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Technical founders
People who can build the first version themselves and who treat engineering as a competitive advantage, not a cost centre.
Investments
Capital for founders building what comes next.
Alongside our own ventures, Purple Horizon backs early-stage technology companies. We invest our own capital, on our own timeline, in sectors we know as engineers.
What we look for
Conviction before consensus.
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Real problems
Products that someone needs and will pay for. We care more about a clear customer than a large slide-deck market.
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Capital discipline
Companies that can go a long way on a little, and that see revenue as the best source of funding.
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Sectors we understand
Software, AI, financial technology, cloud and data infrastructure, and blockchain: the same ground our own ventures and engineering work cover.
How we invest
Patient, direct and useful.
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Our own capital
We invest from our own balance sheet. There is no outside fund, no fund clock, and no pressure to force an outcome on someone else’s timetable.
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Early
Our focus is the earliest stages, when a small cheque and a clear-eyed technical view are most useful.
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Minority and founder-friendly
Founders run their companies. We look for simple terms and minority positions, and we do not ask for control.
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Engineering help
Where a founder wants it, we bring more than money: architecture reviews, hiring judgement and hands-on engineering help.
Portfolio
Concentrated by choice.
We would rather back a few companies properly than many thinly. Our investment portfolio is built to be small enough that every founder in it has our attention, and long-dated enough that nobody is rushed.
Important information
Not an offer.
Purple Horizon Ventures LLC invests only its own capital. It is not an investment fund, does not manage money for others, and is not seeking outside investors. It is not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer.
Nothing on this site is an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security, and nothing here is investment, legal, or tax advice.
For founders
Building something in a sector we know?