Founder-first venture fund

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NPU backs founders at the earliest inflection, with more than a check behind every one.

Our network

The people behind you

When NPU backs you, you tap a network of operators and advisors across biotech, deeptech, defense, AI, and infrastructure. People who have built it, ready to help you build it too. You are wired into all of it from day one.

The network, live
What we back

We back the founder, early

At the earliest stage, the founder is the business: the lifeblood, the conviction, the will to turn nothing into something real. We write pre-seed and seed checks on grit, judgment, and obsession with the problem, backing applied AI that compounds on proprietary data earned in the real world. Then we stay close once we are in.

Who we are

Two founder-GPs, hands-on from day one

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We built a company together, took it through Y Combinator, and scaled it nationwide. Now you get both of us, hands-on from day one, with complementary strengths across the whole journey. When we open the network for you, it is people we know vouching for a founder we believe in.

Shevy Karbasi

General Partner

Built go-to-market from zero, closed the earliest enterprise customers, and scaled the commercial engine. Your partner on customers, growth, and turning conviction into traction.

Matthew Chen

General Partner

Built the technical and operational foundation to scale nationally. Your partner on product, technical diligence, and scaling without breaking.