2048 Ventures
2048 Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Alexandria, VA investing in Other, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 26 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $1.0M
$76M
26+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
Pre-seed/seed fund focused on being an early check for software companies across sectors.
How 2048 Ventures invests
2048 Ventures is a vc firm based in Alexandria, VA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Enterprise, Fintech, Developer Tools.
2048 Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $76M in assets under management.
2048 Ventures has backed 26 companies in our records, including Juniper Square, Relativity Space, Notarize (Proof).
Meet the Team
Sandra Pérez Baos is a Senior Associate at 2048 Ventures. Prior to 2048 Ventures, Sandra was part of the founding leadership team at Nucleate New York, served as a fellow with the Business Development team at NYU Technology Opportunities and Ventures, and helped launch a therapeutics startup during her postdoctoral fellowship at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Alex Iskold is a Founder and a Partner at 2048 Ventures. Alex is a 5x founder, a software engineer, and an investor in over 150 startups. He writes one of the top startup blogs called Startup Hacks. Prior to founding 2048 Ventures, Alex spent 5 years at Techstars as the Managing Director of its NYC program. Alex was also the founder and CEO of Info Lab (acquired by IBM), founder and CEO of GetGlue (backed by USV, RRE, Time Warner), and a Chief Architect of distributed computing startup DataSynapse (acquired by TIBCO).
Julie Wolf is a Partner at 2048 Ventures, where she leads biotech and healthcare verticals. She is an investor in more than 50 startups and is interested in platform technologies and founders transforming human health. Before 2048 Ventures, Julie was Chief Science Officer and a member of the founding investment team at SOSV’s IndieBio New York.
Edward Jin is an Associate at 2048 Ventures. Prior to joining the firm, he invested in student-founded startups across the country at both Crescent Fund and Dorm Room Fund, and helped grow Discipulus Ventures, a hardtech fund in El Segundo. He also spent time at Spero Ventures, where he researched early-stage companies in energy, manufacturing, and robotics.
Zann Ali is a Partner at 2048 Ventures. Prior to 2048 Ventures, Zann was at Putnam Investments, where he worked with the Chief Investment and Operating Officers on investments and special projects. Before Putnam, Zann spent four years at Fidelity Investments, first with the company’s internal strategy team and then with Fidelity Health, an insure-tech startup that he helped launch.
Daniella Cohen is a Principal at 2048 Ventures. Prior to 2048 Ventures, she was a managing partner at Rough Draft Ventures where she invested in student founders across the country. She was a summer associate at Techstars NYC and joined the portfolio company, The Clear Cut (DTC diamond startup) as their Head of Content while the company grew over 100% year-over-year.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (26)
Other
Juniper Square
Relativity Space
Notarize (Proof)
GlossGenius
Aerodome
Soona
Vitally
Nomic Bio
Airspace Link
Impilo
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sandra Pérez Baos, Senior Associate.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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