Compound

Venture Capital
63investments
2exits
$622.4Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
476open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Compound is a thesis-driven, research-centric venture capital firm based in New York. It backs early-stage companies in frontier technology areas such as AI, robotics, biotechnology and crypto, publishing much of its research openly to attract founders working on those themes. The firm was founded in 2014 and invests from the seed stage with a small team that emphasizes long-term conviction over deal volume.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
63
41 of them startups
Hiring now
23
476 open roles
Deals in 12 months
1
Rounds in 12 months
8
$622.4M raised
Exits
2
2 closed
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 31%Blockchain & Crypto 19%Health Care 17%Software 12%Biotechnology 12%Robotics 7%Science & Engineering 5%Financial Services 5%
Where its companies are
United States 44%United Kingdom 3%Canada 3%Switzerland 2%
Stage of its companies
Series A 31%Series B 28%Pre-seed & seed 21%Series C and later 21%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 63 investments
FORT RoboticsVenture round $20M · this month · 6 roles PolyphronSeed $20M · 1 mo ago Prime IntellectSeries A $130M · 4 mo ago · 1 role Orbital IndustriesSeries B $50M · 5 mo ago · 5 roles PanthalassaSeries B $140M · 6 mo ago · 51 roles DeepgramSeries C $130M · 9 mo ago · 62 roles Juvena TherapeuticsSeries B $30.5M · 16 mo ago PheironVenture round $4.2M · 17 mo ago RunwaySeries D $308M · 19 mo ago · 40 roles RunwaySeries D $308M · 19 mo ago · 4 roles PluralVenture round $6M · 19 mo ago · 2 roles AIFleetSeries B $16.6M · 2 yr ago
476 open roles at 23 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Wayve52 new roles in 30 days PayJoy36 new roles in 30 days Panthalassa15 new roles in 30 days Deepgram13 new roles in 30 days Runway11 new roles in 30 days Talkspace4 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Y Combinator 6 shared Union Square Ventures 4 shared DCG 4 shared Madrona Venture Group 3 shared Collab+Currency 3 shared Salesforce Ventures 2 shared Pegasus Tech Ventures 2 shared Scribble Ventures 2 shared Fusion Fund 2 shared Coatue 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Andreessen Horowitz GV Techstars Soma Capital General Catalyst Multimodal Ventures SV Angel Y Combinator
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3; 1 rounds in the press that name it

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
New York United States
HQ
Helping accelerate the futures that our founders believe in
New York, NY 10013
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