Jun 1Meet Eniac’s newest team member: Owen Chunby Anthony Ha We’ve got a new face on the Eniac roster, with Owen Chun joining us as an investor working with our co-founder Tim Young. Owen grew up near New York City in the town of Hastings-on-Hudson. He caught the startup bug early, launching his own online business focused…Eniac Ventures2 min readEniac Ventures2 min read
Apr 3Why we invested in Model-Primeby Kristin McDonald and Vic Singh We’re pleased to share the news that our portfolio company Model-Prime has emerged from stealth and raised $3.3 million in funding from Eniac Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, and Quiet Capital. Founders Arun Venkatadri and Jeanine Gritzer were both veterans of the self-driving industry at companies…Eniac Ventures2 min readEniac Ventures2 min read
Mar 30Remembering the Eniac Sixby Regan Gore The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer — the world’s first non-mechanical, general-purpose computer — was unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Electrical Engineering on February 15, 1946. John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert, the hardware engineers who designed the computer (known as ENIAC), have…Eniac Ventures3 min readEniac Ventures3 min read
Mar 23Why we invested in Sutroby Hadley Harris Our portfolio company Sutro officially launched to the public today — and it also announced that it’s raised $2.2 million in funding led by Eniac Ventures. (Check out the fundraising deck on Business Insider.) Sutro is led by an impressive pair of founders: CEO Owen Campbell-Moore, who…Sutro2 min readSutro2 min read
Mar 23Foundational [Open] Ecosystems and the Companies they Spawnby Vic Singh When I look at all the startups I’ve built or backed during my career as a founder and investor, I’ll admit they can seem a bit disconnected, covering everything from social to robotics to genomics to gaming. But as I reflect on my investments, on my own…Startups13 min readStartups13 min read
Mar 9Meet Eniac’s newest team member: Sofia BadalamentiBy Anthony Ha The Eniac team has grown again, with the addition of Sofia Badalameti, who will be working as chief of staff to Eniac co-founder Nihal Mehta. Sofia comes from a family of entrepreneurs. It’s even something she studied at the University of Richmond — along with her B.A…Venture Capital2 min readVenture Capital2 min read
Mar 84 takeaways from ETHDenverby Dan Jaeck This past week, I attended ETHDenver. While no single conference can fully encapsulate a space as broad as web3, it still offered an opportunity to confirm that web3 is alive and well, and to get a sense of what’s top of mind for builders and investors (and…Web32 min readWeb32 min read
Feb 24Eniac Ventures is hiring a Chief of StaffEniac Ventures is an early-stage investment firm headquartered in NYC. Since our formation in 2009, we’ve been committed to backing highly technical founders who embody our values of authenticity, boldness, curiosity, and scrappiness. …Startups3 min readStartups3 min read
Jan 9Why we invested in AttentionBy Hadley Harris I’m excited to share the news that Eniac led a $3.1 million seed funding round in Attention last year, which was announced today in TechCrunch. We love working with repeat founders — and in this case, Attention’s Anis Bennaceur (CEO) and Matthias Wickenburg (CTO) actually used to…Attention2 min readAttention2 min read
Dec 15, 2022Looking back at Eniac’s 2022by Nihal Mehta and Anthony Ha This has been a year of uncertainty, inside and outside the venture industry, but Eniac was as busy as ever. For one thing, we made some exciting additions to the team, with Rifki Zable joining as our Vice President of Finance, and Monica Lim…Eniac Ventures2 min readEniac Ventures2 min read
