Partner from Inception.

For Bold Founders Reinventing the Enterprise Stack.

Before you build your team, before you write your first line of code, before you even take your first checkā€”thatā€™s when boldstart gets to work. We collaborate with technical founders well before company creation, lead pre-product rounds at Inception, and rally our early adopter enterprise network to help turn bold ideas into category-creating iconic companies.

Weā€™ve been in the trenches with Snyk, Blockdaemon, Kustomer, BigID, Superhuman (and so many more) from Inception.


The Latest

11.14.2024

Tessl worth a reported $750 million after latest $100 million funding to help it build ā€˜AI nativeā€™ software development platform (Fortune) Ā»

Forbes | 10.02.2024

Snyk Codeā€™s $100 Million Milestone: AI-Driven Growth (Forbes) Ā»

The Block | 09.03.2024

Web3 security firm Hypernative raises $16 million in Series A funding (The Block) Ā»

CXO Series, First Check | 08.22.2024

CXOTalk: Ed Sim + Investing in Early Stage Enterprise AI Ā»

First Check, Fundraising | 08.30.2024

Empowering Dev-First Startups: Ed Simā€™s Vision for Boldstart and the Future of Enterprise AI (Venture with Grace) Ā»

First Check, Fundraising | 08.21.2024

Driving Alpha Podcast: Inception investing in technical enterprise founders with Ed Sim Ā»

06.28.2024

Clay, Inception to Series B at $500M Valuation:Ā Reinventing Prospecting & Outreach for Sales with AI. Ā»

Forbes | 06.05.2024

The Midas Seed List 2024: Congrats Ed on 3rd Annual Top 10 ranking of Top 25 Seed Investors worldwide Ā»

Business Insider | 05.07.2024

Congrats Ed for #1 on ā€œThe Seed 100: The best early-stage investors of 2024ā€ for 2nd year Ā»

03.11.2024

The VentureFizz Podcast: Ellen Chisa ā€“ Partner, boldstart ventures Ā»

GTM | 03.27.2024

Back to Basics ā€”Enterprise Foundersā€™ Day Ā»

Fundraising | 12.20.2023

The Startup Landscape in 2023 and Beyond with Shomik Ghosh (Total Rekall) Ā»

First Check, Fundraising | 10.27.2023

20VC: The Three Types of Seed Rounds (aka ā€œInception Roundsā€), Why Seed Has Never Been More Competitiveā€¦ Ā»


Thereā€™s not just one playbook.

Getting from idea to Series A is a tangled path. Thereā€™s no prescription. You need a true believer in what you are doing, to help you figure out whatā€™s next and be with you when itā€™s hard to see the path ahead. Thatā€™s what boldstart does, and weā€™ve done it repeatedly for more than 10 years now.