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What we've helped build & fund

We invest in smart ambitious people. We are founders behind popular consumer apps in social media, music and video. Creating great software technology experiences for users depends on a daring entreprenurial mindset to be bold. We get involved on day one, actively helping companies get running from zero.

Genko

Hear the world's best stories. Genko turns the world’s written news articles into natural sounding listens using A.I. technology.

www.genko.com

Carthrottle

Grown to 10-million followers & 24-million monthly views with a billion total videos watched to become the web's largest car community site.
Acquired by Dennis publishing.

www.carthrottle.com

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$150K to $1M

Seed & early stage capital. We lead with conviction and do follow on rounds. No party rounds. First check writers who help bring in top angels and other investors.

Hands on help

Develop your business plan, get user design and technical help programming help to make better decisions. We're company builders.

Connections

Get the meetings you need. We've been operating in heart of Palo Alto for 8 years, building our access to people and companies worth knowing.