Prototype is a solo-GP fund led by @andreasklinger.
  • $100k – $200k
  • first-check, first-round, pre-seed
  • we frequently help setting up the round
  • globally, with a focus on Bay Area, Europe and India
  • 15-20 investments per year
  • technically ambitious projects with unique mindshare
Funds that invest with or after us: and many many more.
Stuff we believe
  • Global talent should have global opportunities.
  • Europe will realize its potential as #1 deep-tech hub.
  • India will be a global super-power in the next decade.
  • Technology is our tool to improve the world.
  • Big genius ideas evolve from stupid small ideas.
  • Shipping > Building > Talking.

Portfolio

CV / 3D / VR
  • lumalabs.ai - fundational AI models for 3D & video (first-check)
  • simulon.com - VFX pipeline as an app (seed)
  • shapesxr.com - VR prototyping (seed)
  • hero.st - marketplace using CV + AI (first-check)
  • stealth (pre-seed)
AI / DATA
  • dust.tt - LLM assistant platform for enterprises (first-round)
  • crewai.com - AI for hiring (first-round)
  • structify.ai - autonomous retrevial agents (first-check)
  • lmnt.com - text-to-speech models (first-round)
  • atlas.co - mapbox meets figma meets databases (first-round)
  • qatalog.com - data insights meets intranet (first-round)
  • useplumb.com - no-code AI pipeline builder (first-round)
  • tabula.io - no-code data-pipeline meets spreadsheet (first-round)
DEV / INFRA
  • fly.io - globally distributed hosting (first-round)
  • xata.io - postgres meets elasticsearch as a service (first-round)
  • getdx.com - engineering intelligence platform (first-round)
  • upstash.com - on-edge databases (first-round)
  • plural.sh - clusters without clusterf…ks (seed)
  • swell.is - headless e-commerce platform (first-check)
  • webstudio.is - opensource visual website builder (first-check)
  • metomic.io – data security software (first-check on pivot)
  • partykit.io - global realtime sockets (first-check)
  • zed.dev - code editor done right (first-round)
GLOBAL COMPLEXITY
GLOBAL WORK
SPACE / ROBOTICS
FINANCE
PRODUCT SAAS
  • rivet.tax - tax advisory for startups (first-check)
  • adalo.com - no-code app builder (seed)
  • softr.io - no-code website builder (seed)
  • folk.app - airtable meets CRM (seed)
  • docjuris.com - contract review software (first-round)
  • grain.com - conversation intelligence tooling (first-round)
  • blaze.ai - content marketing on steroids (first-round)
COMMUNITY
OTHER
  • hammr.com - vertical saas for construction firms (first-round)
  • braindump.me - bonkers AI-based game generator (first-round)
  • rarebase.com - medicine discovery via lab+AI (first-round)
COMMERCIAL OPENSOURCE
  • cal.com - opensource scheduling infrastructure (first-round)
  • documenso.com - opensource signing infrastructure (first-check)
… and many more.


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