1S

1Sharpe Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

AUM

$2.1B

Portfolio

23+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage fund investing in frontier/AI and enterprise software, often at pre-seed with conviction checks.

Meet the Team

RB

Rob Bloemker

Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer

credit
real estate
strategic loan and real estate investments

Rob leads 1Sharpe’s Investment Committee and is a member of its Operating Committee. Rob was instrumental in designing the firm’s investment strategy and has been actively involved in strategic loan and real estate investments since 2016. Before co-founding 1Sharpe, Rob spent nearly 30 years investing in bonds, loans, and real estate.

GW

Gregor Watson

Co-Founder

real estate
strategic investments
real estate innovation

Gregor is a member of 1Sharpe’s Investment and Operating Committees, leads many strategic investments for 1Sharpe, and generates substantial investment opportunities through his network of real estate operators, real estate lenders and real estate entrepreneurs. Prior to co-founding 1Sharpe, Gregor co-founded and is Chairman of Roofstock, an online marketplace for single family rental homes backed by Khosla Ventures and Bain Capital.

GM

Ginny Miller

Partner

venture investing
platform strategies

Ginny oversees venture investing and 1SV platform strategies. Prior to 1SV, Ginny led Ventures at Jamestown, a $12Bn real estate private equity firm. She has also worked on real estate technology initiatives at Apple, Fifth Wall Ventures, and Harvard University after starting her career in product design. Ginny received her MBA from Harvard Business School and studied Engineering at Dartmouth.

KC

Kathleen Collins

Partner

proptech
venture investing

Prior to joining 1SV’s investment team, Kat spent 5+ years as a proptech investor and consultant: COO at Shelter Acquisition Corp, a proptech-focused SPAC sponsor, investor at Metaprop and Fifth Wall, and consultant to startups such as Zeus Living. Kat started her venture career at Industry Ventures, a multi-stage generalist platform. Kat also represents the fourth generation of her family’s real estate development company. She holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
SaaS
Developer Tools
Other
Security
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (23)

Other

SC

Scale AI

AI infrastructure
FL

Flock Safety

AI-enabled security operations
RO

Roofstock

The leading online marketplace for investing in residential real estate assets, facilitating nearly $3bn in transactions on the platform.

LE

Lessen

A repair, maintenance and renovation marketplace and fintech platform for the residential real estate industry.

FL

Flock

Redefining mom-and-pop real estate assets and retirement solutions for landlords: powering exchanges of assets for shares in a managed real estate portfolio.

AL

AllieHealth

BI

Bitso

CA

Casafari

CO

Cottage

CR

Creative Juice

How to pitch 1Sharpe Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Rob Bloemker, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer.
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