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 Large Language Models Will Reinvent Everything 

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It's not just what you know,
it's who you work with.

Our accomplished network is composed of former industry C-level executives from some of the world's largest Fortune 500 companies, bringing unparalleled expertise.

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Team

Operations, Innovation, and Venture Capital.

The Composite team comprises highly recognized venture professionals, industry executives known for their innovative successes, and highly incentivized advisors from top companies. We intelligently fathom market leaders in our focus sector, gain access to those investments, and help our portfolio companies with our deep industry network.

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Founder

Jim Armstrong

25+ Year Venture Capitalist, Board Member, and Advisor

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Founder

Brandon Levine

Former Head of Innovation, Payments, and Financial Services at Dollar General

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Venture Partner

Karan Chaudhary

10+ Year Venture Investor, Executive and M&A; Board Member and Advisor, CFO of Hero

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Analyst

Ryan Blank

Pennsylvania State Undergraduate, 6+ years working in Venture Capital and with startups

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Strategic Advisors

Recognized Leaders in the Field.

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Andy Jenks

Former General Partner at Drive Capital; Co-Founder of 3 Venture Backed Tech Companies; Engineer instrumental in the development of Amazon Alexa

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Jose Cil

Chairman of JAB Holdings; Chairman of Panera Bread; Board Member at Norwegian Cruise Line; Former CEO of Restaurant Brands International; Former President of Burger King

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Neil Golden

Independent Board Director of Panera; Former CMO McDonald's;

Former Independent Director RBI

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Jason Reiser

Former EVP, CMO at Dollar General; Former Chief Merchant at Family Dollar; Former COO at The Vitamin Shoppe; Former VP at Walmart.

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Andy Murray

Former SVP/Chief Customer Officer ASDA U.K.; Former SVP Marketing Walmart

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Tom O'Boyle

Operating Executive at TruArc Partners;

Former COO at Family Dollar & Dollar Tree; 

President at Sears

SVP at Albertsons

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Matthew Schweickert

Former Chief Strategy Officer at Home Depot; Former SVP at Experian.

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Marisa Thalberg

Chief Customer and Marketing Officer of Catalyst Brands; Former EVP/CMO at Lowe's; Former Global Chief Brand Officer at Taco Bell.

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Amit Jain

Founder and CEO of Bridg; Founder of Google Verticle Search; Founder of Savings.com.

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Kat Cole

CEO and Board Member of Athletic Greens; Former President & COO at Focus Brands.

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Gerald Storch

CEO of Storch Advisors; Former CEO of HBC and Toys"R"Us; Vice Chairman of Target.

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Tom Fisher

Former CTO at EBay; Former CIO at Oracle; Former CIO at SAP.

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Glenn Lucas

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Focus on Entertainment Retail; Former executive at New Line Cinema FOX; Miramax Films.

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Our Portfolio

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Driving Enterprise Value.

Our experienced technology and operations teams partner with large enterprises to implement cutting-edge solutions that drive market leadership. We provide the investment capital to fund these initiatives, ensuring strategic alignment and shared success. This integrated approach enables us to deliver exceptional outcomes for both management teams and investors.

 

The Principals of the Fund are proven experts in their field and have worked hard to assemble a group of private, growing, and sector-leading companies that will represent the changing landscape of technology.

Our mission is to identify, invest in, and support the next generation of companies that will be transformed with large language models and AI agents.
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We are redefining the venture model of the past. By taking an investor-centric approach with a focus on dramatic improvements, our unique business model allows our investments to be placed into a known, in-market leaders.

The Process

We believe our format is the future of private venture investing; a model designed for attentive portfolio assembly with strong advisory boards and market leadership growth, with no focus on "empire" building. Instead, we have directed our efforts to portfolio construction and companies led by exceptional entrepreneurs with strong advisory boards and post-product-market fitness.

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By combining experience and knowledge, we work hands-on with our advisors to identify:​

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  • The most important trends

  • The emerging private companies that will be next-generation leaders 

  • The most thoughtful and dynamic entrepreneurs

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