Compound Fund V | 2024 VC Fund

Compound

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

New York, United States

Countries of investment

United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Israel

Investment stages

Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A

Industries

Artificial Intelligence
Biology
Climate
Robotics
Frontier Technology
DeepTech
Advanced Manufacturing
Space

About
Compound is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on backing frontier technology founders solving hard scientific problems. Their focus spans AI, biology, climate, robotics, and deep tech across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Israel. The firm supports frontier tech founders from pre-seed through Series A stages.

Min check size: $500K
Max check size: $3M
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Investment Thesis

Compound is a pre-seed to Series A stage venture capital firm deploying capital across artificial intelligence, biology, climate, robotics, and frontier technology sectors. They invest as high-conviction lead investors in scientific and technical founders, providing deep research-driven support and long-term partnership. The firm differentiates itself as a specialist frontier tech investor known for its intellectual depth, technical rigor, and commitment to backing founders working on hard scientific problems.

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Manager's Experience

Founded and led by Michael Dempsey (Founder and Managing Partner), formerly a VC at Union Square Ventures and CB Insights research analyst who became known for his deep technical writing on frontier technologies including robotics, AI, and neurotechnology. Compound operates with a lean team of technical partners focused on frontier tech investing. The firm's differentiation comes from Dempsey's research-driven approach to identifying and backing scientific and technical founders working on hard problems, with published thesis pieces on emerging fields spanning brain-computer interfaces, robotics, computational biology, and industrial AI. Compound provides hands-on partnership from thesis stage through Series A, with deep technical due diligence and long-term partnership orientation.