What check size does Tom Preston-Werner write?

Tom Preston-Werner typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Tom Preston-Werner

Investor

Founder & Managing Partner, Preston-Werner Ventures; CEO, 180 Studios at Preston-Werner Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Tom Preston-Werner is an entrepreneur and investor who co-founded and led GitHub as CEO until its acquisition by Microsoft for $7.5 billion. Beyond GitHub, he created foundational developer tools including Jekyll, Semantic Versioning, and TOML. After a decade of angel investing in over 175 startups, he founded Preston-Werner Ventures to back early-stage software and AI-driven companies.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

PWV (Preston-Werner Ventures)Cofounder/GPcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
128 CollectiveBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
NetlifyBoard Member2020 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
ChatterbugCofounder2015 — 2019San Francisco & Berlin
CodestarterCofounder & Strategic Advisor2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
GitHubCofounder (CTO, CEO)2008 — 2014San Francisco, CA
Powerset, Inc.Software Developer2007 — 2008San Francisco, CA
The Active Network, Inc.Software Developer2006 — 2007San Diego, CA

Education

Harvey Mudd CollegeTwo years before dropping out, CS1997 — 1999
Dubuque Senior High School1992 — 1997

Skills & more

Ruby21Ruby on Rails11jQuery2JavaScript5Git19HTML 51Open Source3MySQLAngel InvestingSoftware Development5Programming1Agile Methodologies2

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Test Driven DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentWeb Applications

From Tom's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

Cursor Netlify PlanetScale RetoolSnykStripe Supabase

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Preston-Werner Ventures

David Price

Cofounder & General Partner at Preston-Werner Ventures

David Thyresson

Cofounder & General Partner at Preston-Werner Ventures

Nina Song

Executive Assistant at Preston-Werner Ventures

Network8

Alex ChungScout

Venture Partner at Curious Capital

Ameya UpadhyayScout

General Partner at Flourish Ventures

Amrit SaxenaScout

CEO at SaxeCap Advisors

AngelaScout

General Partner at Version One Ventures

Arek WylegalskiScout

Partner at firstminute capital

Daniel SanchezScout

Venture Partner at Nauta Capital

Efayomi CarrScout

Investment Partner at Flourish Ventures

Teymour Boutros-GaliScout

Managing Partner at Bold Capital Partners

Investors connected to Tom in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Tom Preston-Werner work?: Tom Preston-Werner is Founder & Managing Partner, Preston-Werner Ventures; CEO, 180 Studios at Preston-Werner Ventures.
What does Tom Preston-Werner invest in?: Tom Preston-Werner invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
What check size does Tom Preston-Werner write?: Tom Preston-Werner typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.