Schema Ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
San Francisco, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
- Canada
Investment stages
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- Crypto
- Blockchain
- Web3
About
Schema Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with technical founders building companies centered around data and AI. Comprised of former founders and operators, their mission is to support entrepreneurs from the pre-seed and seed stages to build legendary, impactful businesses.
Schema Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with technical founders building companies centered around data and AI. Comprised of former founders and operators, their mission is to support entrepreneurs from the pre-seed and seed stages to build legendary, impactful businesses.
Investment Thesis
Schema Ventures is a pre-seed and seed stage fund investing in technical founders building legendary companies that leverage data and AI. They focus on founders with deep domain expertise who are creating a "new reality" through their products. As former technical founders and operators themselves, they provide hands-on support in go-to-market strategy, technical hiring, and future fundraising, acting as a true partner from the earliest stages.
Manager's Experience
The founding partners, Nikhil Singhal and Will Fields, are former Google product leaders who co-founded products like Google Photos and Hangouts. Nikhil was previously a General Partner at Founder's Fund, leading investments in deep tech companies like Anduril and Varda. Will was a Principal at Alsop Louie Partners, also investing in companies like Varda and Hadrian, demonstrating a strong background in both product development and venture capital.
Team
Jesse Clayburgh - General Partner
Nathan Benaich - General Partner
Julianna Belsan - Head of Platform
Portfolio
Anomalo
Anyscale
Baseten
Brex
Census
Cohere
dbt Labs
Figma
Glean
Hex
Hugging Face
LangChain
Notion
Perplexity
Pinecone
Scale
Vercel