Dan von Kohorn
Founder & Managing Partner
Investor Boston
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