Ed Sim
InvestorFounder and General Partner at boldstart ventures
Miami, Florida
Writes $250K β $10M checks Β· typically $1M
About
Ed Sim coined Inception Investing, enabling technical founders to launch pre-incorporation with unconstrained early rounds, leveraging New York's Fortune 500 proximity and enterprise design partnerships to avoid pilots.
Ed Sim @edsim
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Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- boldstart venturesFounder and General Partnercurrent2010 β presentMiami, FL
- Surf AIInvestor/Boardcurrent2024 β presentTel Aviv District, Israel
- KeycardInvestor/Boardcurrent2024 β present
- SnykInvestor/Boardcurrent2015 β presentLondon, United Kingdom
- Protect AIInvestor/Boardcurrent2022 β presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- BigIDInvestor, Boardcurrent2016 β presentGreater New York City Area
- KustomerInvestor, Boardcurrent2015 β presentGreater New York City Area
- BlockdaemonInvestor/Board of Directorscurrent2017 β presentGreater New York City Area
- Superhuman Labs, Inc.Investorcurrent2014 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SecurityScorecardInvestorcurrent2013 β presentGreater New York City Area
- FrontInvestorcurrent2014 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MStateCo-Foundercurrent2017 β presentGreater New York City Area
- FortressIQInvestor/Board2017 β 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- RebelInvestor2014 β 2018Greater New York City Area
- Yhat, Inc.Investor2013 β 2017
- Divide (formerly Enterproid)Investor2010 β 2014Greater New York City Area
- Dawntreader VenturesManaging Director1998 β 2012
- Blaze.ioInvestor2011 β 2012
- RapportiveInvestor2010 β 2012
- GoInstantInvestor2011 β 2012
Education
- Harvard UniversityAB, Economics1989 β 1993
Skills & more
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Strategic PartnershipsSales OperationsProduct MarketingProduct ManagementSaaSNew Business DevelopmentGo-to-market StrategyAngel InvestingBusiness DevelopmentEnterprise SoftwareSoftware as a Service (SaaS)- CFA Institute Charterholder β CFA Institute
- Python for Everybody Specialization β Coursera
- Capstone: Retrieving, Processing, and Visualizing Data with Python β Coursera
- Using Databases with Python β Coursera
- Using Python to Access Web Data β Coursera
- Python Data Structures β Coursera
From Ed's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Harvard University1,173
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Shared employers
Also worked at Surf AI1
Also worked at Keycard1
Also worked at Snyk17
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Also worked at Kustomer9
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Deals Β· 7
NetpremeBoard seat
via boldstart ventures Β· filed Jul 2025 Β· $13.4M raise
GinetaiBoard seat
via boldstart ventures Β· filed May 2025 Β· $13.3M raise
Protect AIBoard seat
via boldstart ventures Β· filed Aug 2024 Β· $80.8M raise
BigIDBoard seat
via boldstart ventures Β· filed Feb 2024 Β· $61.4M raise
dope.security inc.Board seat
via boldstart ventures Β· filed Mar 2023 Β· $16.1M raise
BlockdaemonBoard seat
via boldstart ventures Β· filed Aug 2022 Β· $33.1M raise
FortressIQBoard seat
via boldstart ventures Β· filed Oct 2020 Β· $30M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at boldstart ventures
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