profile | select investments

we welcome opportunities to help build companies with lasting significance:

...significant technology or business model innovation

• Several sectors are of particular interest - mobile, alternative energy, bio refineries - though also new markets or contrarian approaches to existing markets...
• ...with a protected technology or other sustainable advantage

...across stages of investment, from seed to late stage

• From initial ideas or ventures with significant technical risk, including "science experiments," though risks should be identifiable and testable early...
• ...to proven businesses looking to expand
• Investment size can range from $100,000 to $20MM+

...with people who are fun to work with and best in class

• People who are open minded about building strong teams with background diversity...
• ...who know what they know and know what they don't know...
• ...and have deep expertise & large vision

...in large markets

• Disrupting large existing markets - we love breaking monopolies
• Or finding a $0 billion market (vs. a $0 million dollar market) with a credible path to grow

Vision matters to us: "Constant Gardner"

"Since one fails often, address markets that make it worthwhile when one does succeed."

"The right way to build a company is to experiment in lots of small ways, so that you have plenty of room to make mistakes and change strategies."