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New Fund
Filed with the SEC to raise a third fund to back more startups in Seattle and beyond.
Fund III
Added recently
Published essay on LinkedIn's emergence as the dominant enterprise distribution channel for startups.
LinkedIn Is the New Enterprise Media
Investment
Participated in $100M Series B for Overland AI, developing autonomous ground systems for defense applications. Round led by 8VC.
Overland AI
Milestone
Portfolio company Overland AI raised $100M Series B led by 8VC to scale ground autonomy systems with U.S. Armed Forces.
Overland AI
Investment
Invested in AZX's $6M pre-seed round for vertical AI targeting critical infrastructure and energy sectors.
AZX
Exit
Portfolio company Included was acquired by Phenom for agentic people analytics and workforce intelligence capabilities.
Included
Investment
Invested in Govstream's $3.6M seed round for AI-native permitting tools addressing housing affordability.
Govstream
Milestone
Portfolio company Yoodli raised $40M Series B at $300M+ valuation, reporting 900% revenue growth YoY.
Yoodli
Investment
Participated in Limelight's $2M seed round for an AI platform automating personality-led B2B growth.
Limelight
Essay
Published research on Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), exploring how startups should optimize for LLM-powered search beyond traditional SEO.
How startups should think about Generative Engine Optimization
Investment
Led Hearvana's $6M round to build an acoustic AI layer enabling selective listening on consumer devices.
Hearvana
Investment
Participated in Hyphen's $5M seed round for AI-powered cloud access management and infrastructure automation.
Hyphen
Milestone
Portfolio company Knapsack raised $10M Series A to expand its design-engineering bridge platform.
Knapsack
Essay
Published analysis ranking major startup ecosystems by MOIC, with Bay Area at 10.07x and Seattle third at 7.48x.
Metro Multiples: A ranking of top startup ecosystems by return on investment