Tailwind Ventures Capital is an AI (artificial intelligence) focused early-stage venture firm (from pre-seed to Series B) .
We invest across software, deep-tech, robotics, fin-tech, and digital media start-ups that solve challenging problems with scalable AI-driven solutions.
Email: Tailwindvc@gmail.com (we welcome people to send their pitch decks over)
We have a systematic rating system to select good start-ups to back.
- Team (why founders are the best-fit people to build this product)
- Product and Market Fit
- Market Trend (why timing is now)
- Traction (what are evidence for the team ability to execute)
- Co-investors and strategic partnership
We bring a diverse set of experience and skills on the table. We have experience in reviewing more than 150 start-up companies. Through researching massive amount of deals and industries, we have developed a robust framework in evaluating the founders and companies. We sourced our deals from many software engineers and product managers friends in Silicon Valley. We built a research database that contains all the key metrics, valuation, and takeaways from all the deals we have looked at in the past.
William is an investment professional in San Francisco working at a billion-dollars+ AUM Asset Manager. He has experience covering technology companies and has invested in deals worth billions of dollars. He got into VC investing when he was a VC scout for Uphonest Capital. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Economics, Computer Science, and Systems Engineering.
Joseph – Advisor on FinTech and AI
Joseph is a startup founder in the YC S23 batch. He is currently based in San Francisco. Joseph was the first founding employee of VRGL, an AI-first wealth management technology company valued over 100MM. Joseph is an active investor and startup advisor, with rich experience in startup operations and financing. He currently participates in various angel groups, and he has previously worked with a Texas-based family office and ZhenFund. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Anthony - Advisor on Cloud Computing and Web 3
Anthony is a software engineer at Amazon (AWS) based in Los Angeles. He is responsible for payment system at AWS. He can help startups navigate the AWS cloud services and payment landscape to scale and grow. He is also one of many early adopters in Web 3 community and Axie Infinity. He graduated from UIUC with a bachelor in Civil Engineering and USC with a master in Computer Engineering.
- Superplastic - Disney of the Metaverse. Creating a multi-billion dollar character-based IP brand of animated celebs, NFT, designer toys, and digital collectibles
- Outer - the future DTC brand for outdoor furniture
- Percent - AngelList for the $7 trillion private debt markets
- Genesis Therapeutics - AI-powered drug discovery platform
- Hilos.io - Zapier for WhatsApp. Allow any business to automate and build an app on WhatsAppp without any code
- Playbook - #1 platform for fitness instructors, creators
How we add value to startups
- we provide fast and patient capital
- we provide business valuation and strategic consulting
- we have a knowledge base of trends in startup industry
- we encourage founders to talk to customers to build products that people want
- we help market the startup’s product by inviting a broad group of syndicate investors
A16Z
Sequoia Capital
Index Ventures
Founders Fund
Google Ventures
Coatue
Uphonest Capital
YCombinator
Amazon
We are opportunistically sourcing deals and have no minimum target deals
