We invest before anyone else has. The company is usually a team, a product in progress, and a reason it has to exist.
About
An early-stage venture firm.
W² backs founders at pre-seed and earlier with a first check, then spends the next six months inside the company pushing it to grow. We keep the portfolio short so the work stays real.
How we invest
Our stage is the beginning. If a round already has a name and a lead, we are late.
A few companies at a time. A firm that is in a handful of companies can actually be in them.
Six months inside the company after the check, pushing it to grow exponentially: team, customers, and the next round.
Team
Entrepreneurs helping startups.
Everyone at W² has built a company before helping with one. The firm is founders and operators who remember what the first year costs, now spending their weeks inside other people's companies.
Foundersat W²
- Built
- Started companies, took them from the first customer to a priced round, and know what the first year costs.
- Now
- Make the first-check decisions and sit in the weekly session with every company in the six months.
Operatorsat W²
- Built
- Ran growth, hiring, and the whole operation at companies going from a handful of people to hundreds.
- Now
- Run the acceleration program and the hiring-ahead-of-demand work inside portfolio companies.
Buildersat W²
- Built
- Designed first products, shipped weekly for years, and turned rough ideas into things people use.
- Now
- Embed with companies for the sprint that matters: the product, the site, the deck.
Operators, designers, recruiters, and counsel from the firm's network join the work as each company needs them.
Portfolio
A short list of companies, each with a first check from W² and the six months after it. See the companies.
Contact
Founders: pitch the firm.