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Dan von Kohorn

Founder & Managing Partner
Investor Boston
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Background
  • 14 founding/co-founding experiences across his career
  • 10 exits totaling $900M+ in enterprise value
  • Sold companies in IP exchange, financial data, online education, and data pipelines
  • Princeton University — Physics, Economics, Math (thesis on efficient market hypothesis using ML)
  • JP Morgan Asset Management (1997) — Fixed Income Analyst
  • Apt Capital / VKRA — Portfolio Manager of a computational commodity fund for 7 years
  • Mediatech Capital Partners (2002-2023) — Director of Technology Investments, 20 years
  • Co-founder of Rhombus (2016-2021) — Data pipeline company, acquired by Chainlink
  • Wolfram Ventures (2016-2018) — President & CEO
  • Co-founder of Beacon Angels (2006-2013)
  • Participated in 35+ tech startups
Investment Focus
  • Software and AI
  • Financial services, healthcare, education, supply chain, defense
  • Early-stage companies with strong technical foundations
Notable Investments

Anduril, Epirus, Rilla, Mastra, Empirical Health, Rappi, studyOS, Lupa, Fidu, Sytrex, Epsilon3, Writesonic, Fortify, and many others.

AI Agent Relevance
  • Strong fit — Broom Ventures explicitly focuses on software and AI
  • His physics/math background and ML thesis work mean he can evaluate technical AI deeply
  • Portfolio includes AI companies (Writesonic, Mastra) showing active interest in the AI space
  • 2 unicorn exits (Anduril, Epirus) demonstrate he picks winners in deep tech
  • His own technical background (14 founding experiences, GitHub presence) means he appreciates builder-founders
  • Defense and supply chain focus could be relevant if your AI agent has applications in those verticals
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