Ed Sim
VCFounder & Managing General Partner, boldstart ventures
Inception-stage enterprise and cybersecurity investor
Background
Ed Sim is the Founder and Managing General Partner of boldstart ventures, a $1.1B AUM inception-stage firm he founded in 2010 after co-founding Dawntreader Ventures in 1998. He coins the term 'Inception Investing' — backing technical founders before there is a company, product, or deck. He focuses on cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, and physical AI. He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Economics and started his career at J.P. Morgan in quantitative trading. He has been named to the Forbes Midas Seed List four years in a row.
Investment Thesis
Partnering from inception with engineering-driven founders building the Autonomous Enterprise — cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, and physical AI.
Investment Focus
Stages
Typical check: $500K–$12.5M
Sectors
Based in: New York, NY (North America)