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Sideband Ventures

VC
Austin, TXWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $3.0M

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on early-stage startups building next-gen semiconductor materials, RF components, and AI infrastructure technologies.

Meet the Team

MK

Markus Kahlbetzer

General Partner & Co-Founder

early-stage
venture capital
founder-led startups
BG

Ben Grabiner

General Partner & Co-Founder

seed stage
creative talent
consumer & creative technologies
EH

Elli Hanson

Principal Investor

human-centred design
product design
consumer technology
brand & marketing tech
HW

Harrison Wright

Investor

early-stage investing
seed/pre-seed deals
AT

Alex Truman

GP

Semiconductors
Advanced Materials

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Deep Tech
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Apps
Social Media

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

MI

MicroEdge Technologies

RF Components
SI

SilicaFlex

Advanced Materials
CA

Candela

Not specified·2024

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

(Description not specified)

K2

K2 Space

Space·2024

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

(Description not specified)

MY

Mysten Labs

Blockchain·2024

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

(Description not specified)

WA

Way

Logistics·Seed / 2024

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

(Description not specified)

ET

EtherFi

Blockchain·DAF / 2024

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

(Description not specified)

VA

Varda

Space·Opportunity / 2024

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

(Description not specified)

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