Powerset

Where top founders get
$1M+ for angel investing

Founders in Powerset

Spencer Kimball

Spencer Kimball

Co-Founder & CEO of Cockroach $633M raised including Benchmark

Anton Osika

Anton Osika

Co-Founder & CEO of Lovable $552M raised including Creandum

Paul Copplestone

Paul Copplestone

Co-Founder & CEO of Supabase $500M raised including Coatue

George Sivulka

George Sivulka

Founder & CEO of Hebbia $128M raised including Index

Akshat Bubna

Akshat Bubna

Co-Founder & CTO of Modal $110M raised including Amplify

Caitlin Colgrove

Caitlin Colgrove

Co-Founder & CTO of Hex $102M raised including Amplify

Jordan Tigani

Jordan Tigani

Co-Founder & CEO of MotherDuck $100M raised including a16z

Asta Li

Asta Li

Co-Founder & CTO of Privy Acquired by Stripe

Savin Goyal

Savin Goyal

Co-Founder & CTO of Outerbounds $24M raised including Amplify

Noor Siddiqui

Noor Siddiqui

Founder & CEO of Orchid $16M raised including Village Global

David Li

David Li

Co-Founder & CEO of Meliora $11M raised including Pebblebed

Tom Hacohen

Tom Hacohen

Founder & CEO of Svix $10M raised including A16Z

Travis McPeak

Travis McPeak

Co-Founder & CEO of Resourcely $8M raised including Felicis

Wes McKinney

Wes McKinney

Creator of pandas

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
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
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