Day One Partner.
For Developer First & SaaS Founders.
Before you build your team, before you write your first line of code, before you even take your first check—that’s when boldstart gets to work. We collaborate with technical founders well before company creation, lead pre-product rounds at inception, and rally our developer-first and SaaS network to help turn bold ideas into category-creating iconic companies.
We’ve been in the trenches with Snyk, Kustomer, BigID, Blockdaemon, Superhuman (and so many more) from day one.
The Latest
boldstart 2021 recap & what’s 🔥 in enterprise 2022 »
💪🏼 boldstart is seed firm w/ highest % of 🦄 »
Blockdaemon raises $155M at $1.255B valuation as it becomes the world’s largest blockchain node infrastructure company »
Ed on Venture Unlocked Podcast on Day One investing + early days at boldstart »
Investing In Open-Source Projects: Here’s What VCs Are Looking For (crunchbase news) »
What Do VCs Look for in PLG/Dev First Founders with Ed Sim? BUILD podcast »
Snyk raises $530M at $8.5B valuation reflecting market shift to developer security »
Jit emerges out of stealth to bring minimal viable security to developers »
Superhuman Raises $75 Million For Its Waitlist-Only Email Productivity App led by IVP »
There’s not just one playbook.
Getting from idea to Series A is a tangled path. There’s no prescription. You need a true believer in what you are doing, to help you figure out what’s next and be with you when it’s hard to see the path ahead. That’s what boldstart does, and we’ve done it repeatedly for more than 10 years now.