Invest with SHOR [investing pre-consensus™]
$112.8k
Typical Investments
9
Deals Last 12 Months
68
Unique LPs have invested
Note from SHOR [investing pre-consensus™]
SHOR SYNDICATE INTRO
Founder Testimonials: founderNPS.com
SHOR [investing pre-consensus™], led by Solo GP Michael Shor (hi!), dreams alongside the world’s most ruthlessly iterative founders—pre-consensus [pre/seed].
Sector-agnostic
Founder-obsessive
Despite sector inclusivity—we believe that founders who are building at the frontier and solving the world’s hardest problems [aerospace, defense, edge compute, energy, hardware, manufacturing etc.] will create disproportionate enterprise value in the coming decades compared with traditional software verticals, hence our deep tech focus.
While we gain conviction regardless of who else participates, Tier 1 firms such as a16z, Khosla, Lowercarbon and others often mark up our very early picks.
TRACK RECORD
Select Previous Investments:
- Aethero
- High-performance space computers that let satellites process data before it's sent to Earth.
- Ares Industries (YC S24)
- 10x smaller and cheaper anti-ship cruise missiles.
- DroneForge
- Turn Any Drone into an Intelligent, Autonomous System
- Dynamo Air
- Heavy duty robots to move heavy cargo to impossible places and in critical moments
- Hero
- Sell stuff faster using AI
- Lumina
- Fully Electric Autonomous Construction Equipment
- Mara
- Autonomous, short-range, AI-powered robotic defense systems
- Meridian
- Meridian is a complete command center to measure, optimize, and improve your AI search presence.
- Neuma
- Neuma builds sub-20g earbuds that decode silent speech via electromyography (EMG)
- Orion Sleep
- AI-powered smart mattress cover for personalized sleep temperature
- Pipedream Labs
- 30 second delivery times through underground pipes in cities.
- Poseidon Aerospace
- Autonomous seaplanes for cargo transportation
- Rainmaker
- Ending global water scarcity through advanced modification technology.
- Root
- Next-gen social platform that combines modern community and communication features with a first-of-its-kind app hosting model
- Substrata
- Behavioral Intelligence for Dealmakers & Sales Professionals
- Texts.com [acquired by Automattic]
- All of your messages in one inbox.
- Vight Aero
- Making door-to-door flights as normal as driving. Starting with two-seat eVTOLs for rural property owners and flight schools anywhere
- Vuecason
- Next gen metal 3d printing.
- Watoga
- Co-pilot for mining ops
FOUNDER TESTIMONIALS
WHY SHOR?
HOW WE SOURCE: SUPERLATIVE DEALFLOW
We’re industry wide recognized for our contrarian sourcing tactics.
Outbound:
- We strongly believe that Twitter is the sandbox for many upper decile pre-seed and seed stage founders.
- Twitter’s atomicity, combined with high value following/follower curation, allows a more rapid discovery and filtration process of outstanding founders.
- We’ve leveraged a proprietary system of Twitter usage, successfully reaching these founders and their networks.
Inbound:
- We’ve created a boutique brand on Twitter as an exceedingly founder friendly VC, thereby driving discerning founders into our inbox.
Warm Intros:
- Our portfolio founders have unique access to their talent dense peers
- Strong co-investor network
Founder Networks: We’re deeply embedded in networks such as the Thiel Fellowship, YC, HF0, Neo, Founders Inc., among others.
HOW WE PICK: OUR INVESTMENT THESIS
We back the top 1 basis point of founders who excel in combining the following traits:
- idea maze mastery
- iteration velocity
- being radically resourceful—always finding a way despite seemingly unsurmountable challenges
- strong team cohesion among the founding team and early employees
- proven ability to generate a powerful talent vortex
- dedication—decade+ long commitment—and an absolute eschewal for Plan B
HOW WE WIN: FOUNDER NPS—THE FLYWHEEL
SHOR’s Founder NPS is an effective flywheel for top decile dealflow and coveted allocations (winning alongside and against Tier 1).
Approach: We don't just invest. We buy the privilege to be a fractional co-founder: we proactively...
- procure game changing ultra-high leverage intros(state/municipal decision makers, customers, investors, partners)
- work closely with founders on Product and GTM strategy
- provide high touch support to Portco customers
Our nature to match the founding team's enthusiasm (quoting 1 great founder and paraphrasing many others) re: the startup’s vision, product, and potential engenders deep Founder<>Investor affinity and alignment.
Founders sense that we genuinely care for them as precious individuals 1st, with lives and families—startup founder 2nd.
TEAM
Michael Shor is the founder and solo General Partner at SHOR. After a decade long career in Real Estate, Michael found his true calling in Early Stage Venture.
Michael lives in Miami with his wife and 7 children.
CONTACT US
- DM on Twitter
- mshor [at] shorcapital [dot] com
Dealflow
We syndicate deals in the following scenarios: a) fund not yet launched (or deployable), b) check size too large for fund (average check size allotted to fund; remainder syndicated), or c) follow on check into fund portco.
