Fundraising Fox

Ed Sim

Investor

Founder and General Partner at boldstart ventures

Miami, Florida

Writes $250K – $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.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

  1. boldstart venturesFounder and General Partnercurrent2010 β€” presentMiami, FL
  2. Surf AIInvestor/Boardcurrent2024 β€” presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  3. KeycardInvestor/Boardcurrent2024 β€” present
  4. SnykInvestor/Boardcurrent2015 β€” presentLondon, United Kingdom
  5. Protect AIInvestor/Boardcurrent2022 β€” presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  6. BigIDInvestor, Boardcurrent2016 β€” presentGreater New York City Area
  7. KustomerInvestor, Boardcurrent2015 β€” presentGreater New York City Area
  8. BlockdaemonInvestor/Board of Directorscurrent2017 β€” presentGreater New York City Area
  9. Superhuman Labs, Inc.Investorcurrent2014 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. SecurityScorecardInvestorcurrent2013 β€” presentGreater New York City Area
  11. FrontInvestorcurrent2014 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  12. MStateCo-Foundercurrent2017 β€” presentGreater New York City Area
  13. FortressIQInvestor/Board2017 β€” 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  14. RebelInvestor2014 β€” 2018Greater New York City Area
  15. Yhat, Inc.Investor2013 β€” 2017
  16. Divide (formerly Enterproid)Investor2010 β€” 2014Greater New York City Area
  17. Dawntreader VenturesManaging Director1998 β€” 2012
  18. Blaze.ioInvestor2011 β€” 2012
  19. RapportiveInvestor2010 β€” 2012
  20. GoInstantInvestor2011 β€” 2012

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityAB, Economics1989 β€” 1993

Skills & more

Advanced Adverse Media ScreeningVenture Capital99Entrepreneur4Mobile3Digital Media23Cloud Computing24Start-ups80Social Media11Investments44Entrepreneurship99Corporate Development27Mobile Devices49
+11 moreStrategic 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

Shared employers

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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Stan Kreydin

Investors connected to Ed in public investor directories β€” a warm-intro map.