Boldstart Ventures

Pioneered inception investing - partnering with technical founders before the first line of code, before incorporation and before revenue. Backs teams building the autonomous enterprise through AI-native infrastructure, security and applications, and deliberately avoids consumer apps, gaming, hardware-only plays and non-technical founding teams.

$250M (Fund VII, 2025) AUM 69/100 Power Score™ 2010 Founded New York, NY
Cybersecurity AI Infrastructure Physical AI Developer-First Infrastructure Cloud SaaS
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Firm Timeline

2010
Founded by Ed Sim with an initial $1M fund.
2023
Ed Sim ranked first on Business Insider's Seed 100, repeated in 2024.
2025
Fund VII closed at $250M, taking total assets to roughly $1.1B.