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# boldstart.vc

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## Homepage

- [boldstart ventures | The Inception Fund](/content/site-root.html): First checks for technical founders since 2010. Partnering from inception across cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, physical AI, and agents. (378 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [💸 How to sell dev tools in 2023 - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/how-to-sell-dev-tools-in-2023/index.html): Test (2,502 words)
- [📧 Improving adoption with the product usage report email - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/email-product-adoption-reporting-metrics/index.html): Test (2,465 words)
- [🧑‍🔧 Repair tips for leaky conversion funnels - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/repair-tips-for-leaky-conversion-funnels/index.html): Test (2,190 words)
- [boldstart 2025 recap - boldstart ventures](/content/news/boldstart-2025-recap/index.html): Boldstart’s 2025 recap highlights a year where enterprise AI meaningfully matured, company formation accelerated, and the firm deepened its focus on inception‑stage technical founders. The team launched its $250M Fund VII, pushing its AUM past $1B and reinforcing its thesis around the autonomous, AI‑native enterprise. Portfolio momentum was strong, with major exits (Protect AI, Superhuman, Cycle, Auxon), multiple companies surpassing $100M ARR, and a wave of new product launches and stealth debuts across AI infrastructure, security, agents, and robotics. Boldstart led 15 new inception rounds globally and expanded its founder‑first programming through summits, bootcamps, and CISO events. Looking to 2026, the firm expects a decisive market sorting phase and remains committed to backing the earliest, hardest, and most ambitious AI‑native companies from day zero. (1,835 words)
- [News archive - boldstart ventures](/content/news/archive/index.html): News archive from the boldstart ventures archive. (1,198 words)
- [👟 Clearing the 3 biggest dev tool activation hurdles - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/clearing-the-3-biggest-dev-tool-activation-hurdles/index.html): 3 of the most common hurdles to dev tool activation, and some ways to lower them to help get users to the finish line faster. (1,790 words)
- [✨ An alternative to NPS for dev tools - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/an-alternative-to-nps-for-dev-tools/index.html): A technique that turns qualitative feedback into quantitative data, to help you understand how users perceive your product. (1,625 words)
- [boldstart technical founder summit — AI giveth and AI taketh away + other 🔑 learnings - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/boldstart-technical-founder-summit-ai-giveth-and-ai-taketh-away-other-f0-9f-94-91-learnings.html): What do you get when you mix a passionate group of technical enterprise nerds talking about AI and GTM together for a couple of days? 🤯 🔌 I’m still processing all of the discussions, side bars, and late evenings from our boldstart Founder Summit in Miami. All I can say, is if you’re an investor … Continued (964 words)
- [Back to Basics —Enterprise Founders' Day - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/back-to-basics/index.html): Here are "10 Key Takeaways from boldstart ventures Enterprise Founders' Day" with a theme of getting "Back to Basics" and to first principles building startups from Inception, forgetting much of what we experienced during the ZIRP era. (918 words)
- [Ed joins Trends with Friends Podcast: Inside AI’s New VC Reality - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/ed-joins-trends-with-friends-podcast-inside-ais-new-vc-reality.html): from Howard Lindzon – StockTwits post Good morning everyone, Michael Parekh and I are back from a summer break with a jam-packed episode of Trends With Friends featuring a longtime friend and inception-stage VC legend, Ed Sim of Boldstart Ventures. From the death of moats to the rise of AI-native founders, Ed breaks down the absurd … Continued (281 words)
- [Ed Sim on the Carta Podcast: Backing Founders From Day Zero - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/ed-sim-on-the-carta-podcast-backing-founders-from-day-zero.html): Ed breaks down Inception investing, state of the markets, and thoughts on investing in this generational shift with GenAI. Watch here: Listen here: Episode Description What does it mean to be a “day one partner” for founders—and how does that change in an era of AI-driven acceleration? On this episode of The Data Minute, Peter … Continued (497 words)
- [Ed Sim - boldstart ventures](/content/person/ed-sim/index.html): Ed Sim from the boldstart ventures archive. (364 words)
- [News archive · Page 2 - boldstart ventures](/content/news/page/2/index.html): News archive · Page 2 from the boldstart ventures archive. (293 words)
- [Clay boosts valuation to $1.3 billion - "a secret weapon for Anthropic and OpenAI" - boldstart ventures](/content/news/clay-a-secret-weapon-for-anthropic-and-openai-boosts-valuation-to-1-3-billion.html): The seven-year-old startup took years to figure out its product, which uses AI to filter up better data on sales leads. Now it’s growing fast, with tens of millions in revenue and a valuation that’s doubled in six months. When Clay CEO Kareem Amin logged off in September 2021 to embark upon a 10 day … Continued (2,024 words)
- [Six Takeaways from Boldstart CXO Connect: Security in a Remote-First World; How Have Enterprises Adapted? - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/six-takeaways-from-boldstart-cxo-connect-security-in-a-remote-first-world-how-have-enterprises-adapted.html): On July 8th we held our second Boldstart CXO Connect in partnership with Silicon Valley Bank (”Security in a Remote-First World; How Have Enterprises Adapted?”) where we had the privilege of hosting three visionary security executives to discuss if, and how their approaches to security had been transformed by the demands of a fully-remote workforce. … Continued (1,993 words)
- [How do 6 Global Heads of Automation from the Fortune 500 think about the future? - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/how-do-6-global-heads-of-automation-from-the-fortune-500-think-about-the-future.html): We at boldstart are fortunate to be in New York City and the metro area, home to 65+ Fortune 500 organizations. If you follow some of our key themes, a recurring one is how every Fortune 500 is a tech company that happens to be a bank, a health care firm, or “insert industry”. These large companies … Continued (702 words)
- [Ideas — boldstart](/content/ideas/index.html) (222 words)
- [News archive · Page 3 - boldstart ventures](/content/news/page/3/index.html): News archive · Page 3 from the boldstart ventures archive. (331 words)
- [The VentureFizz Podcast: Ellen Chisa - Partner, boldstart ventures - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/the-venturefizz-podcast-ellen-chisa-partner-boldstart-ventures.html): Episode #328 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Ellen Chisa, Partner at boldstart ventures. Back in 2016, we wrote a profile about Ellen on VentureFizz when she was leading product management at Lola.com. The profile was part of a series that we called Driven, which I think is a very fitting word to describe Ellen… and ironically, the … Continued (372 words)
- [Resources - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/index.html): Resources from the boldstart ventures archive. (684 words)
- [Martin Brodbeck - boldstart ventures](/content/person/martin-brodbeck/index.html): Martin Brodbeck from the boldstart ventures archive. (22 words)
- [📊 So… what does good look like? Product benchmarks for dev tools in 2023 - boldstart ventures](/content/devtoolkit/an-alternative-to-nps-for-dev-tools/index.html): Looking at metrics for dev tools gathered in this year’s product benchmarks survey from OpenView. (2,170 words)
- [Johannes Edmeier - boldstart ventures](/content/person/johannes-edmeier/index.html): Johannes Edmeier from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Kyle Parrish - boldstart ventures](/content/person/kyle-parrish/index.html): Kyle Parrish from the boldstart ventures archive. (16 words)
- [boldstart 2024 recap - boldstart ventures](/content/news/boldstart-ventures-2024-recap-on-inception-investing-venture-capital-seed-investing-enterprise-software-and-ai.html): boldstart ventures 2024 recap on inception investing, venture capital, seed investing, enterprise software and AI (1,331 words)
- [Keith Brisson - boldstart ventures](/content/person/keith-brisson/index.html): Keith Brisson from the boldstart ventures archive. (18 words)
- [Johnny Zhu - boldstart ventures](/content/person/johnny-zhu/index.html): Johnny Zhu from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Mathilde Colin - boldstart ventures](/content/person/mathilde-colin/index.html): Mathilde Colin from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Kunal Agarwal - boldstart ventures](/content/person/kunal-agarwal/index.html): Kunal Agarwal from the boldstart ventures archive. (8 words)
- [Mehdi Boudoukhane - boldstart ventures](/content/person/mehdi-boudoukhane/index.html): Mehdi Boudoukhane from the boldstart ventures archive. (3 words)
- [Matt Creager - boldstart ventures](/content/person/matt-creager/index.html): Matt Creager from the boldstart ventures archive. (3 words)
- [Kiegan Lenihan - boldstart ventures](/content/person/kiegan-lenihan/index.html): Kiegan Lenihan from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Kyle Quest - boldstart ventures](/content/person/kyle-quest/index.html): Kyle Quest from the boldstart ventures archive. (10 words)
- [Kirill Kutakov - boldstart ventures](/content/person/kirill-kutakov/index.html): Kirill Kutakov from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Justin Wohlstadter - boldstart ventures](/content/person/justin-wohlstadter/index.html): Justin Wohlstadter from the boldstart ventures archive. (7 words)
- [Marc Campbell - boldstart ventures](/content/person/marc-campbell/index.html): Marc Campbell from the boldstart ventures archive. (10 words)
- [Kyle DeTella - boldstart ventures](/content/person/kyle-detella/index.html): Kyle DeTella from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Josh Twist - boldstart ventures](/content/person/josh-twist/index.html): Josh Twist from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Keith Stewart - boldstart ventures](/content/person/keith-stewart/index.html): Keith Stewart from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Jevon Mcdonald - boldstart ventures](/content/person/jevon-mcdonald/index.html): Jevon Mcdonald from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [John Amaral - boldstart ventures](/content/person/john-amaral/index.html): John Amaral from the boldstart ventures archive. (4 words)
- [Jay Sivachelvan - boldstart ventures](/content/person/jay-sivachelvan/index.html): Jay Sivachelvan from the boldstart ventures archive. (11 words)
- [Jeff Andersen - boldstart ventures](/content/person/jeff-andersen/index.html): Jeff Andersen from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Joao Moura - boldstart ventures](/content/person/joao-moura/index.html): Joao Moura from the boldstart ventures archive. (3 words)
- [CXOTalk: Ed Sim + Investing in Early Stage Enterprise AI - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/cxotalk-ed-sim-investing-in-early-stage-enterprise-ai.html): Ed Sim, founder of boldstart ventures, discusses investing in enterprise AI startups on CXOTalk episode 847. Learn how AI reshapes the tech landscape and what investors seek in AI-driven companies. Gain insights on integrating AI, balancing development speed with scalability, and building key relationships.  Ed Sim, founder and general partner of boldstart ventures, shares his … Continued (543 words)
- [Boldstart & SVB Inception Bootcamp - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/boldstart-svb-inception-bootcamp/index.html): Authors: Ellen Chisa (boldstart), Hani Azzam (SVB) At boldstart and SVB, we’re working with founders from Inception, the earliest days — before incorporation, or right after. From that vantage point — and our own personal experiences — we know many of struggles founders go through early on: This list could go on and on. We knew we … Continued (1,186 words)
- [Jevon Macdonald - boldstart ventures](/content/person/jevon-macdonald/index.html): Jevon Macdonald from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Jeremy Suriel - boldstart ventures](/content/person/jeremy-suriel/index.html): Jeremy Suriel from the boldstart ventures archive. (3 words)
- [James Moran - boldstart ventures](/content/person/james-moran/index.html): James Moran from the boldstart ventures archive. (10 words)
- [Jason Kwait - boldstart ventures](/content/person/jason-kwait/index.html): Jason Kwait from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Jared Hanson - boldstart ventures](/content/person/jared-hanson/index.html): Jared Hanson from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Joe Teplow - boldstart ventures](/content/person/joe-teplow/index.html): Joe Teplow from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Jared Cosulich - boldstart ventures](/content/person/jared-cosulich/index.html): Jared Cosulich from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Ian Swanson - boldstart ventures](/content/person/ian-swanson/index.html): Ian Swanson from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [AI - boldstart ventures](/content/company-themes/ai/index.html): AI from the boldstart ventures archive. (99 words)
- [One VC’s Take on NYC and Enterprise Tech - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/one-vcs-take-on-nyc-and-enterprise-tech/index.html): When Willie Sutton, the prolific bank robber, was asked why he robbed banks, he answered, “because that’s where the money is.” When asked by investors in early 2010, why we were starting a seed fund focused on enterprise and leveraging NYC, I answered with Willie’s quip but also said, “because that’s where the customer-driven talent is.” … Continued (1,079 words)
- [Helgi Hermannsson - boldstart ventures](/content/person/helgi-hermannsson/index.html): Helgi Hermannsson from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Jad Naous - boldstart ventures](/content/person/jad-naous/index.html): Jad Naous from the boldstart ventures archive. (3 words)
- [Ian Livingstone - boldstart ventures](/content/person/ian-livingstone/index.html): Ian Livingstone from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Crypto Infrastructure Firm Blockdaemon Raises $207M at $3.25B Valuation - boldstart ventures](/content/news/crypto-infrastructure-firm-blockdaemon-raises-207m-at-3-25b-valuation.html): Sapphire and Tiger Global led the latest round, which follows a $155 million Series B last September. The unicorn valuations are still here despite the crypto market’s current sea of red, with Blockdaemon being the latest example. The blockchain infrastructure firm said Wednesday it commanded a $3.25 billion post-money valuation after a $207 million Series C led by … Continued (167 words)
- [Driving Alpha Podcast: Inception investing in technical enterprise founders with Ed Sim - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/driving-alpha-podcast-inception-investing-in-technical-enterprise-founders-with-ed-sim.html): Ed Sim from boldstart ventures shares how the firm partners and invests in technical founders at Inception and keys to scaling (302 words)
- [Developer First - boldstart ventures](/content/company-themes/developer-first/index.html): Developer First from the boldstart ventures archive. (85 words)
- [Empowering Dev-First Startups: Ed Sim's Vision for Boldstart and the Future of Enterprise AI (Venture with Grace) - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/listen-in-as-ed-sim-shares-his-vision-for-enterprise-ai-and-how-boldstart-invests-at-inception-in-technical-enterprise-founders.html): Listen in as Ed Sim shares his vision for enterprise AI and how boldstart invests at Inception in technical enterprise founders: (117 words)
- [Harry Stebbings - boldstart ventures](/content/person/harry-stebbings/index.html): Harry Stebbings from the boldstart ventures archive. (37 words)
- [Eliot Durbin - boldstart ventures](/content/person/eliot-durbin/index.html): Eliot Durbin from the boldstart ventures archive. (52 words)
- [Andy Barry - boldstart ventures](/content/person/andy-barry/index.html): Andy Barry from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Ed shares 28 years of lessons as an enterprise inception investor on The Peel Podcast - boldstart ventures](/content/news/ed-shares-28-years-of-lessons-as-an-enterprise-inception-investor-on-the-peel-podcast.html): Apple Podcasts https://t.co/ilvZVtLjuj Spotify https://t.co/y6gOiPgGzN Outline here: Timestamps: 3:48 Evolution of early stage investing 5:11 Inception stage investing 10:32 Backing bold founders reinventing the enterprise stack 11:20 Repeatable ways to build enterprise businesses 12:04 The 5 P’s of early stage investing 14:12 Backing Guy Podjarny and Snyk 18:18 Knowing when to follow-on 19:18 The 3 … Continued (321 words)
- [Security - boldstart ventures](/content/company-themes/security/index.html): Security from the boldstart ventures archive. (101 words)
- [Grant Miller - boldstart ventures](/content/person/grant-miller/index.html): Grant Miller from the boldstart ventures archive. (10 words)
- [Guatam Joshi - boldstart ventures](/content/person/guatam-joshi/index.html): Guatam Joshi from the boldstart ventures archive. (10 words)
- [Ellen Chisa on Scaling DevTools Podcast - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/ellen-chisa-on-scaling-devtools-podcast/index.html): Ellen Chisa is a partner at Boldstart Ventures. Prior to Boldstart, Ellen founded Darklang – a programming language. Before Darklang, Ellen worked in product. What we discussed:  Links: View episode transcript Scaling DevTools post here (147 words)
- [Brian Lozada - boldstart ventures](/content/person/brian-lozada/index.html): Brian Lozada from the boldstart ventures archive. (29 words)
- [boldstart 2021 recap & what’s 🔥 in enterprise 2022 - boldstart ventures](/content/news/boldstart-2021-recap-whats-f0-9f-94-a5-in-enterprise-2022.html): boldstart recap 2021, enterprise predictions 2022 (699 words)
- [George Avetisov - boldstart ventures](/content/person/george-avetisov/index.html): George Avetisov from the boldstart ventures archive. (4 words)
- [Greg Lamp - boldstart ventures](/content/person/greg-lamp/index.html): Greg Lamp from the boldstart ventures archive. (11 words)
- [Gavin Uhma - boldstart ventures](/content/person/gavin-uhma/index.html): Gavin Uhma from the boldstart ventures archive. (14 words)
- [Erica Windisch - boldstart ventures](/content/person/erica-windisch/index.html): Erica Windisch from the boldstart ventures archive. (10 words)
- [Guillaume Salles - boldstart ventures](/content/person/guillaume-salles/index.html): Guillaume Salles from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Apps - boldstart ventures](/content/company-themes/saas-work-reimagined/index.html): Apps from the boldstart ventures archive. (64 words)
- [David Tuite - boldstart ventures](/content/person/david-tuite/index.html): David Tuite from the boldstart ventures archive. (8 words)
- [Brian Heemsoth - boldstart ventures](/content/person/brian-heemsoth/index.html): Brian Heemsoth from the boldstart ventures archive. (29 words)
- [boldstart 2022 recap: +11 new teams, >$750M raised across portfolio... - boldstart ventures](/content/news/boldstart-2022-recap/index.html): 2022 was a reminder for all of us that everything is not just 📈, and we need to be mindful of building long term businesses solving real problems efficiently. While the market correction was painful to experience, we have to remember it’s still early innings for the cloud, developer tooling, and cybersecurity, all areas of … Continued (729 words)
- [Dan Bentley - boldstart ventures](/content/person/dan-bentley/index.html): Dan Bentley from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Eilon Lotem - boldstart ventures](/content/person/eilon-lotem/index.html): Eilon Lotem from the boldstart ventures archive. (3 words)
- [Brad Birnbaum - boldstart ventures](/content/person/brad-birnbaum/index.html): Brad Birnbaum from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Bojan Simic - boldstart ventures](/content/person/bojan-simic/index.html): Bojan Simic from the boldstart ventures archive. (10 words)
- [Gal Nakash - boldstart ventures](/content/person/gal-nakash/index.html): Gal Nakash from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Gal Sagie - boldstart ventures](/content/person/gal-sagie/index.html): Gal Sagie from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Benjamin Wilms - boldstart ventures](/content/person/benjamin-wilms/index.html): Benjamin Wilms from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Aviram Shmueli - boldstart ventures](/content/person/aviram-shmueli/index.html): Aviram Shmueli from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Benjamin Eckel - boldstart ventures](/content/person/benjamin-eckel/index.html): Benjamin Eckel from the boldstart ventures archive. (10 words)
- [Ben Garvey - boldstart ventures](/content/person/ben-garvey/index.html): Ben Garvey from the boldstart ventures archive. (7 words)
- [Gary Butler - boldstart ventures](/content/person/gary-butler/index.html): Gary Butler from the boldstart ventures archive. (10 words)
- [Dan Caspi - boldstart ventures](/content/person/dan-caspi/index.html): Dan Caspi from the boldstart ventures archive. (3 words)
- [David Sosnow - boldstart ventures](/content/person/david-sosnow/index.html): David Sosnow from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Brett Martin - boldstart ventures](/content/person/brett-martin/index.html): Brett Martin from the boldstart ventures archive. (6 words)
- [Product - boldstart ventures](/content/devtoolkit-topics/product/index.html): Product from the boldstart ventures archive. (135 words)
- [Anthony Cosgrove - boldstart ventures](/content/person/anthony-cosgrove/index.html): Anthony Cosgrove from the boldstart ventures archive. (10 words)
- [Anna Debenham - boldstart ventures](/content/person/anna-debenham/index.html): Anna Debenham from the boldstart ventures archive. (33 words)
- [20VC: Did Figma Kill M&A Markets in 2024, The Three Biggest Mistakes Made in Growth Investing, The Three Requirements Companies Need to IPO in 2024 with Ed Sim and Jamin Ball - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/20vc-did-figma-kill-ma-markets-in-2024-the-three-biggest-mistakes-made-in-growth-investing-the-three-requirements-companies-need-to-ipo-in-2024-with-ed-sim-and-jamin-ball.html): Ed Sim of boldstart ventures and Jamin Ball of Altimeter discuss the state of the enterprise software markets and M&A, Figma M&A in particular and also what it means to build an efficient SaaS software company and how boards and founders need to have difficult converstaions to create value (344 words)
- [Jennifer Moy - boldstart ventures](/content/team/jennifer-moy/index.html): Jennifer is Chief Operating Officer of boldstart Ventures and has over 18 years of professional experience in the venture capital industry. Prior to boldstart, Jennifer was Vice President at Dawntreader Ventures, where she was responsible for investor relations and financial/operational aspects of the firm. Jennifer has also previously taken on the role of CFO/FINOP for … Continued (110 words)
- [Snyk Code's $100 Million Milestone: AI-Driven Growth (Forbes) - boldstart ventures](/content/news/unlocking-the-future-of-enterprise-security-with-ai-powered-innovation-forbes.html): Artificial intelligence has revolutionized industries across the board, but nowhere has its impact been more profound than in cybersecurity. As enterprises adopt AI to drive innovation and accelerate development, new vulnerabilities arise, especially in AI-generated code. Snyk is at the forefront of addressing these challenges and recognizing the growing importance of AI-driven solutions in protecting … Continued (879 words)
- [Shifting Integration Testing Left, Welcome AtomicJar to boldstart - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/shifting-integration-testing-left-welcome-atomicjar-to-boldstart.html): open source, testcontainers, seed round, Atomic Jar, boldstart, venture capital (693 words)
- [Crypto - boldstart ventures](/content/company-themes/crypto/index.html): Crypto from the boldstart ventures archive. (31 words)
- [Amir Khosrowshahi - boldstart ventures](/content/person/amir-khosrowshahi/index.html): Amir Khosrowshahi from the boldstart ventures archive. (4 words)
- [Austin Olgivy - boldstart ventures](/content/person/austin-olgivy/index.html): Austin Olgivy from the boldstart ventures archive. (10 words)
- [Protect AI raises $35M to build a suite of AI-defending tools - boldstart ventures](/content/news/protect-ai-raises-35m-to-build-a-suite-of-ai-defending-tools.html): Kyle Wiggers@kyle_l_wiggers / 9:00 AM EDT•July 26, 2023 Comment Protect AI, a startup building tools to harden the security around AI systems, today announced that it raised $35 million in a Series A round led by Evolution Equity Partners with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Acrew Capital, boldstart ventures, Knollwood Capital and Pelion Ventures. The tranche is more than … Continued (1,003 words)
- [boldstart 2023 recap - boldstart ventures](/content/news/boldstart-2023-recap/index.html): boldstart 2022 recap cybersecurity devtools "inception investing" seed venture capital (1,312 words)
- [Console.dev podcast: Devtools investing, with Ed Sim - S02E05 - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/console-dev-podcast-devtools-investing-with-ed-sim-s02e05.html): Ed Sim from boldstart ventures discusses what we look for in founders with open source projects, how founders should think about community to product and cloud and more (293 words)
- [Guy Podjarny - boldstart ventures](/content/person/guy-podjarny/index.html): Guy Podjarny from the boldstart ventures archive. (18 words)
- [20VC: The Three Types of Seed Rounds (aka "Inception Rounds"), Why Seed Has Never Been More Competitive… - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/20vc-the-three-types-of-seed-rounds-aka-inception-rounds-why-seed-has-never-been-more-competitive.html): Inception Investing means engaging with founders well before they incorporate, helping them battle test and iterate those ideas, helping them pre-sell some of the initial hires, and leading those rounds upon company formation so founders can run fast out of gates and not spend months trying to raise capital. It’s been happening for quite some time and is not constrained by any dollar amount. (208 words)
- [Andrew Toy - boldstart ventures](/content/person/andrew-toy/index.html): Andrew Toy from the boldstart ventures archive. (11 words)
- [Infrastructure - boldstart ventures](/content/company-themes/data/index.html): Infrastructure from the boldstart ventures archive. (79 words)
- [Andy Zeng - boldstart ventures](/content/person/andy-zeng/index.html): Andy Zeng from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Sparky - boldstart ventures](/content/team/sparky/index.html): Read all about Sparky's history and role as the boldstart Muse. (21 words)
- [news/boldstart-vi-opportunities-iii-367m-to-back-dev-first-crypto-infra-saas-founders-from-day-one-f0-9f-8c-b4-2.html](/content/news/boldstart-vi-opportunities-iii-367m-to-back-dev-first-crypto-infra-saas-founders-from-day-one-f0-9f-8c-b4-2.html) (862 words)
- [Ellen Chisa - boldstart ventures](/content/person/ellen-chisa/index.html): Ellen Chisa from the boldstart ventures archive. (81 words)
- [Alex Taub - boldstart ventures](/content/person/alex-taub/index.html): Alex Taub from the boldstart ventures archive. (9 words)
- [Events — boldstart](/content/event/index.html) (14 words)
- [Clay raises $115M at a $7.1B valuation, led by Wellington — boldstart](/content/news/clay-series-d-wellington-7-1-billion/index.html) (29 words)
- [Chris Port - boldstart ventures](/content/person/chris-port/index.html): Chris Port from the boldstart ventures archive. (3 words)
- [D Dehghanpisheh - boldstart ventures](/content/person/d-dehghanpisheh/index.html): D Dehghanpisheh from the boldstart ventures archive. (4 words)
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- [Turpentine VC: E66: Why Inception Investing Beats Traditional Seed with Ed Sim of Boldstart Ventures - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/turpentine-vc-e66-why-inception-investing-beats-traditional-seed-with-ed-sim-of-boldstart-ventures.html): This week on Turpentine VC, Erik Torenberg interviews Ed Sim, founder of Boldstart Ventures, on growing the firm from a $1 million fund to $800 million in assets, with a focus on early-stage enterprise and AI investments. AI show notes here Highlight AI In this episode of Turpentine VC, host Erik Torenberg interviews Ed Sim, … Continued (274 words)
- [Ed on Venture Unlocked Podcast on Day One investing + early days at boldstart - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/ed-on-venture-unlocked-podcast-on-day-one-investing-early-days-at-boldstart.html): Episode 64 🎙️🎧 Listen here Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape. Our guest today is Ed Sim, founder and general partner of boldstart ventures, an NYC-based firm started in 2010 with the focus on being a day-one partner for founders. Boldstart had a modest … Continued (241 words)
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- [boldstart vi + opportunities iii, $367M to back dev first, crypto infra & SaaS founders from Day One 🌴 - boldstart ventures](/content/news/boldstart-vi-opportunities-iii-367m-to-back-dev-first-crypto-infra-saas-founders-from-day-one-f0-9f-8c-b4.html): We’re thrilled to announce boldstart vi + opportunities iii, $367M to continue backing developer first, crypto infra, and SaaS founders from day one to scale. boldstart vi is $192,168,111 while opportunities iii is $175M. Being a day one investor takes time and patience, and we are 🔥 up to have the flexibility to not only … Continued (862 words)
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- [Thoughts on SaaS in 2017 - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/thoughts-on-saas-in-2017/index.html): When we started boldstart in 2010, a core thesis of ours was to invest in next-gen SaaS which we called SaaS 2.0 at the time and best highlighted in our end of 2015 review: SaaS 2.0, reinventing for the mobile first workforce will continue to remain robust. We also see older school SaaS companies being rebuilt with … Continued (798 words)
- [Forbes Cover Story on Ed for Midas Seed List 2024 - boldstart ventures](/content/news/ed-on-forbes-profile-daily-cover-for-midas-seed-list-2024.html): Boldstart Ventures founder Ed Sim. GUERIN BLASK FOR FORBES Jun 5, 2024,06:30am EDT Updated Jun 5, 2024, 07:40am EDT Few early-stage investors can rival Boldstart Ventures founder Ed Sim’s record at picking founders before they even have a business plan. It’s earned him a spot on the Midas Seed List for a third year. By Iain Martin, … Continued (1,218 words)
- [Baz - Your AI Code Review Agent - Welcome to boldstart! - boldstart ventures](/content/news/baz-your-ai-code-review-agent-welcome-to-boldstart/index.html): At Boldstart, we thrive on partnering from Inception with visionary technical founders who are reimagining the enterprise stack. In a world where more and more code is AI generated, we see immense opportunities to reinvent how developers and teams interact with this avalanche of code and stay in the flow state. This is why we … Continued (715 words)
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- [Contracts as APIs — closing enterprise deals at the speed of SaaS, Welcome Common Paper to boldstart - boldstart ventures](/content/news/commonpaper/index.html): In the world of open source, product led growth, and SaaS, acquiring users and early paying customers is solved. However, what happens when individual users turn into teams and eventually enterprise wide deals? This is where things slow down to a crawl as legal contracts and MSAs are sent back and forth multiple times with … Continued (614 words)
- [NYT - Clay, a Sales Tool for the A.I. Era, Raises $100 Million at $3.1 billion valuation - boldstart ventures](/content/news/clay-a-sales-tool-for-the-a-i-era-raises-100-million-at-3-1-billion-valuation.html): August 5, 2025 Source: New York Times The business of drumming up new business leads is a fairly timeworn process: Identify new prospects, get their contact information and then cold-call or email them until you get in. But in the age of artificial intelligence, start-ups are promising to automate much of the drudgery, freeing up … Continued (800 words)
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- [SaaStr Episode 190: Ed Sim discusses the 0 to 1 enterprise stage and first customers - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/on-saastr-episode-190-discussing-the-0-to-1-enterprise-stage-and-first-customers.html): I had the pleasure of speaking with Harry Stebbings for the second time on the SaaStr Podcast released today. On this episode we took a different tact, focusing more on the zero — 1 enterprise stage and how to get your first referenceable customers vs. scaling post Series B. Please listen here if interested in how to grow … Continued (372 words)
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- [Snyk Closes $196.5 Million Series G Funding at $7.4 Billion Valuation - boldstart ventures](/content/news/snyk-closes-196-5-million-series-g-funding-at-7-4-billion-valuation.html): Investment Reflects Company’s Current Financial Strength and Will Drive Continued Efficient Growth and Product Innovation in 2023 and Beyond Boston – December 13, 2022 – Snyk, the leader in developer security, today announced a $196.5 million Series G investment, further validating the company’s unique developer security approach as well as increasingly strong industry demand for this rapidly … Continued (550 words)
- [What Do VCs Look for in PLG/Dev First Founders with Ed Sim? BUILD podcast - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/ed-sim-boldstart-what-do-vcs-look-for-in-plg-founders-build-podcast.html): 🎙️👂 Ever wonder what two PLG investors look for in a founder?  @Ed Sim recently chatted with @OpenView’s @Blake Bartlett on their BUILD podcast.  Some key takeaways include:  🔥 What consistency means when it comes to pitching a PLG company  🔥 Which metrics you need to have a maniacal focus on  🔥 How to think … Continued (65 words)
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- [Dope Security nabs $16M led by GV to build out secure web gateways designed to work on endpoints, not in the cloud - boldstart ventures](/content/news/dope-security-nabs-16m-led-by-gv-to-build-out-secure-web-gateways-designed-to-work-on-endpoints-not-in-the-cloud.html): Ingrid Lunden@ingridlunden / 9:20 AM EDT•March 22, 2023 Comment Secure web gateways, the network security services designed to help organizations enforce IT policies around internet usage by blocking (or letting through) certain traffic, are one of the most common investments that organizations make in their cybersecurity profiles. But this is a product that’s been around for decades, which … Continued (784 words)
- [AtomicJar raises $25M Series A, opens public beta of Testcontainers Cloud (TechCrunch) - boldstart ventures](/content/news/atomicjar-raises-25m-series-a-opens-public-beta-of-testcontainers-cloud-techcrunch.html): Ron Miller@ron_miller / 6:11 AM PST•January 25, 2023 Comment Image Credits: Getty Images Working with, microservices-based development environments presents a unique set of testing challenges. Richard North developed an open source solution called Testcontainers in 2015 to help ease this problem for developers. Today, the open source project is used by companies like Uber, Netflix, Spotify and Capital One. North and … Continued (487 words)
- [Future of Software, Agents in the Enterprise, and Inception Stage Company Building // Eliot Durbin - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/future-of-software-agents-in-the-enterprise-and-inception-stage-company-building-eliot-durbin.html): Mar 4, 2025 Future of Software, Agents in the Enterprise, and Inception Stage Company Building // MLOps Podcast 293 with Eliot Durbin, General Partner at Boldstart Ventures. Spotify Apple Podcasts Key lessons for founders that are thinking about or starting their companies. 15 years of inception stage investing from how data science companies like Yhat … Continued (137 words)
- [Web3 security firm Hypernative raises $16 million in Series A funding (The Block) - boldstart ventures](/content/news/web3-security-firm-hypernative-raises-16-million-in-series-a-funding-the-block.html): by Yogita KhatriVENTURE CAPITAL QUICK TAKEHypernative has raised $16 million in Series A funding from Quantstamp, CMT Digital and others. The round was structured as equity and brought Hypernative’s total funding to $27 million, co-founder and CEO Gal Sagie told The Block. Hypernative, a web3 security firm that helps identify and prevent hacks, has raised … Continued (532 words)
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- [Starting & Scaling a Partnership Ecosystem with Jay Sivachelvan - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/starting-scaling-a-partnership-ecosystem-with-jay-sivachelvan.html): Jay Sivachelvan, VP of Global Partnerships at portfolio company FortressIQ joined Boldstart to chat about how to best establish and scale a partner ecosystem. Our Top Takeaways from Jay The partnership playbook is bespoke. If/when to build out partnerships is often unclear due to the ambiguity around objectives and what it means for any given … Continued (397 words)
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- [The Midas Seed List 2023: Ed + boldstart #9 in annual ranking of top 25 seed investors worldwide - boldstart ventures](/content/news/the-midas-seed-list-2023-ed-repping-boldstart-at-9-in-annual-ranking-of-top-25-seed-investors-worldwide.html): The best seed investors can pick the winners of tomorrow among founders with big ideas but little track record, traction or data. That mission has gotten harder with multi-billion funds starting to invest at earlier stages and capital markets facing a downturn that has singed many venture funds, and their backers. Amid the challenges of … Continued (340 words)
- [Crypto security startup Hypernative raises $9M to help prevent web3 cyber attacks (TechCrunch) - boldstart ventures](/content/news/crypto-security-startup-hypernative-raises-9m-to-help-prevent-web3-cyber-attacks-techcrunch.html): Jacquelyn Melinek@jacqmelinek / 8:00 AM EST•January 30, 2023 Comment Hypernative, a crypto security-focused startup, has raised $9 million in seed funding as it emerges from stealth, co-founder and CEO Gal Sagie exclusively told TechCrunch. The funding round was led by boldstart ventures and IBI tech fund, with strategic investments from Blockdaemon, Alchemy, Borderless, CMT Digital, Nexo and angel … Continued (442 words)
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- [Technical Ops + Compliance, From Bootstrap to Scale with Richard Crowley - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/technical-ops-and-compliance-from-bootstrap-to-scale-with-richard-crowley.html): You haven’t sold into an enterprise until you run into compliance and SOC II audits. At boldstart, our founders are facing these issues earlier and earlier in their life cycle and if managed correctly and taken care of in advance, it can streamline your sales process and minimize disruption. Given this huge need, we reached … Continued (135 words)
- [Laurent Perrin - boldstart ventures](/content/person/laurent-perrin/index.html): Laurent Perrin from the boldstart ventures archive. (8 words)
- [Tessl worth a reported $750 million after latest $100 million funding to help it build ‘AI native’ software development platform (Fortune) - boldstart ventures](/content/news/tessl-worth-a-reported-750-million-after-latest-100-million-funding-to-help-it-build-ai-native-software-development-platform-fortune.html): Tessl, a startup founded by a veteran entrepreneur who wants to use AI to revamp how computer programmers design, code, and maintain software, has raised $125 million across two previously undisclosed funding rounds. The company said it raised a $25 million seed round in April from GV (formerly Google Ventures) and venture capital firm boldstart. Today, it … Continued (432 words)
- [Cybersecurity startup Protect AI launches with $13.5 million in funding - boldstart ventures](/content/news/cybersecurity-startup-protect-ai-launches-with-13-5-million-in-funding-silicon-angle.html): BY DUNCAN RILEY Artificial intelligence and machine learning systems cybersecurity startup Protect AI has today emerged from stealth mode with $13.5 million in new funding and its first product, NB Defense. NB Defense is a free product that’s claimed to be the industry’s first security solution to address vulnerabilities in a core component used at the beginning of … Continued (501 words)
- [Companies — boldstart](/content/companies/index.html): Selected boldstart inception investments across cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, physical AI, agents, and more. (177 words)
- [Adam DuVander - boldstart ventures](/content/person/adam-duvander/index.html): Adam DuVander from the boldstart ventures archive. (11 words)
- [Keycard: The Identity and Access Platform for AI Agents, Welcome to boldstart! - boldstart ventures](/content/news/keycard-solving-the-ai-agent-identity-and-access-problem-welcome-to-boldstart.html): boldstart leads $8 million inception round with Andreesen Horowitz, continues participation in $30 million Series A round led by Acrew Capita, into Keycard.ai, to build the identity and access layer for AI agents (611 words)
- [Welcome Ron Miller, our new Operating Partner and Head of Editorial, FastForward Launch Day - boldstart ventures](/content/news/welcome-ron-miller-our-new-operating-partner-and-head-of-editorial-fastforward-launch-day.html): At boldstart, we are all about partnering with technical enterprise founders from Inception and helping them accelerate their path to product market fit. Much of that help is focused on vetting and selling future hires along with introducing potential design partner customers into the mix. While we’ve long had a great group of Global 2000 IT … Continued (378 words)
- [Surf AI 🏄: The New Agentic Operating Model for Security | Welcome to boldstart - boldstart ventures](/content/news/surf-ai-the-agentic-ops-platform-for-security-teams-welcome-to-boldstart.html): From L to R: Ed Sim (boldstart), Yair Grindlinger and Brenton Gumucio (Surf AI, 2 of co-founders) Security is breaking. The world needs a new model. AI-powered attackers move faster, exposure compounds instantly, and the traditional stack can’t keep up. Alerts flood across identity, cloud, data, and infrastructure, yet tools remain siloed. Even when teams … Continued (668 words)
- [Building Sales Teams in PLG Orgs with Kyle Parrish, Head of Sales at Figma - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/building-sales-teams-in-plg-orgs-with-kyle-parrish-head-of-sales-at-figma.html): Kyle Parrish is Head of Sales at Figma, a category defining platform helping teams design and collaborate easily together. At Figma, Kyle has helped launch and scale a bottoms up, product led growth go-to-market motion that powers rapid growth for Figma. Previously he spent five years building the Sales organization at Dropbox, another great PLG … Continued (111 words)
- [Adam Johnson - boldstart ventures](/content/person/adam-johnson/index.html): Adam Johnson from the boldstart ventures archive. (10 words)
- [COVID-19: A Forcing Mechanism for Accelerating Digital Transformation or a Reason to Hit PAUSE? - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/covid-19-forcing-mechanism-for-accelerating-digital-transformation-or-a-reason-to-hit-pause.html): While most Fortune 500 companies had already initiated their digital transformation when 2020 rolled around, almost no one was prepared for a global pandemic. As COVID-19 began to spread worldwide, IT executives were left with a decision: Accelerate digital transformation or hit pause, wait for impact and then right the ship. In this webinar, Boldstart … Continued (153 words)
- [Jeli.io keeps rolling with free Slack incident response bot and new investment - Techcrunch - boldstart ventures](/content/news/jeli-io-keeps-rolling-with-free-slack-incident-response-bot-and-new-investment.html): Ron Miller@ron_miller / 10:00 AM EDT•September 28, 2022 Just about every company is going to face a catastrophic incident at some point where a key part of the system goes down, and you need to know not only how to respond in the moment, but how you figure out what happened when it’s over. Jeli.io is an incident … Continued (628 words)
- [Tami Reiss on Maximizing Customer Insights - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/tami-reiss-on-maximizing-customer-insights/index.html): Tami Reiss, Product Leader coach and former Product Executive walks through eight key ways to learn from your customers: customer interviews, surveys, visits, advisory boards, data collection, exit surveys, exit interviews, and churn automation. (44 words)
- [WSJ - Boldstart Ventures Raises $250 Million AI Fund, Looking to Move Fast - boldstart ventures](/content/news/wsj-boldstart-ventures-raises-250-million-ai-fund-looking-to-move-fast.html): The vehicle will target AI founders at early, even embryonic stages of development—often little more than back-of-the-envelope business plans By Marc Vartabedian July 8, 2025 6:30 am ET|WSJ Pro The skyline of Miami, where Boldstart Ventures is headquartered. Photo: marco bello/Reuters Venture capital deals for hot artificial intelligence startups are happening at lightning speed. That, in part, is … Continued (486 words)
- [Slim.AI lands $31M funding round to automate security best practices in container app development - boldstart ventures](/content/news/slim-ai-lands-31m-funding-round-to-automate-security-best-practices-in-container-app-development.html): Container startup Slim.AI Inc. has raised $31 million in a new round of funding as it embarks on a quest to help developers secure their cloud-native applications. Today’s Series A round was co-led by Insight Partners and StepStone Group, along with participation from Knollwood. Slim.AI has built a platform atop the open-source DockerSlim project that aims to provide developers with the … Continued (370 words)
- [Tres raises $7.6M to help web3 teams manage their financials and crypto data (TechCrunch) - boldstart ventures](/content/news/tres-raises-7-6m-to-help-web3-teams-manage-their-financials-and-crypto-data-techcrunch.html): Jacquelyn Melinek@jacqmelinek / 8:00 AM EDT•September 20, 2022  Tres, a financial “data lake” for web3 companies, has raised $7.6 million in a seed round led by boldstart ventures, its founder and CEO Tal Zackon, exclusively shared with TechCrunch. Investors include F2, The Chainsmokers’ venture fund Mantis, New Form Capital, Kenetic Capital, Blockdaemon Ventures and Alchemy. As well as angel … Continued (197 words)
- [The Midas Seed List 2024: Congrats Ed on 3rd Annual Top 10 ranking of Top 25 Seed Investors worldwide - boldstart ventures](/content/news/the-midas-seed-list-2024-ed-boldstart-10-in-annual-ranking-of-top-25-seed-investors-worldwide.html): Conviction defines the best seed investors. They spot the winners of tomorrow with little more to go on than a pitch and the founder’s passion. The venture capitalists on the Midas Seed List have proven their ability time and again to uncover such hidden gems. In partnership with TrueBridge, Forbes today reveals its third annual … Continued (316 words)
- [GeneralistAI — When Robots Start to Improvise — Welcome to boldstart - boldstart ventures](/content/news/generalistai-when-robots-start-to-improvise-welcome-to-boldstart.html): Two years ago, before we even started to talk about the “autonomous enterprise,” we backed Pete Florence, Andy Zeng, and Andy Barry at inception. Our thesis has always been that the autonomous enterprise doesn’t stop at software – it extends into the physical world, where the real value of labor lives. Pete and Andy Barry … Continued (598 words)
- [👏🏼 Ed Sim selected to Forbes Midas Seed List for 4th Year! - boldstart ventures](/content/news/f0-9f-91-8f-f0-9f-8f-bc-ed-sim-selected-to-forbes-midas-seed-list-for-4th-year.html): #23 The Midas Seed List Ed Sim, boldstart ventures From the Editor Forbes Lists #23 The Midas Seed List (2025) Personal Stats Age: 54 Residence: Miami, Florida Citizenship: United States Education: Bachelor of Arts/Economics, Harvard College (165 words)
- [Congrats Ed for #1 on "The Seed 100: The best early-stage investors of 2024" for 2nd year - boldstart ventures](/content/news/congrats-ed-for-topping-the-seed-100-the-best-early-stage-investors-of-2024-for-2nd-year.html): Ed Sim boldstart ventures is Number 1 Seed investor worldwide for second year according to Business Insider Seed 100 (172 words)
- [Kustomer raises $30M Series B -Meta Acquired His Company for $1 Billion, and Then Changed Its Mind. Now, He’s Charting a New Path - boldstart ventures](/content/news/meta-acquired-his-company-for-1-billion-and-then-changed-its-mind-now-hes-charting-a-new-path.html): Exclusive: The AI customer service company Kustomer just raised $30 million in funding after being spun off by Meta. Getting acquired by a larger company is the end goal for many startups—and that’s exactly what the software company Kustomer achieved in 2020 when Meta bought it for a reported $1 billion. Not all things are … Continued (205 words)
- [Congrats Ed! Midas Seed List 2023: The Earliest Venture Capital Backers In Today’s Tech Icons (Forbes) - boldstart ventures](/content/news/congrats-ed-midas-seed-list-2023-the-earliest-venture-capital-backers-in-todays-tech-icons-forbes.html): Now in its second year, the Midas Seed List spotlights the top 25 seed-stage venture capitalists in the world: the savvy investors making the earliest bets on leading companies that have gone on to disrupt and dominate existing industries or define ones of their own. These investors are commonly propelled to their top spots by writing the … Continued (198 words)
- [Congrats Ed! The Midas Brink List: Meet Venture Capital's Rising Stars for 2022 - boldstart ventures](/content/news/ed-sim-recognized-on-the-midas-brink-list-meet-venture-capitals-rising-stars-for-2022.html): In conjunction with the annual Midas List, TrueBridge and Forbes partnered again this year to publish the Brink List highlighting talented, emerging investors making a name for themselves in the increasingly competitive world of venture capital. Nominees are evaluated based on qualitative and quantitative measures that weigh an investor’s momentum, position, reputation, and other variables. … Continued (354 words)
- [Humanix - Human Threat Detection & Response for Social Engineering Attacks. Welcome to boldstart. - boldstart ventures](/content/news/humanix-human-threat-detection-response-for-social-engineering-attacks-welcome-to-boldstart.html): stop AI social engineering attacks. world's first Human Threat Detection and Response Platform (528 words)
- [Waldo — the leading agentic platform for marketing agencies and brand teams. Welcome to boldstart! - boldstart ventures](/content/news/waldo-the-leading-agentic-platform-for-marketing-agencies-and-brand-teams-welcome-to-boldstart.html): At boldstart, we exist to back founders on a mission, and few embody that more than Justin Wohlstadter. Over a decade ago, we partnered with him on Wonder to empower knowledge workers. Today we’re proud to do it again: leading Waldo’s inception round and doubling down in their $10M Series A led by Footwork, alongside … Continued (471 words)
- [Security-as-code startup Jit comes out of stealth with $38.5M in seed funding - boldstart ventures](/content/news/security-as-code-startup-jit-comes-out-of-stealth-with-38-5m-in-seed-funding.html): Jit, a startup that helps developers automate product security by codifying their security plans and workflows as code that can then be managed in a code repository like GitHub, today announced that it has raised a $38.5 million seed round led by boldstart ventures, with Insight Partners, Tiger Global, TeachAviv and a number of strategic angel … Continued (363 words)
- [Companies · Page 2 - boldstart ventures](/content/companies/page/2/index.html): Companies · Page 2 from the boldstart ventures archive. (69 words)
- [Meetups FTW! With Sharone Zitzman - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/meetups-ftw-with-sharone-zitzman/index.html): Sharone Zitzman shares her top lessons about developer community strategy and working with meetups. (24 words)
- [Dope Security emerges from stealth to shake up the SWG market (TechCrunch) - boldstart ventures](/content/news/dope-security-emerges-from-stealth-to-shake-up-the-swg-market-techcrunch.html): Carly Page@carlypage_ / 9:15 AM EDT•September 14, 2022  Image Credits: Morsa Images (opens in a new window)/ Getty Images San Francisco-based cybersecurity startup Dope Security has launched from stealth with $4 million in funding to modernize the secure web gateway market. A secure web gateway, or SWG, is a network security device that acts as a barrier between users and … Continued (339 words)
- [Ed Sim - boldstart ventures](/content/team/ed-sim/index.html): If you ain’t first you’re last. Ricky Bobby Ed Sim is the founder of boldstart ventures, a $1.1B AUM venture firm that invests at Inception—helping the bold start. Since 2010, boldstart has been the first check for technical founders building across cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, physical AI, agents, and the occasional wonderfully weird thing. Notable investments … Continued (251 words)
- [The Midas Seed List 2022 - Ed repping boldstart at #10 in its first annual ranking of top 25 seed investors worldwide - boldstart ventures](/content/news/the-midas-seed-list-2022/index.html): EDITED BY REBECCA SZKUTAK AND ALEX KONRAD APRIL 14, 2022, 10:00AM Catch a fast-growing tech company early enough as an investor, and even a late-stage funding pullback — not to mention a less than desirable exit environment — can’t slow you down. But with new multi-billion-dollar funds in the mix, and established firms getting ever bigger, … Continued (347 words)
- [Steadybit wants developers involved in chaos engineering before production - Techcrunch - boldstart ventures](/content/news/steadybit-wants-developers-involved-in-chaos-engineering-before-production-techcrunch.html): by Ron Miller Chaos engineering was originally developed at large companies to help them pressure-test systems in production. Over time, startups and open source projects have made it more accessible, but for the most part it is still in the realm of SREs (site reliability engineers) testing production systems. Steadybit, a German startup, wants to … Continued (285 words)
- [VC is About Helping Founders Scale and We Love Being in the Trenches! - boldstart ventures](/content/resources/vc-is-about-helping-founders-scale-and-we-love-being-in-the-trenches.html) (13 words)
- [Cybersecurity startup Jit raises $38.5 million in Seed funding (CTech) - boldstart ventures](/content/news/cybersecurity-startup-jit-raises-38-5-million-in-seed-funding-ctech.html): The Israeli startup builds an on-ramp for bringing security into the developer and DevOps workflow and ensure that product security is there from day zero Meir Orbach 14:05, 15.06.22 Cybersecurity startup Jit.io, which makes the field of product security accessible to application developers on the cloud, has raised $38.5 million in Seed funding led by … Continued (303 words)
- [Streamlining Service management - Welcoming UtilizeCore to the boldstart Family. - boldstart ventures](/content/news/streamlining-service-management-welcoming-utilizecore-to-the-boldstart-family.html): Our best days at boldstart are when we get to meet product obsessed founders who are creating new categories or re-imagining the world of enterprise software. Service management is a huge category that every enterprise from Chase to Google to CVS uses to manage their facilities, remove snow from parking lots, fix HVAC systems, and … Continued (299 words)
- [Spectro Cloud Locks In $40M Series B - Investors Still See Potential In Kubernetes - boldstart ventures](/content/news/spectro-cloud-locks-in-40m-series-b-crunchbase-exclusive-investors-still-see-potential-in-kubernetes.html): Santa Clara, California-based Spectro Cloud closed a $40 million Series B led by Stripes, as the company looks to help companies build on the open-source Kubernetes platform. The round also included participation from Sierra Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, WestWave Capital, T-Mobile Ventures, The Syndicate Group (TSG) and Alter Venture Partners. Founded in 2019, Spectro has now raised a total of $67.5 million. Kubernetes has been popular with investors … Continued (123 words)
- [Liveblocks grabs $5 million for its real-time collaboration API - boldstart ventures](/content/news/liveblocks-grabs-5-million-for-its-real-time-collaboration-api-techcrunch.html): Liveblocks has raised a $5 million seed round. The startup lets you turn a regular web app into a multiplayer product with high-level hosted APIs. In addition to its live presence state API, the company is launching its live storage API. Boldstart is leading today’s round. Atlassian, Kima Ventures, Seedcamp as well as multiple business angels … Continued (227 words)
- [Liveblocks is an API that lets you add real-time collaboration to your product - boldstart ventures](/content/news/liveblocks-is-an-api-that-lets-you-add-real-time-collaboration-to-your-product-techcrunch.html): Meet Liveblocks, a startup that has been working on a set of APIs so that it’s easier to build a collaborative product. Essentially, it lets you create multiplayer experiences on the web or in your app. The company started with a live presence state API. If you integrate this API in your product, it means that … Continued (202 words)
- [Blockdaemon raises $155M at $1.255B valuation as it becomes the world's largest blockchain node infrastructure company - boldstart ventures](/content/news/blockdaemon-raises-155m-at-1-255b-valuation/index.html): 👏🏼💪🏼 Huge congrats to Konstantin Richterand the entire Blockdaemon team on its $155M raise at a $1.255B 🦄 post led by SoftBank Investment Advisers Blockdaemon is now the world’s largest blockchain node infrastructure company In 2021, it has:➡️+$10 billion in staked assets🚀18,000 nodes deployed across 67 blockchain networks📍70 points of presence across 10 cloud and datacenter providers 🙏🏼 for boldstart … Continued (88 words)
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- [Ellen Chisa - boldstart ventures](/content/team/ellen-chisa/index.html): He says the best way out is always through.And I agree to that, or in so farAs that I can see no way out but through. Robert Frost Ellen is a Partner at boldstart. She joined the boldstart team in January 2021, after having worked with the team as a founder at Dark. Her role … Continued (282 words)
- [Superhuman Raises $75 Million For Its Waitlist-Only Email Productivity App led by IVP - boldstart ventures](/content/news/superhuman-raises-75-million-for-its-waitlist-only-email-productivity-app-led-by-ivp.html): Superhuman day one journey with boldstart Forbes – Alex Konrad When Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra agreed to meet with former Dropbox CFO Ajay Vashee’s venture capital firm IVP about an investment in his email productivity startup, the entrepreneur had one condition: no group presentation. For many startups, pitching a VC firm’s partnership during its Monday … Continued (188 words)
- [Replicated raises $50M for its on-premises software delivery tools - boldstart ventures](/content/news/replicated-raises-50m-for-its-on-premises-software-delivery-tools.html): Replicated day one journey with boldstart From Silicon Angle On-premises software delivery company Replicated Inc. is much richer today after grabbing $50 million in a new round of funding. The Series C round was led by Owl Rock, a division of Blue Owl Capital. New investors Lead Edge Capital and Headline, and existing investors Two Sigma Ventures, … Continued (145 words)
- [Snyk raises $530M at $8.5B valuation reflecting market shift to developer security - boldstart ventures](/content/news/snyk-raises-530m-at-8-5b-valuation/index.html): Snyk day one journey with boldstart From Snyk Blog: Investment Reflects Market Shift to Developer Security and Increased Global Demand for Snyk’s Developer Security Platform BOSTON – September 9, 2021 – Snyk, the leader in developer security, today announced a $530 million Series F investment to accelerate the industry’s shift to developer security as organizations … Continued (165 words)
- [Generalist - boldstart ventures](/content/companies/generalist/index.html) (98 words)
- [Congrats Generalist AI on $400M raise at $2B valuation - boldstart ventures](/content/news/congrats-generalist-ai-on-400m-raise-at-2b-valuation.html): Generalist AI, a robotics startup, has raised $400 million in a new funding round to develop more sophisticated artificial intelligence models meant to help robots handle increasingly complex tasks. The financing, set to be announced on Thursday, values Generalist at $2 billion, including the money raised. Radical Ventures led the round with participation from venture … Continued (153 words)
- [Eliot Durbin - boldstart ventures](/content/team/eliot-durbin/index.html): Eliot is a General Partner at boldstart and has been leading first rounds in enterprise startups for over a decade. He is most passionate about working with product focused founders going to market. Prior to boldstart, Eliot co founded Penny Black in 2008, a private investment firm in NYC investing across a broad range of … Continued (145 words)
- [Reco comes out of stealth to secure collaboration - Announcing $4.2M Seed and $25M Series A - boldstart ventures](/content/news/reco-comes-out-of-stealth-to-secure-collaboration-announcing-4-2m-seed-and-25m-series-a.html): Announcing boldstart’s lead investment in Reco Seed + Series A led by Zeev Ventures and Insight Venture Partners (18 words)
- [Jit emerges out of stealth to bring minimal viable security to developers - boldstart ventures](/content/news/jit-out-of-stealth-to-bring-minimal-viable-security-to-developers.html): cybersecurity, developer first (73 words)
- [💪🏼 boldstart is seed firm w/ highest % of 🦄 - boldstart ventures](/content/news/f0-9f-92-aa-f0-9f-8f-bc-boldstart-is-seed-firm-w-highest-of-f0-9f-a6-84.html): boldstart, vc, seed firm with highest percentage of unicorns (21 words)
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