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We help mission-driven pioneers win by harnessing the power of storytelling, art and culture.
We back early-stage companies with customer obsession in their DNA and accelerate the mass adoption of technologies they create.
MEET OUR FOUNDERS
WHAT OUR FOUNDERS SAY
OUR PORTFOLIO
We back founders in:

ai,  

fintech,  

climate & energy,  

enterprise,  

future of work,  

consumer,  

deep tech,  

web 3.  

world.org
Identity as a public utility
Sam Altman / Alex Blania
you.com
The AI Search Engine You Control
Richard Socher
symbolica.ai
Building structured cognitive architectures for machines.
George Morgan
inv.tech
AI-accelerated workflow outsourcing and optimization
Francis Pedraza
abelpolice.com
Empowering police to service their communities using AI
Daniel Francis
regie.ai
AI-powered content
Srinath Sridhar / Matt Millen
moonhub.xyz
Find top job candidates using AI
Nancy Xu
playgroundai.com
Create any image from your imagination
Suhail Doshi
ava.me
Real-time AI-based captioning
Thibault Duchemin
enso.org
Extract knowledge from complex data workflows
Wojciech Daniło / Sylwia Brodacka
knowherenews.com
Impartial News
Nathaniel Barling / Dylan Rhodes
EXIT
doordash.com
Maps for self-driving vehicles
Andrew Kouri
EXIT
snafurecords.com
Discovering and underwriting musicians using AI
Ankit Desai
calypsoai.com
Develop, train, deploy, and secure AI
Neil Serebryany
DAY ONE VENTURES TEAM
MASHA BUCHER
Founder & GP
DRAKE REHFELD
Operating Partner
Jenny Chao
Director
NOLAN CHURCH
Advisor
TARA HARANDI-ZADEH
Director
HUNTER HIGGINS
Head of Finance & Operations, General Counsel
SANJIV SANGHAVI
Venture Partner
OUR WORK
Day One Ventures
The Crystal Ball: What 2025 holds for pivotal sectors, including crypto, consumer, and health
fortune.com / 2025-01-02
Day One Ventures
25 experts predict how AI will change business and life in 2025
fastcompany.com / 2025-01-02
Wordware
How Wordware Secured $30 Million Seed In 7 Days
forbes.com / 2024-11-28
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