Investing Profile

Ed Sim(884)

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Founder and Managing Partner at BOLDstart Ventures

whatshot.substack.comMiami, Florida

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Ed Sim's investing connections

85 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), and 82 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

Current Fund Size

$112M

Ed Sim is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Ed Sim's Investments On Record (44)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Surf AI	Series AMar 2026$57M	$57M
Co-investors: Philippe Botteri (Accel Partners), Gili Raanan (Cyberstarts VC)
Humanix	SeedNov 2025	$18M
Co-investors: Asad Khaliq (aCrew Capital)
Uare.ai	SeedNov 2025$10M	$10M
Co-investors: Navin Chaddha (Mayfield Fund)
Keycard	SeedOct 2025$8M	$38M
Co-investors: Zane Lackey (Andreessen Horowitz), Asad Khaliq (aCrew Capital), Matias Woloski, Ryan Carlson
Waldo	Series AOct 2025$10M SeedJul 2021	$31M
Co-investors: Josh Zelman (Insight Partners), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Mike Smith (Footwork), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, formerly The New Normal Fund), Sylvain Zimmer (Partech Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Eliot Durbin (Boldstart Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Scott Belsky (A24), Josef Feldman (Tectonic Capital), Liu Jiang, Ben Porterfield, Nigel Wray, Justin Mateen, Sean Rad
Hypernative	Series BJun 2025$40M SeedJan 2023$9M	$65M
Co-investors: Richard Ma (Quantstamp, Inc.), Mark Hatfield (Ten Eleven Ventures)
Grepr	SeedJan 2025$9M	$9M
Co-investors: Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz)
Protect AI	Series BAug 2024$60M Series AJul 2023$35M SeedDec 2022$14M	$110M
Co-investors: Mark Kraynak (aCrew Capital), Kim Moore (U&I Ventures), Nir Polak (Cyberstarts VC), Shlomo Kramer (Skinos Family Office), Richard Seewald (Evolution Equity Partners)

Ed Sim's Media (12)

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

www.forbes.com

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

www.businessinsider.com

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

www.buzzsprout.com

ed sim – What Got You There With Sean DeLaney

whatgotyouthere.com

‎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

www.google.com

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

techcrunch.com

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

www.businessinsider.com

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

www.heavybit.com

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

www.saastr.com

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

Investor/Board env0Present

Investor/Board Surf AIPresent

Managing Partner Boldstart VenturesPresent

Founder and Managing Partner Boldstart VenturesPresent

Founder and General Partner Boldstart VenturesPresent

Board Member/Investor Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present

Managing Director Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present

Investor/Board Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present

Board Member Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present

Investor FrontPresent

Investor/Board env zeroPresent

Investor/Board Member Manifold.coPresent

Sr. Investment Analyst LoneStar Ecology LLCPresent

VP ProspectPresent

Board Member/Investor NewCoPresent

Board Member NewCoPresent

Board Member/Investor Greenplum Database by VMwarePresent

Investor Akamai TechnologiesPresent

Managing Director NewCoPresent

Investor Divide™Present

Investor Yhat, Inc. (acquired by Alteryx NYSE:AYX)Present

Co-Founder BackboneAIPresent

Investor/Board NewCoPresent

Managing Partner boldstart venturesPresent

Founder and Managing Partner boldstart venturesPresent

Board Member Answers.comPresent

Founder and General Partner boldstart venturesPresent

Investor SuperhumanPresent

Investor/Board KeycardPresent

Managing Director Dawntreader VenturesPresent

Investor RebelPresent

Investor Front AppPresent

Investor Superhuman Labs, Inc.Present

Investor/Board of Directors BlockdaemonPresent

Investor/Board Protect AIPresent

Investor, Board BigIDPresent

Investor Yhat, Inc.Present

Investor GoInstantPresent

Sales Representative CUTCO CutleryPresent

Investor Thinknear by TelenavPresent

Sr. Investment Analyst Equitable Real EstatePresent

VP Prospect Street VenturesPresent

Board Member/Investor GoToMeetingPresent

Investor RapportivePresent

Board Member/Investor Greenplum DatabasePresent

Board Member/Investor LivePersonPresent

Investor Blaze.ioPresent

Investor Divide (formerly Enterproid)Present

Investor RJMetricsPresent

Investor RobinPresent

Investor Rebel (Acquired by Salesforce)Present

Investor IOpipePresent

Investor Wallaroo LabsPresent

Investor ReplicatedPresent

Investor/Board Member ManifoldPresent

Investor/Board FortressIQPresent

Investor Catalytic, Inc.Present

Investor HYPR | The Passwordless Company™Present

Investor SecurityScorecardPresent

Founding Advisory Board Member Sales CommunityPresent

Investor/Board Env0Present

Investor/Board SnykPresent

Investor, Board KustomerPresent

Investment Analyst J.P. MorganPresent

Founder and Managing Partner BOLDstart VenturesPresent

Co-Founder MStatePresent

Ed Sim's Education

Harvard University bachelors, bachelor of arts economics

Harvard University AB Economics

Harvard University

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