Pre-seed and seed venture fund. $25K–$500K checks into software and AI companies changing how a real market works. Operating-led — Frank Shultz, Managing Partner; Taryn McCarty, Operating Partner. Philadelphia-based.
We've cultivated a network of investors who back operator-led companies. We bring it to bear when our ventures and founders are ready: the prep work, the right room, the right introduction at the right time. Not before.
Pre-seed and seed venture fund. $25K–$500K checks into software and AI companies changing how a real market works. Operating-led — Frank Shultz, Managing Partner; Taryn McCarty, Operating Partner. Philadelphia-based.
Pennsylvania's public-private technology investment partnership, funded by the PA Department of Community and Economic Development. Backs early-stage tech firms and established manufacturers across four regional centers statewide.
Angel investment club of ~125 accredited investors, affiliated with The Union League of Philadelphia. Sector-agnostic; ~30 companies invested across the Mid-Atlantic since 2017.
Philadelphia-based early-stage venture firm, founded 2008. Backs capital-efficient, emerging-growth tech in healthcare, digital media, manufacturing software, and workforce platforms. Northeast focus.
Philadelphia-based angel investment group, founded 1999. $250K–$1M into early-stage software, healthcare IT, hardtech, life sciences, and consumer; syndicates with VCs and other angels.
Advisory, research, and investment partner. Particular interest in regulated and infrastructure-adjacent technology.
Technology focused investments by a true technologist and startup community leader driving change in Philly.
We curate the network to fit the founders we work with. The right capital partners get a look at our deal flow before anyone else.
If any of the below is what you're missing across your portfolio, talk to us.
Most funds can't justify hiring senior operating capacity on staff. We act as the bench, embedded into your portcos at fractional cost, with a structure that aligns to the deal.
Cohorts need to ship between demo days. We plug into your cohort calendar, deliver to the founders who need real engineering, and report back to you. No surprises.
An operating-partner-grade extension of your team. Repeatable assessment → design → build playbooks across portcos. Defensible operational gains that compound at the fund level.
Bo and his team are the real deal. Serious enterprise experience and real and well earned founder chops. They know what it means to build something from nothing and they know how to scale software to millions of users. They are true operators.
