Leadership

Dr. Michael Chen

Managing Partner & Co-Founder

Former AI Research Lead at Google Brain. PhD in Machine Learning from Stanford. Published 50+ papers in top ML conferences. Built and scaled AI teams at Google and Facebook before founding Seedling AI to help the next generation of AI founders succeed.

Sarah Martinez

General Partner & Co-Founder

Serial entrepreneur with 3 successful exits in AI and SaaS. Former VP of Product at Salesforce Einstein. Built one of the first commercial LLM applications in 2019. Passionate about helping founders navigate the unique challenges of AI startups.

Dr. Wei Zhang (张伟)

Partner & Head of Technical Advisory

PhD in Computer Vision from Tsinghua University. Former Principal Scientist at Microsoft Research Asia. Expert in deep learning architectures and large-scale ML systems. Led development of computer vision models used by 1B+ users. Provides technical mentorship to portfolio companies.

David Okonkwo

Partner & Head of Investment

15+ years in venture capital and startup investing. Previously Partner at Sequoia Capital focusing on AI/ML investments. Led investments in 5 unicorn companies. MBA from Harvard Business School. Deeply connected to the global VC ecosystem.

Investment Team

Dr. Priya Sharma

Principal

PhD in NLP from MIT. Former Research Scientist at OpenAI working on GPT models. Focuses on LLM applications, generative AI, and AI infrastructure investments.

Alex Kim

Associate

Former Product Manager at DeepMind. BS in Computer Science from Berkeley. Specializes in robotics, autonomous systems, and embodied AI investments.

Emma Rodriguez

Associate

Former AI Engineer at Tesla Autopilot. MS in AI from Carnegie Mellon. Focuses on computer vision, edge AI, and healthcare AI startups.

Lin Mei (林梅)

Investment Analyst

Former ML Engineer at ByteDance working on recommendation systems. MS in Computer Science from Peking University. Covers enterprise AI and Asia-Pacific markets.

Platform & Operations

James Wilson

Head of Portfolio Support

Former COO at two successful AI startups. Expert in scaling operations, fundraising strategy, and go-to-market execution. Mentors portfolio companies on growth and operational challenges.

Rachel Foster

Talent Partner

15+ years in tech recruiting and talent strategy. Former Head of Engineering Recruiting at Stripe. Helps portfolio companies build world-class teams and establish hiring best practices.

Carlos Mendoza

Marketing & Brand Director

Former VP Marketing at enterprise SaaS companies. Expert in B2B marketing, developer relations, and brand building for technical products. Supports portfolio companies with GTM strategy.

Amanda Chen

Finance & Operations Manager

CPA with 10+ years experience in startup finance and operations. Former Finance Manager at Andreessen Horowitz. Manages fund operations and supports portfolio companies with financial planning.

Advisory Board

World-class advisors providing strategic guidance

Dr. Jennifer Walsh

AI Research Director, Meta AI

15+ years in ML research with focus on natural language processing. PhD from MIT. Published 40+ papers in NeurIPS and ICML. Advises on technical architecture and research strategy.

Robert Chen (陈锐)

Former VP Engineering, Uber AI

Built and scaled AI teams at Uber and Dropbox. Expert in production ML systems and infrastructure. Helps portfolio companies with engineering best practices and hiring.

Dr. Maria Santos

Chief Data Scientist, Salesforce

Pioneer in enterprise AI applications. Former head of ML at Adobe. Specializes in B2B AI product strategy and go-to-market execution for AI startups.

David Park

Partner, Benchmark Capital

Early-stage investor with 12+ years in venture capital. Led investments in 3 unicorn AI companies. Provides fundraising guidance and investor introductions.

Dr. Rachel Goldstein

Professor of CS, UC Berkeley

Leading researcher in computer vision and robotics. Director of Berkeley AI Research Lab. Connects startups with top PhD candidates and cutting-edge research.

James Morrison

Former CTO, Scale AI

Built data infrastructure serving Fortune 500 companies. Expert in scaling AI operations from 0 to 100M+ users. Advises on product and technical strategy.

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