Our Philosophy
We are passionate about early stage investing and enjoy working with entrepreneurs to create something that didn’t exist before. We like to invest early and help founders make the right operating decisions to grow the company over the long run. We invest predominantly in Series A rounds, but ultimately are seeking the best teams to work with whether it’s earlier or later in a startup’s life.
What Makes Us Different?
Operators Understand Operators
We have all had operating jobs. We know what it’s like to manage a P&L and enjoy collaborating with founders as much or as little as needed. In addition, we leverage our personal networks to provide additional expertise and recruiting support across all operations from technology and architecture to sales and marketing.
Flexible Fund Structure
TDF Ventures differs from other funds in that we have a permanent base of capital. As such, we invest when we see opportunity, focus on supporting our portfolio companies, and can afford to be long-term partners.
Thematically Oriented
We go deep on select themes to ensure we’re spending time in spaces where we can bring domain expertise and value to founders.
What We Look For
Early Stage
Seed and Series A Startups (but we sometimes get involved earlier or later)
Focused thematic approach
Flexible check size
Initial investments range from $500K-$5M
Great teams
It all starts with a great culture
Enterprise oriented
Startups that serve enterprise customers
High growth potential
Companies with the potential to grow exponentially
Theses
At any given time, we’re going deep on a number of different investment themes.
Current theses include (but are not limited to):
Ecommerce & Logistics
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Cybersecurity
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IT Infrastructure
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AI/ML
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Non-Coastal Geographies
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Vertical SaaS and Services
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