.

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Portfolio

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Present & Past

Present & Past

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Portfolio

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Team of Founder Advocates

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GP
10 years of investing in technical founders

Sharran Deora

Advisor
Serial Entrepreneur
VP AI at Ampere/SoftBank

Victor Jakubiuk

Advisor
Founder at Venture5
ex-Dir PM at DigitalOcean

Advisor
Founder at Venture5
ex-Dir PM at DigitalOcean

John Gannon

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Team of

Founder Advocates

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GP
10 years of investing in technical founders

Sharran Deora

Advisor
Serial Entrepreneur
VP AI at Ampere/SoftBank

Victor Jakubiuk

Advisor
Founder at Venture5
ex-Dir PM at DigitalOcean

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgannon

John Gannon

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Enterprise AI adoption will only scale as fast as the infrastructure allows.

Enterprise AI adoption will only scale as fast as the infrastructure allows.

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