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Quansight Initiate

qi.ventures

Early-stage venture capital firm investing in startups that rely significantly on open-source technology, with particular interest in education, IoT, data-management, data-science, machine-learning, and AI across any market segment. Primary geographic focus is Texas and Utah.

Check Size

Not specified

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

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Investment Thesis

Quansight Initiate believes in identifying and supporting startups that leverage open-source technology to solve industry problems. Their approach is grounded in deep experience commercializing open-source solutions, with a focus on helping entrepreneurs ‘successfully organize and execute on the demand for innovative solutions to industry problems that leverage the power of open-source communities.’ The firm takes an active role in portfolio company development, leveraging their combined 30+ years of open-source technology and commercialization expertise.

What Sets Them Apart

  • 30+ years of combined open-source technology and commercialization experience among partners
  • Team includes Travis Oliphant, creator of NumPy, SciPy, Conda, and Numba, and founder of Anaconda
  • Deep connections in Texas and Utah markets with willingness to invest in aligned companies elsewhere
  • Active hands-on approach to portfolio company development and support
  • Specific expertise in helping organizations leverage open source effectively at scale

Portfolio Highlights

OpenTeams

Open Source Collaboration

Vertalo

Fintech

SaveDay

Fintech

Anaconda

Data Science Ml

Tenavox

Iot Audio

AutoAuto

Ai Ml

Canary Speech

Education Ai

Eventador

Data Management

+ 13 more companies in their portfolio

Investment Team

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