Technological progress is not inevitable — it's the result of extraordinary talent and tremendous work. We back entrepreneurs and support teams building at the forefront of science and engineering, providing capital, specialized expertise, and technical capabilities to help teams move from concept to scale.
Venture Capital
- We invest in startups turning sci-fi into reality — breakthroughs in energy, materials, medicine, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Small, agile teams armed with cutting-edge tools tackling fundamental challenges.
- Portfolio: 1X Technologies, 4D Sight, Chronicled, Chronosphere, Dockwa, Formant, Odyssey, Polymath Robotics, Science Corp, Skyways, The Org, Volley Automation, WHOOP
- WHOOP — When other firms passed on WHOOP's Series C in 2018, we stepped in as investors and talent partners. Now the most valuable standalone human performance company in the world. "Thursday Ventures has provided more than capital — they have assembled a network of advisors and been a lead recruiter for senior talent, sourcing much of the WHOOP C-Level team." — Will Ahmed, Founder & CEO
- 2 decacorns and 3 unicorns picked from early stage
Talent
- Towerhill Associates, our talent acquisition firm, has recruited engineering, data science, security, sales, product, operations, and AI leaders since 2008. From seed stage through IPO — talent wins.
- 5,000 placements over 15 years
- Select clients: Uber, Shopify, Cloudflare, Plaid, Affirm, Cruise, Snap, Dropbox, Stitch Fix, Chime, Pinterest, UiPath, Luminar, Looker, Yahoo!, Color, Kittyhawk
- Volley Automation — Towerhill placed the CEO and 16 other key hires for this robotics company automating and densifying parking garages for institutional real estate developers. "Towerhill has been critical to Volley's success. Being involved from the ideation stage, Towerhill has placed top engineers who are recognized as experts in their fields." — Jimmy Mulvihill, Founder & Chairman
AI Advisory
- We build AI teams inside companies. Collaborating with the C-suite to define goals, we set up and operationalize teams within weeks, delivering material savings, revenue lift, and new products.
- Sunrun — Built a specialized AI/ML engineering team inside the company, resulting in $100M of combined savings and revenue lift in six months.
Team
- Jared Furtado — Partner. Runs Towerhill Associates (15 years, 5,000+ placements). Led the Thursday Ventures investment in WHOOP. Recognized by Business Insider as a top 10 recruiter that tech companies turn to for CEO and Board searches.
- Matt Sweeney — Partner. Co-founder of Uber's Self-Driving Vehicles Group. Former member of the technical staff at Neuralink. Specializes in robotics and AI.
- Ryan McKillen — Partner. Uber employee #3, later Director scaling engineering to 5,000+ employees. First investor in Chronosphere (unicorn in two years). Co-owner and Chairman of the US SailGP team.
- Chase Keesling — COO & Principal. Nearly ten years of investing, operations, and capital markets experience. Previously Director of Finance & Corporate Development at Volley Automation and Director of Corporate Development at Passport ($150M raised).