Big news for Team True: Kevin Rose and Michael Montano are now full-time Partners on our investment team. What's it mean for founders in our ecosystem? Get the scoop ⤵
True Ventures
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Palo Alto, CA 19,322 followers
A Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focused on early stage technology startups.
About us
Founded in 2005, True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in early stage technology startups. With more than $3.8 billion under management, True provides seed and Series A financing to entrepreneurs in some of today's fastest growing markets. With its more than 40 team members including special advisors, operations professionals, and founders-turned-investors, True represents one of the largest and most experienced teams dedicated to the early stage ecosystem. The True team believes creativity flourishes when founders are supported fully and empowered to pursue brave ideas. To that end, the True Platform offers programs that inspire professional and personal growth. To date, True has helped more than 350 companies launch and scale their businesses, creating over 85,000 jobs worldwide. To learn more, visit www.trueventures.com.
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Team True’s gearing up for #FounderCamp2025 next week! We can’t wait to be with our founder community IRL for a few days of connecting and learning alongside one another. This year’s theme is all about embracing AI’s full potential. A few pics from our last camp together:
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"Think of AI today like computers in the '90s - those who embrace it early will have an incredible advantage." On the Kevin Rose Show, he dives deep on the future of AI and its potential with Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder, Greylock investor, and AI thought leader. https://lnkd.in/eQf2wNCp
Unlocking AI's Potential: Reid Hoffman Discusses 'Superagency'
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Clarence Bethea and Gus Coldebella — our partner focused on public policy for emerging technologies — talk pace of AI policy and how to unpack its uncertainty as founders build AI-native companies. More on shaping new AI policy in the U.S. from Gus: https://lnkd.in/eV6CaMdG
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Basecamp Research Co-founder Glen Gowers and The BioHub Podcast host Max Brennan, MSc recently held a chat on AI in biotech at our SF office. Listen in below.
❄️ From Polar Expeditions to AI-Driven Biotech: Basecamp Research CEO Glen Gowers on Redefining Life Sciences ❄️ Had an amazing chat with Glen Gowers, co-founder & CEO of Basecamp Research—an innovative UK company that's transforming life sciences with AI and a deep dive into nature's genetic code. Highlights from our conversation: ❄️ 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬: Glen's journey began on a polar expedition—retracking a 1932 route over Vatnajökull and pioneering off-grid DNA sequencing on an ice cap. 💰 2024 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬: $65M Series B, a new GPU powerhouse in Norway, and the launch of a wet lab in Boston. 🔮 2025 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: Next-gen foundation models to tackle large gene insertions and forging key global partnerships. 🌍 𝐔𝐊 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠: Proud to see another homegrown success making waves worldwide! Special thanks to True Ventures for hosting this episode at their San Francisco office! 🎥 Watch the full interview below! Just one more of these from my time at #JPM - Stay Tuned! #JPM2025 #BasecampResearch #Biotech #AI #LifeSciences #Innovation #UKBiotech
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Meet True co Animation Inc., a platform for AI-generated virtual characters. Design, customize, and interact with lifelike virtual characters for a range of use cases: AI companions, in-game NPCs, onboarding agents, tutors, and more. Their tech sits at the intersection of AR/VR and generative AI and enables characters to have the speech and intelligence of the latest LLMs. Check them out at animation.inc
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Tune in to hear True's Tony Conrad on the Smart Venture Podcast with Grace Gong ⤵ They discuss lessons learned from early-stage investing, challenges in building a company, the future of consumer experiences and hospitality, and more. https://lnkd.in/eBsA_DYx
Host @ Smart Venture Podcast | Founder @ Smart Venture Media | LinkedIn Top Voices | ex- VC | author No.1 📚 on Amazon New Release VC Category | 47k+ followers | Angel Investor | I go LIVE with a VC/ founder every day
Tony Conrad is a Partner at True Ventures. He worked with amazingly talented founders, operating teams from companies like Automattic (WordPress), ZERO Longevity Science, Modern Animal, Blue Bottle Coffee, Sweetgreen, MakerBot, Voiceflow, Giftshop, Cast, Bumo, Typekit, Pluralsight, Connectifier & Holey Grail Donuts. He also co-founded about.me & Sphere, both acquired by AOL. Tony is a personal investor in Slack, Automattic, Lowercase Capital, Cygni, Ghia, Empirical Spirits, International Smoke, Saltwater Oyster Depot, Elk Fence, flour+water pizzeria, flour+water, Trick Dog, Samovar and August. He is a board member of Flour + Water Hospitality Group, the Tony Hawk Foundation and formerly a T40 National Co-Chair of Technology for President Obama. Topics: - Lessons from early-stage investing in consumer and enterprise businesses - The biggest challenges in building a company vs. investing in one - The future of consumer experiences and hospitality #VentureCapital #StartupInvesting #Entrepreneurship #TrueVentures
Tony Conrad, True Ventures Partner Backing WordPress, Slack & Blue Bottle
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New True co Riley, an AI-powered app providing the science-based advice parents are seeking, is now in public beta. Why we invested, from True Principal Natasha Sharma: “In the age of content saturation, parents, in particular, face the challenge of knowing where to ask their most pressing and intimate questions. “General searches and forums can result in a maze of conflicting answers. Amanda DeLuca’s own experience as a parent led her to create a solution that families actually want to use — a platform that delivers science-backed advice tailored to each family’s context, helping families thrive with guidance that evolves as they do." More in TechCrunch from Ivan Mehta: https://lnkd.in/gyr-9P5g #ai #parenting #parenttech #aipowered
A former Etsy product manager built an AI-powered app for new parents | TechCrunch
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AI technology policy in the U.S. is ripe for the making. Gus Coldebella, our partner focused on public policy for emerging technologies, offers an opportunity for startup founders to weigh in on decision making. Get his take on how to make your voice heard: https://lnkd.in/eV6CaMdG #aipolicy #publicpolicy #startups #founders
Shaping New AI Policy in the U.S.
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As companies scale and grow, they often take shortcuts when building their software stack – which can lead to technical debt. If left unmanaged, the challenges can escalate and become even more difficult to resolve, putting companies at risk. True co Moderne is looking to solve this issue and help transform enterprise code modernization. And they just raised a $30M Series B to do so. Kudos to co-founders Jonathan Schneider and Olga Kundzich. One of our earliest AI investments, they are pros at modernizing your tech stack. https://lnkd.in/gkuHAuYq
Moderne raises $30M to solve technical debt across complex codebases | TechCrunch
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