Investing Profile

Ed Sim(546)

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day one partner + true believer for developer first/SaaS founders

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51 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Stephanie Palmeri, Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), and 48 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
boldstart ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $4.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
22
Current Fund Size
$112M

Ed Sim is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ed Sim's Investments On Record (16)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Cape Privacy
SeedJun 2020
Co-investors: Sebastien de Halleux (Graph Ventures)
Env0
SeedApr 2020
Co-investors: Dov Moran (Grove Ventures)
Spectro Cloud
SeedMar 2020
Kustomer
Series CJan 2019$35M
Series BJun 2018$26M
Series ASep 2016$10M
Seed RoundSep 2015$2.5M
SeedSep 2015
$173.5M
Co-investors: Neeraj Agrawal (Battery Ventures), Tomasz Tunguz (Redpoint Ventures), Alex Bard (Redpoint Ventures), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Gary Benitt (Social Leverage), Eliot Durbin (boldstart ventures), Deepak Kamra (Canaan Partners), Matt Carbonara (Citi Ventures)
Harbr Inc.
Seed RoundMar 2018$1.8M
$1.8M
Co-investors: David Dufresne (Panache Ventures)
Snyk
Series AMar 2018$7M
SeedJan 2016
$347M
Co-investors: Philippe Botteri (Accel), Matt Weigand (Accel), Ping Li (Accel), Gil Dibner (Angular Ventures), Eliot Durbin (boldstart ventures), Inbal Shenfeld kolodziejska (Inba Shenfeld holdings), Sajid Rahman (MYASIAVC PTE LTD), Tom Drummond (Heavybit), Tom Hulme (GV), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit), Joseph Ruscio (Heavybit)
FortressIQ
SeedAug 2017
$42M
Co-investors: Tamara Steffens (M12), Nihal Mehta (Eniac Ventures), Vic Singh (ENIAC Ventures), Nakul Mandan (Audacious Ventures), Tim Young (ENIAC Ventures), Hadley Harris (ENIAC Ventures)
Wallaroo Labs
Seed RoundJul 2017$1.5M
$1.5M
Ed Sim's Media (10)

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

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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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day one partner + true believer for developer first SaaS founders, first check 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

Ed Sim's Education

Harvard University