The people behind the ideas.
The ideas behind the companies.

MotherDuck
MotherDuck’s
Joran Tigani
on shaping serverless data with DuckDB
Runway
Runway’s
Cristóbal Valenzuela
on AI-driven art and lifelong learning
Rec Room
Rec Room’s
Nick Fajt
on democratizing game development
Common Room
Common Room’s
Linda Lian
on integrating community into your company
Pulumi
Pulumi’s
Joe Duffy
on bringing more power to developers
Statsig
Statsig’s
Vijaye Raji
on using data to build better products

Company List

  • Modulus Therapeutics
    Modulus Therapeutics is a seed-stage cell therapy design studio developing an internal pipeline of NK cell anti-solid tumor programs. Failures in cell therapy efficacy can be traced to poor conceptualization, design and integration of engineered components. Modulus is uniting whole-cell synthetic biology with machine learning into a cell therapy design solution to dramatically reduce pipeline risk and accelerate the path to the clinic. The team is a diverse group of cell therapy veterans along with bioengineering and machine learning experts laser focused on driving therapeutic efficacy by accessing the full cell design space.
    Initial Investment
    2021
    Modulus Therapeutics is a seed-stage cell therapy design studio developing an internal pipeline of NK cell anti-solid tumor programs. Failures in cell therapy efficacy can be traced to poor conceptualization, design and integration of engineered components. Modulus is uniting whole-cell synthetic biology with machine learning into a cell therapy design solution to dramatically reduce pipeline risk and accelerate the path to the clinic. The team is a diverse group of cell therapy veterans along with bioengineering and machine learning experts laser focused on driving therapeutic efficacy by accessing the full cell design space.
    Founders
    Bryce Daines
    Max Darnell
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks
    2024
    Initial Investment
    2021
  • Proof Diagnostics
    Proof is a startup working to make powerful CRISPR-based molecular testing affordable and accessible to everyone
    Initial Investment
    2020
    Proof is a startup working to make powerful CRISPR-based molecular testing affordable and accessible to everyone
    Founders
    Feng Zhang
    Jonathan Gootenberg
    Omar Abudayyeh
    Siddharth Shenai
    Investment Journey
    Acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks
    2024
    Initial Investment
    2020