Compound

Compound is a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and enterprise software companies, backing technical founders building AI-native businesses before they are ready for larger institutional capital. The firm typically invests with initial checks from $500,000 to $2 million at the earliest stages of company formation and product development. Compound brings a technical perspective to its investment process and focuses on companies where the founding team has deep AI or machine learning expertise applied to large market opportunities in enterprise software, developer tools, or consumer technology. Portfolio companies include Descript, the AI-powered audio and video editing platform; Stir, a creator economy platform acquired by YouTube in 2021; Replit, the browser-based collaborative coding platform and AI coding assistant; and Loom, the async video messaging platform acquired by Atlassian for $975 million in 2023. Beyond its original investments in Descript, Stir, Replit, and Loom, the portfolio includes additional AI, developer tools, and enterprise software companies.