San Francisco, CA
Seed-stage fund backing technical founders in developer tools, infrastructure, and applied AI. Known for hands-on early hiring support.
Northwind's whole partnership shows up for portfolio companies. Founder community is real — the Slack alone closed us a key hire and a customer.
Pros
Engaged partnership, strong founder network
Cons
Limited follow-on capital at later stages
Owen passed but told us exactly why within 48 hours and pointed us to two funds that were a better fit. Rare to get a real answer instead of a slow no.
Pros
Fast decision, honest reasoning, helpful referrals
Cons
Wanted more traction than we had; not a fit for pre-revenue
Dvora led our seed and was genuinely useful in the first year — sat in on eng interviews, made intros that closed, and was honest when we were off track. Terms were clean and standard.
Pros
Deep technical network, fast intros, clean term sheet
Cons
Very direct feedback style can sting early on