Boldstart Ventures is an inception-stage venture capital firm that partners with technical founders building enterprise software, AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and crypto startups. Boldstart Ventures's Twitter Score is 30 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #32,688 (top 10%) among 487,142 tracked accounts.
Boldstart Ventures was founded by Ed Sim, who serves as Founder and General Partner. Eliot Durbin is a General Partner at the firm, and Ellen Chisa serves as Partner. The firm focuses on leading investments at the pre-product stage, backing founders before a product exists. In 2025, Boldstart Ventures closed a Fund VII of $250 million, targeting AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and crypto startups.
Boldstart Ventures is affiliated with Blockdaemon, a blockchain infrastructure platform. The firm also participated in the $16 million Series A of Hypernative, a web3 security company. Ed Sim previously co-founded MState, an enterprise blockchain lab developed in partnership with IBM. Boldstart Ventures has 8,721 followers as of September 2026 on X and has published 4,566 posts.
Boldstart Ventures's fund portfolio includes Amberdata, Blockdaemon, StakeWise, Upstream Now Truth Arts, Truth Arts, Ethos Wallet, HypernativeLabs and Olympix.
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The accounts that follow Boldstart Ventures include 169 founders, 43 angel investors, 16 influencers and 39 VCs. Among them are Luca Netz, Mario Nawfal, Matthew Graham, Sarah Guo, VCs Congratulating Themselves and Ryan Carson. Boldstart Ventures has been mentioned by 98 accounts, with 594 total mentions.