Ed Sim

Notable investments

• Surf AISeries A · $57M · 2026
• HumanixSeed · $18M · 2025
• Uare.aiSeed · $10M · 2025
• KeycardSeed · $8M · 2025
• WaldoSeries A · $10M · 2025
• HypernativeSeries B · $40M · 2025
• GreprSeed · $9M · 2025
• Protect AISeries B · $60M · 2024

Frequently co-invests with

Background

• Co-FounderMState
• Founder and Managing PartnerBOLDstart Ventures
• Investment AnalystJ.P. Morgan
• Investor, BoardKustomer
• Investor/BoardSnyk
• Investor/BoardEnv0
• Founding Advisory Board MemberSales Community
• InvestorSecurityScorecard
• InvestorHYPR | The Passwordless Company™
• InvestorCatalytic, Inc.
• Investor/BoardFortressIQ
• Investor/Board MemberManifold
• InvestorReplicated
• InvestorWallaroo Labs
• InvestorIOpipe
• InvestorRebel (Acquired by Salesforce)
• InvestorRobin
• InvestorRJMetrics
• InvestorDivide (formerly Enterproid)
• InvestorBlaze.io
• Board Member/InvestorLivePerson
• Board Member/InvestorGreenplum Database
• InvestorRapportive
• Board Member/InvestorGoToMeeting
• VPProspect Street Ventures
• Sr. Investment AnalystEquitable Real Estate
• InvestorThinknear by Telenav
• Sales RepresentativeCUTCO Cutlery
• InvestorGoInstant
• InvestorYhat, Inc.
• Investor, BoardBigID
• Investor/BoardProtect AI
• Investor/Board of DirectorsBlockdaemon
• InvestorSuperhuman Labs, Inc.
• InvestorFront App
• InvestorRebel
• Managing DirectorDawntreader Ventures
• Investor/BoardKeycard
• InvestorSuperhuman
• Founder and General Partnerboldstart ventures
• Board MemberAnswers.com
• Founder and Managing Partnerboldstart ventures
• Managing Partnerboldstart ventures
• Investor/BoardNewCo
• Co-FounderBackboneAI
• InvestorYhat, Inc. (acquired by Alteryx NYSE:AYX)
• InvestorDivide™
• Managing DirectorNewCo
• InvestorAkamai Technologies
• Board Member/InvestorGreenplum Database by VMware
• Board MemberNewCo
• Board Member/InvestorNewCo
• VPProspect
• Sr. Investment AnalystLoneStar Ecology LLC
• Investor/Board MemberManifold.co
• Investor/Boardenv zero
• InvestorFront
• Board MemberStealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)
• Investor/BoardStealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)
• Managing DirectorStealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)
• Board Member/InvestorStealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)
• Founder and General PartnerBoldstart Ventures
• Founder and Managing PartnerBoldstart Ventures
• Managing PartnerBoldstart Ventures
• Investor/BoardSurf AI
• Investor/Boardenv0

In the press

• Midas Seed List 2023: The Earliest Venture Capital Backers In Today’s Tech Icons
• Ed Sim got into venture capital by answering a newspaper ad. Today he's the industry's No. 1 seed investor.
• Boldstart Ventures gets bigger thanks to Kustomer and other early bets on technical founders – TechCrunch
• Ed Sim of Boldstart Ventures on the Next Wave of Developer First Startups - StrictlyVC Download
• ed sim – What Got You There With Sean DeLaney
• ‎Software Engineering Daily: Enterprise Investing with Ed Sim on Apple Podcasts
• E12: Boldstart Ed Sim: 20yrs& 50+ enterprise, father fled N.Korea, NYC deep tech, being 1st $ in
• New York’s Boldstart Ventures has raised $157 million across two funds to back nascent enterprise startups – TechCrunch
• 'Low code' and 'no code' products is the hottest trend in enterprise startups
• Venture Confidential | Ep. #14, Building Community with Boldstart's Ed Sim | Heavybit
• SaaStr Podcast #190: Ed Sim, Founder & GP @ Boldstart Ventures on Why SaaS Founders Should Not Sell Their Products in The Early Days | SaaStr
• Special Report: New York’s enterprise infrastructure ecosystem – TechCrunch

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