Investing Profile

Ed Sim(875)

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Founder and Managing Partner at boldstart ventures
whatshot.substack.comMiami, Florida
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84 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), and 81 other investors on Signal.

Networks Ed is a member of
NewCo Network
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Harvard University Network
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Current Investing Position
Boldstart Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
16
Current Fund Size
$112M

Ed Sim is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ed Sim's Investments On Record (14)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Jit
SeedJan 2021$8.2M
$8.2M
Cape Privacy
SeedJun 2020
Co-investors: Sebastien de Halleux (Graph Ventures)
Env0
SeedApr 2020
Co-investors: Dov Moran (Grove Ventures)
Spectro Cloud
SeedMar 2020
$40M
Co-investors: AJ Tomas (Touchdown Ventures)
Snyk
Series CAug 2019$70M
SeedJan 2016
$450M
Co-investors: Matt Weigand (Accel), Inbal Shenfeld kolodziejska (Helios Climate Ventures), Sajid Rahman (MYASIAVC PTE LTD), Cornel Chiriac (2050 Capital), Alex Kayyal (Salesforce Ventures), Joseph Ruscio (Heavybit), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit Industries), Eliot Durbin (Boldstart Ventures)
Kustomer
Series BJun 2018$26M
SeedSep 2015
$26M
Co-investors: David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Tomasz Tunguz (Redpoint Ventures), Deepak Kamra (Canaan Partners), George Damouny (Plug & Play Ventures), Eliot Durbin (Boldstart Ventures), Gary Benitt (Social Leverage), Matt Carbonara (Citi Ventures), George Hu, Matt Carbonara
FortressIQ
SeedAug 2017
Blockdaemon
Pre-SeedJul 2017
$210M
Co-investors: Sarah Downey (Accomplice), Tina Chong (U.S. Department Of Defense)
Ed Sim's Media (12)

Midas Seed List 2023: The Earliest Venture Capital Backers In Today’s Tech Icons

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Ed Sim got into venture capital by answering a newspaper ad. Today he's the industry's No. 1 seed investor.

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Boldstart Ventures gets bigger thanks to Kustomer and other early bets on technical founders – TechCrunch

techcrunch.com

Ed Sim of Boldstart Ventures on the Next Wave of Developer First Startups - StrictlyVC Download

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ed sim – What Got You There With Sean DeLaney

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‎Software Engineering Daily: Enterprise Investing with Ed Sim on Apple Podcasts

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E12: Boldstart Ed Sim: 20yrs& 50+ enterprise, father fled N.Korea, NYC deep tech, being 1st $ in

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New York’s Boldstart Ventures has raised $157 million across two funds to back nascent enterprise startups – TechCrunch

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'Low code' and 'no code' products is the hottest trend in enterprise startups

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Venture Confidential | Ep. #14, Building Community with Boldstart's Ed Sim | Heavybit

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SaaStr Podcast #190: Ed Sim, Founder & GP @ Boldstart Ventures on Why SaaS Founders Should Not Sell Their Products in The Early Days | SaaStr

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Special Report: New York’s enterprise infrastructure ecosystem – TechCrunch

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most interested in

Your partner from Inception + true believer for developer first, enterprise infra & SaaS founders, lead + love new category creation

not interested in

All enterprise all the time - no consumer

Ed Sim's Experience

Co-Founder MStatePresent
Founder and Managing Partner BOLDstart VenturesPresent
Investment Analyst J.P. MorganPresent
Investor, Board KustomerPresent
Investor/Board SnykPresent
Investor/Board Env0Present
Founding Advisory Board Member Sales CommunityPresent
Investor SecurityScorecardPresent
Investor HYPR | The Passwordless Company™Present
Investor Catalytic, Inc.Present
Investor/Board FortressIQPresent
Investor/Board Member ManifoldPresent
Investor ReplicatedPresent
Investor Wallaroo LabsPresent
Investor IOpipePresent
Investor Rebel (Acquired by Salesforce)Present
Investor RobinPresent
Investor RJMetricsPresent
Investor Divide (formerly Enterproid)Present
Investor Blaze.ioPresent
Board Member/Investor LivePersonPresent
Board Member/Investor Greenplum DatabasePresent
Investor RapportivePresent
Board Member/Investor GoToMeetingPresent
VP Prospect Street VenturesPresent
Sr. Investment Analyst Equitable Real EstatePresent
Investor Thinknear by TelenavPresent
Sales Representative CUTCO CutleryPresent
Investor GoInstantPresent
Investor Yhat, Inc.Present
Investor, Board BigIDPresent
Investor/Board Protect AIPresent
Investor/Board of Directors BlockdaemonPresent
Investor Superhuman Labs, Inc.Present
Investor Front AppPresent
Investor RebelPresent
Managing Director Dawntreader VenturesPresent
Investor/Board KeycardPresent
Investor SuperhumanPresent
Founder and General Partner boldstart venturesPresent
Board Member Answers.comPresent
Founder and Managing Partner boldstart venturesPresent
Managing Partner boldstart venturesPresent
Investor/Board NewCoPresent
Co-Founder BackboneAIPresent
Investor Yhat, Inc. (acquired by Alteryx NYSE:AYX)Present
Investor Divide™Present
Managing Director NewCoPresent
Investor Akamai TechnologiesPresent
Board Member/Investor Greenplum Database by VMwarePresent
Board Member NewCoPresent
Board Member/Investor NewCoPresent
VP ProspectPresent
Sr. Investment Analyst LoneStar Ecology LLCPresent
Investor/Board Member Manifold.coPresent
Investor/Board env zeroPresent
Investor FrontPresent
Board Member Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present
Investor/Board Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present
Managing Director Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present
Board Member/Investor Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present

Ed Sim's Education

Harvard University bachelors, bachelor of arts economics
Harvard University AB Economics
Harvard University