Defining What's Next
Deep Tech. No Early Exits. No BS.
Since 2019, we've partnered with founders building the infrastructure of tomorrow.
Our Philosophy
We believe in the convergence of asymmetric information arbitrage and founder-market resonance. Our thesis is simple: back exceptional humans solving problems that don't exist yet, in markets that haven't been invented, with technology that defies categorization.
"We don't invest in companies. We invest in inevitabilities."
— Chad Vanderbilt VI, Managing Partner
Foci
New Verticals
Re-underwriting innovations that bring smart contract systems to underlooked verticals, luxury entertainment, and n-sided marketplace solutions.
Artificial Supra-Intelligence
Generative meta-layers for developers that allow intelligent distributed systems to operate at scale.
What Is Next
Hard and deep tech. Multi-hour diligence sessions. Finding n=1 overlooked opportunities that provide backbone for "What is Next" in the global economy.
Positions
Synapse
Allow disparate AI systems to establish semantic consensus without human intervention.
Missionary
Enabling AI systems to refactor their own decision trees based on real-world feedback loops.
DeepSpace
Precise and repeated entry of satellites and ships in and out of planetary orbits.
What Founders Say
"Seminal didn't just write a check — they rewired our DNA. Chad personally spent 47 minutes with us."
"Most VCs ask about revenue. Seminal asked about our souls. That's when I knew they were different."
"Anyway, that's why we rewrote the entire codebase in Rust. The type system just makes more sense for orbital insertion."
Team
Investment Team
Chad Vanderbilt VI
Managing Partner
Chad Vanderbilt VI
Managing Partner
Former Principal at Nepo Capital. Ex-Meta, Ex-Google, ex-X.
Yoni Sulzberger
Managing Partner
Yoni Sulzberger
Managing Partner
Serial entrepreneur with multiple exits. Business advisor. Remote work advocate.
Richard Weekly
General Partner
Richard Weekly
General Partner
Former tech founder. Emerging technology specialist.
Platform & Operations
Kimberly King
Operations Lead
Kimberly King
Operations Lead
Former operations director at Stripe. Process optimization expert.
Maria Rodriguez
Operations Lead
Maria Rodriguez
Operations Lead
Previously led operations at Plaid. Scaling specialist.
Emma Thompson
Operations Lead
Emma Thompson
Operations Lead
Ex-McKinsey operations consultant. Efficiency expert.
Jennifer Park
Operations Associate
Jennifer Park
Operations Associate
Former operations lead at Dolce and Gabana. Process automation expert.
Connect
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