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Deep Cloud Ventures

VC
London, UKWebsite

Deep Cloud Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in London, UK investing in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$7.5M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $7.5M

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on AI and cloud computing startups in Europe that provide infrastructure solutions for enterprises.

How Deep Cloud Ventures invests

Deep Cloud Ventures is a vc firm based in London, UK. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise, SaaS. It does not invest in Media, Consumer.

Deep Cloud Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$7.5M per investment.

Deep Cloud Ventures has backed 11 companies in our records, including CloudAI Ltd, Nervana Systems, Freenome.

Meet the Team

LF

Laura Fitzgerald

GP

AI Infrastructure
B2B SaaS
JY

Jerry Yang

Co-Founder

data
cloud
hardware advances

Jerry started AME Cloud Ventures with the belief that data, cloud, and hardware advances will create unprecedented opportunities for great companies to be built. Jerry enjoys meeting and learning from entrepreneurs with big ideas and deep tech. Jerry co-founded Yahoo! in 1995 and served on its Board and as a member of its executive team until 2012. Jerry was instrumental in building Yahoo!’s relationships with Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba and continues to be a thought leader in China and Asia. Jerry currently sits on Board of Directors for Workday and Alibaba.

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Nick Adams

Managing Director

automation
machine learning
software defined infrastructure

Nick joined AME Cloud Ventures in 2012. A techie at heart, he loves geeking out in all forms of automation, machine learning, and software defined infrastructure both in and out of the office. Prior to AME, Nick spent five years in China and India, where he lead business development for Cloud Valley and founded two startups. Nick earned his Masters in Engineering from Imperial College. Nick is taking a step back from investing in new companies in 2020 but remains part of the AME team as Venture Partner.

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Jeff Chung

Managing Director

big thinkers
frontier technologies
manufacturing
biology
infrastructure
consumer experiences

Jeff joined AME Cloud Ventures in 2013. Jeff is passionate about empowering big thinkers and frontier technologies. From manufacturing and biology to infrastructure and consumer experiences (including food!), Jeff believes in a world where data and machine intelligence transform every aspect of life. Prior to AME, Jeff invested in growth stage tech companies at Silver Lake. Jeff earned his BS from UC Berkeley and MBA from Harvard. Jeff currently sits on the Board for Savioke, which deploys autonomous service robots.

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Wretch Chien

Principal

white space innovators
aerospace
intelligent robotics
next-gen medical devices

Wretch joined AME Cloud Ventures in 2014. Wretch is excited about white space innovators and companies that are in large markets with no established competitors such as aerospace, intelligent robotics, and next-gen medical devices. Prior to AME, Wretch created wretch.cc, the first and biggest blogging website in Taiwan. He built and led the team serving 6 billion page views per month before selling the company to Yahoo!. Wretch earned his MBA from Stanford.

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Cathy Luu

Operations Manager

Cathy manages the firm’s operations, organizes special events and assists in portfolio activities. Prior to AME Cloud, Cathy spent nine years at Yahoo! as a Sr. Executive Administrator supporting Jerry.

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Developer Tools
Enterprise
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Media
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (11)

Other

CL

CloudAI Ltd

AI Infrastructure
NE

Nervana Systems

FR

Freenome

EL

Elementum

SY

Synthego

RI

Rigetti Quantum Computing

CA

Capella Space

AC

Accion Systems

CA

Canvas Technology

ME

MegaBots

How to pitch Deep Cloud Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $7.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Laura Fitzgerald, GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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