Boldstart Ventures

Pre-seed 'inception' investor in enterprise/dev-tools; first checks into Snyk, BigID and Kustomer.

VC Pre-seed 📍 New York, NY Founded 2010

AUM

$1.1B

as of 2026-08

SMALL

Boldstart Ventures, founded in 2010 by Ed Sim and based in New York, is a pre-seed 'inception' investor focused on enterprise, developer tools, security and infrastructure software. It wrote first checks into Snyk, BigID, Kustomer (sold to Meta) and Blockdaemon, and raised its boldstart VI + Opportunities III funds totaling $367 million in 2024.

Firm Profile

Firm Type

Subtype

Pre-seed

Founded

2010

New York, NY

Country

USA

Notable Partners

Ed SimEliot DurbinShomik Ghosh

Portfolio Companies (4)

snyk bigid kustomer blockdaemon

Investment Focus

Stages

Pre-seed · Seed

Sectors

Enterprise · Infrastructure · AI · Crypto

VCPre-seed

Investor data reflects publicly disclosed AUM, fund sizes, and portfolio holdings as of 2026-08. Refreshed periodically.