Dasein Capital

Dasein Capital is a venture capital firm based in New York, New York, focusing on seed-stage investments in machine learning and AI startups. The firm offers a community-based incubator framework, providing strategic and operational support from ideation through Series A financing. Dasein Capital's mission is to work closely with entrepreneurs to mitigate risk and bring a distinct advantage to portfolio companies by sharing authentic experiences gained from launching and growing successful machine learning and AI-powered businesses. The firm's investment approach emphasizes quality and consistency, aiming to create high-performing, profitable businesses that deliver significant returns to investors. Dasein Capital's portfolio includes companies such as SymetryML, BioSymetrics, Start Left® Security, Prescient AI, Inverted AI, VeridianML, interviewIA, Stitch3D, Multitude Insights, Syntrillo, MarketReader, TalentBloom Healthcare, Pollen, Sidetime, ThoughtForge, TrueToForm, Geogentia, engageSimply, Canary Speech, and OmniSpeech. The firm's managing partners and advisor community leverage their prior success as founders to support portfolio companies in navigating the challenges of building and scaling machine learning and AI startups. Dasein Capital's unique approach helps entrepreneurs bridge the gap between sophisticated ML and AI technologies and real-world applications, enabling the creation of high-performing, profitable businesses that deliver significant returns to investors. The firm's team includes Scott Russo, Managing Partner; Dustin O'Dell, Managing Partner; Charlie Ko, Partner and COO; Aoife Manley, Principal; and Thomas Redmond, Entrepreneur in Residence. Together, they bring a wealth of experience in entrepreneurship, technology, and investment to support the firm's mission and strategy.