Basis Set
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
San Francisco, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- France
Investment stages
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- AI
- Developer Tools
- Smart Infrastructure
- Enterprise Software
About
Basis Set is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in and supports founders building AI-first companies that reshape the modern workplace. Founded by operators with experience at leading tech companies, the firm focuses on B2B software, infrastructure, and automation.
Basis Set is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in and supports founders building AI-first companies that reshape the modern workplace. Founded by operators with experience at leading tech companies, the firm focuses on B2B software, infrastructure, and automation.
Investment Thesis
Basis Set is an early-stage venture firm investing at the seed stage in companies that use artificial intelligence to transform the way we work. They focus on B2B SaaS, infrastructure, and automation sectors. What makes them unique is their team of operators who have hands-on experience building and scaling AI products at major tech companies, allowing them to provide deep, practical guidance to their portfolio founders.
Manager's Experience
The firm's partners have backgrounds as both operators and investors, with experience at major tech companies like Dropbox, Google Brain, and Waymo. Their expertise is concentrated in AI, machine learning, and enterprise software, built on strong technical and academic foundations from institutions like Stanford, CMU, and Wharton. The team focuses on being the first institutional capital for a majority of their portfolio companies.
Team
Lan X. Cervantes - Founder & General Partner
Sheila Vashee - General Partner
Chang Xu - General Partner
Adebayo O. - Partner
Yuka Koda - Partner
Charles Zedlewski - Operating Partner
Portfolio
Airtable
Assembled
Cresta
Descript
Glean
Harvey
Hugging Face
LangChain
Modal
Notion
Replit
Retool
Scale
Weights & Biases