We partner early. We’re comfortable with the rough imperfection of a new venture. We help founders from day zero, when a company is no more than an idea. We know these crucial first decisions can have an exponential influence on the curve of success.
We help founders build the DNA of their businesses.
We are dedicated to the success of our portfolio.
We help ventures and ideas become enduring businesses.
We consider ourselves partners for the long term.
It’s easy to be cautious. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft have enormous power and their shadows extend everywhere. We are ten years into the mobile era with no clear next-generation platform on the horizon.
That said, we remain as optimistic as ever. AI promises to revolutionize the way we write software. Autonomous vehicles will reshape transportation and save millions of lives. Blockchain and cryptocurrencies offer a path to more decentralized power. Precision genetic engineering offers hope for entire classes of diseases.
More importantly, computing and connectivity continue to get cheaper, meaning even more disruptive shifts lie ahead.
We believe there will always be opportunities for creative, relentless founders to re-imagine the way the world should work. If you’re one of them,
Our team is small. We prefer a few people with diverse strengths focused on a small number of companies, and we are always mindful of lessons learned — some painfully — that are eternal truths. Our network is strong. Our advantage comes from four decades of legendary founders helping each other.