the inception fund
helping the bold start
First checks for technical founders since 2010.
What are you building?
Cybersecurity
AI Infra
Physical AI
Agents
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Partners from Inception
Clay
GTM engineering
Backed since 2017
Generalist AI
General-purpose robotics
Backed since 2024
Protect AI
AI security → Palo Alto Networks
Backed since 2022
Keycard
Identity & access for AI agents
Backed since 2025
Tessl
AI-native development
Backed since 2024
Snyk
Developer-first security
Backed since 2015
AI-native development
Backed since 2024
Snyk
A selection of inception investments.
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Team
Investors and operators for the zero-to-one.
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News & Ideas
Clay raises $115M at a $7.1B valuation, led by WellingtonThe New York TimesNews↗Spectro Cloud raises over $100M to expand production AI infrastructureSpectro CloudNews↗Congrats Generalist AI on $400M raise at $2B valuationBloombergNews↗GeneralistAI — When Robots Start to Improvise — Welcome to boldstartEllen ChisaIdeas→boldstart 2025 recapEd SimIdeas→Keycard: The Identity and Access Platform for AI Agents, Welcome to boldstart!Ed SimIdeas→
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