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Investment Thesis

Early-stage tech companies with cross-border US–Asia exposure. Focus on software, infrastructure, and AI-enabled products that can scale across both markets. Emphasizes capital efficiency and cross-border scaling expertise.

Stage Focus

Seed to Series A. Writes early checks into high-growth technology companies, often with US–Asia market entry angles.

Recent Activity

Investment Thesis

145+ Silicon Valley angels investing in high-tech startups addressing well-defined problems in large, growing markets. Emphasis on disruptive, scalable technologies with a path to profitability. Sectors include frontier tech, deep tech, enterprise software.

Stage Focus

Core focus on Pre-Seed and Seed. Can follow into Series A/B for selected companies. Check sizes from ~$50K to low seven figures.

Recent Investments

Investment Thesis

San Francisco-based early-stage VC founded by repeat entrepreneurs. Backs unique ideas, dynamic founders, and capital-efficient business models. Focus areas: consumer internet, SaaS, online marketplaces. Notable portfolio: MasterClass, Thumbtack.

Stage Focus

Seed and early Series A–B. $125M Fund III (2013). Targets founders raising $500K–$5M rounds.

Recent Investments

Investment Thesis

Sector-specialist venture firm focused exclusively on behavioral and mental health. Backs innovative solutions and technologies addressing mental health needs and behavioral health care delivery. Not a generalist fund.

Stage Focus

Early-stage venture with a 10+ year track record across private markets. Behavioral health and mental health innovation-focused.

Sectors

Investment Thesis

Invests solely in software companies — B2B/enterprise and decentralized infrastructure. $300M+ deployed across 60+ companies. Focus on AI, space-economy infrastructure, and crypto infrastructure. Software-only, no hardware or biotech.

Stage Focus

Seed-stage investor. Based in Las Vegas. Early-stage enterprise and crypto infrastructure.

Recent Investments

Investment Thesis

Partner at Next47 (global VC) and Founding Partner at Chromium Ventures. Focuses on industrial and enterprise technology — manufacturing, supply chain, and capital markets. Cross-sector perspective spanning impact investment and frontier tech.

Stage Focus

Next47 invests across early to growth stages. Chromium Ventures is newer with limited public profile — likely early-stage focus.

Focus Areas

Investment Thesis

Early-stage venture focused on companies building for global markets. Strong emphasis on Indian deep-tech innovation — SpaceTech, SatelliteTech, and frontier tech. Seen as a champion of India-originated deep tech going global.

Stage Focus

Early-stage. Abhinav serves as US Dealflow Lead and investor relations at Riceberg Ventures (riceberg.vc).

Recent Activity

Investment Thesis

Early-stage VC dedicated to accelerating human evolution through superintelligence and sustainability. Invests at the intersection of creativity, consciousness, and culture. Tech, internet, and software sectors. Founded 2024, based in California.

Stage Focus

Pre-Seed and Seed. Occasional Series A. Targets US-based early-stage technology companies.

Focus Areas

Investment Thesis

Multi-partner venture capital / private equity firm operating at rumble.vc. Earl Patton serves as Managing Partner alongside Ted Hull (Managing Member) and Mlondi Mashinini. Limited public thesis disclosure — early-stage VC focus.

Stage Focus

Early-stage venture. Small, multi-partner structure with emphasis on private equity and VC hybrid strategies.

Notable

Investment Thesis

Specialist "Physical AI" VC — the intersection of hardware, electronics, and artificial intelligence. Particular emphasis on robotics and edge/embedded intelligence. Operator-led by a 3x robotics founder with 20 years of experience. "The future of AI is physical."

Stage Focus

Pre-Seed and Seed. Focus on robotics, IoT, and deep tech hardware-AI convergence companies.

Recent Focus

Investment Thesis

Corporate accelerator and investment platform of SK Telecom Americas. Funds and accelerates early-stage "core technology" startups strategically aligned with SK Telecom's telecom, data, and digital services businesses. Cross-border Korea–US focus.

Stage Focus

Early-stage (Seed/Series A). Accelerator-style model targeting core technology — AI, networking, data infrastructure. Korea–US cross-border lens.

Focus Areas

Investment Thesis

Late-stage and pre-IPO VC secondaries. Provides liquidity solutions for GPs, LPs, and family offices through secondary transactions. Also Venture Partner at VU Venture Partners. Not a primary investor — acquires existing stakes in high-growth companies.

Stage Focus

Series C+ and pre-IPO (Golden Bay Ventures). LP registration stage listed as Series B+ in event data.

Strategy

Role

Executive Director and Private Wealth Advisor, SF Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley. Serves ultra-high-net-worth clients. Recognized in Forbes advisor rankings. Attends as an LP allocator for private market / VC fund access for HNW clients.

LP Allocation Focus

UHNW wealth management with access to alternative investments including VC fund allocations on behalf of private clients. Not a direct startup investor.

Context

Investment Thesis

Global early-stage technology startups sourced through Startup.Network's international platform and battle events. Network VC is an "operating system for independent VC professionals" — Taras deploys GP-style SPVs and co-investments through this infrastructure.

Stage Focus

Early-stage, globally sourced. Participates as judge and investor in Unicorn Battle events (Silicon Valley, global markets). Cross-regional deal sourcing emphasis.

Recent Activity

Investment Thesis

Finds and champions very early-stage companies redefining human-computer interaction — AR/VR/spatial computing, AI-native products, and media. Operates more as a signal-amplifier and informal advisor than institutional investor. Known as "Scobleizer."

Value Add

Signal boosting for pre-launch and early companies. Former Microsoft tech evangelist. Widely followed on X / social media. Published analysis on AI startup moats (cited by Yahoo Finance).

Focus Areas