Ed Sim

Ed Sim is the founder of boldstart ventures, a $1.1B AUM venture capital firm partnering with technical founders at inception to build the autonomous enterprise. Ed invests in cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, and physical AI — the foundational technologies powering the next era of intelligent systems. Notable investments and board roles include Snyk, Protect AI (acquired by Palo Alto Networks for $700M), Kustomer (acquired by Meta for $1B), Superhuman (acquired by Grammarly), Keycard, Tessl, Hypernative, Blockdaemon, Spectro Cloud, SecurityScorecard, and Front. He also co-founded MState, an enterprise blockchain lab with IBM that backed Fireblocks at formation. Named to the Forbes Midas Seed List four consecutive years and ranked #1 on Business Insider's Seed 100 in 2023 and 2024, Ed authors What's 🔥 in Enterprise IT/VC, a widely read newsletter on enterprise tech and venture. With over 30 years of venture investing experience, Ed previously co-founded Dawntreader Ventures, leading inception investments in Greenplum (acquired by EMC, later Pivotal IPO), GoToMeeting (acquired by Citrix), and LivePerson (IPO). He began his career at J.P. Morgan building quantitative trading models — and learned sales selling Cutco knives in college. Harvard College, BA Economics. Four years D1 lacrosse.