the humans behind the checks

OPERATORS,
builders, BELIEVERS

We're not just capital. Every person here has built something, shipped something, or broken something worth learning from. We back founders because we've lived those exact same moments — the 2am panic and the first real traction.

6 team members
4 ex-founders
2024 founded
meet the team

THE PEOPLE
BEHIND every bet

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SASHA NOVARIS
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General Partner
SASHA NOVARIS

Former CTO at two public companies. 14 years building distributed systems and scaling engineering orgs from 5 to 500. Led investments in 30+ companies since 2018. If there's a whiteboard nearby, Sasha's drawing on it.

Infrastructure Deep Tech
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DR. PRIYA VENN
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General Partner
DR. PRIYA VENN

PhD in computational biology from MIT. Founded and exited two life sciences startups before joining GeneralRealm. She asks the questions founders haven't thought of yet — and that's exactly the point.

Life Sciences BioTech
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MARCUS OSEI
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Partner, Consumer
MARCUS OSEI

Built and scaled consumer products to 100M+ users across two continents. Deep network in the creator economy and gaming. If users love it, Marcus probably spotted it six months before launch.

Consumer Creator Economy
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AISHA KWAME
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Partner, Climate
AISHA KWAME

Ex-McKinsey energy practice. Co-founded a distributed energy startup acquired in 2022. She thinks climate investing is just infrastructure investing with better stakes. Spoiler: she's right.

Climate Energy
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JAMES LEE
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Venture Partner
JAMES LEE

10 years at Sequoia before going independent. Writes the memos nobody else wants to write. James has a sixth sense for when a market is about to break open — and the patience to wait it out.

AI & ML SaaS
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RIYA LIANG
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Principal
RIYA LIANG

Former product lead at a Series B fintech. Joined GeneralRealm in 2024 to get closer to the earliest stage. Riya runs diligence like a founder would — from the inside out. First call everyone wants to make.

FinTech Product
how we show up for founders

THE WAY
WE work

We've been founders, operators, and builders before we were investors. That shapes everything — from the first meeting to the hard conversation at 2am on a Tuesday.

📞
WE PICK UP

Phone calls, Slack messages, emails at 11pm. If you're in it, we're in it with you. No ghosting after the wire.

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WE DIG IN

Real diligence, not pattern matching. We read the code, the contracts, the cap table — and we ask the hard questions early.

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🤝
WE STAY

We show up to the hard board meetings too — not just the celebratory ones. Long-term thinking, always.

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WE'RE HONEST

If we think something's wrong, we say so. Directly, with care. That's what real partnership looks like.

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join the team

OPEN
roles

small team — every single hire really matters to us

INVESTOR, PRE-SEED
Full-time · Remote-first
Investment
PLATFORM & COMMUNITY LEAD
Full-time · Hybrid
Platform
CLIMATE SECTOR ANALYST
Contract · Remote
Research
FOUNDER IN RESIDENCE
Part-time · Rolling basis
Special
always looking for great people

SAY HELLO,
not goodbye

None of the roles above fit but you think you belong here? Just send us a note. The best conversations don't start with a job listing.