Where top founders get
$1M+ for angel investing
Founders in Powerset
“Powerset is ducking awesome. It takes me three minutes to write a $500k check.”
Jordan Tigani, Co-Founder & CEO of MotherDuck
What Founders Get
- Their own $1M fund (paying 15% carry)
- A path to unlock $15M+ for follow-ons and future funds
- Real-time feedback and coaching on investments
- A community of elite founders and mentors to learn from
- Full-stack legal & back-office support, so founders stay focused on their company
- No pressure to invest; founders go at their own pace
“Powerset is a great way to support other founders while I remain 100% focused on Supabase.”
Paul Copplestone, Co-Founder & CEO of Supabase
Become a Better Founder
Top founders choose Powerset as it complements company-building.
Get better at operating from sitting on the other side of the table
Become more knowledgeable by backing emerging technologies
Learn from a peer group of elite founders in Powerset
No incremental time commitment; founders back companies they’d be helping anyway
“I love supporting exceptional technical founders, both to fast-track my own learnings and as a way to pay it forward.”
Savin Goyal, Co-Founder & CTO of Outerbounds + co-creator of open-source Metaflow
Team
Jake & Jonathan started Powerset to support “founders backing founders.”

Jake Zeller
Started online venture funds at AngelList
Provided founders with over $200M to start investing
Formerly a Partner in Spearhead from the program’s inception

Jonathan Swanson
Founder & Chairman of Thumbtack & Athena
Scaled both companies to 1,000+ team members worldwide
Raised over $700M from Sequoia, Google, Blackstone and others
Investments include Seed/A rounds in Mercury, Scale AI, Talkdesk and 100+ more
“Jake & Jonathan have an incredibly high bar for investing. I had invested in 25+ companies prior to Powerset and am still learning a lot from them.”
Travis McPeak, Co-Founder & CEO of Resourcely













