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GoAhead Ventures

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About Company
GoAhead Ventures is an early stage Venture Capital fund based in Silicon Valley.

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founded date

01.01.2015

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IPO status

Private

Description

The firm manages over $100M in AUM and invests in pre-seed, seed-stage, and early-stage technology companies. They prioritize working with entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of their company and have a streamlined process for founders to pitch their company via their website. All three managing partners review every submission and provide a rapid decision the day after a full partner pitch. They lead around 40 deals per year and were founded in 2007.
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Financials

Investments
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Date 
name 
Lead 
type 
Raised 
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$3M
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People

Founders
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Clancey Stahr
Clancey Stahr

Clancey Stahr

Clancey is a Managing Partner at GoAhead Ventures. Clancey led our investments in VideoAmp, Popular Pays, and Charlie. Clancey brings expertise in sourcing Stanford entrepreneurs and adTech deals for the fund. Clancey is on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List for 2017. Previously while at ZenShin Capital, Clancey successfully led and realized an investment in Strikingly, as well as managing key holdings such as Hackerrank and Audyssey. While at Stanford, Clancey helped operate Stanford’s business association for entrepreneurial students (BASES.)

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GoAhead Ventures
GoAhead Ventures

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Clancey Stahr

Phil Brady
Phil Brady

Phil Brady

Phil is a Managing Partner at GoAhead Ventures. Phil led our investments in Gameflip, Collectly, FANCHEST, and Rainway Phil was previously on the deal team at Andreessen Horowitz, where he focused on IoT and crypto. Phil has also spent time working at tech startups such as Airware and Xapo, as well as PE/VC firms such as Lindsay Goldberg in NY and Inventure Oy in Finland.

current job

GoAhead Ventures
GoAhead Ventures

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Phil Brady

Takeshi Mori
Takeshi Mori

Takeshi Mori

TK is a Managing Partner at GoAhead Ventures. TK led our investments in Alpha-MRI, Talkable, and BigLeaf. TK brings expertise in hardware investments and helping companies with Japanese market expansion if needed. TK has three IPOs and 5 M&A exits from previous investments. TK has over twenty five years of investment, engineering, entrepreneurship, and U.S.-Japan operations experience. Prior to GoAhead, TK was co-founder and managing director of ZenShin Capital. TK also served as an advisor to the venture capital operation of Tudor Capital Japan, and a Vice President at OnFiber Communications Inc (acquired by Qwest).

current job

GoAhead Ventures
GoAhead Ventures

organization founded

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Takeshi Mori

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David Yun

David Yun

Venture Capital Scout

Takeshi Mori

Takeshi Mori

Managing Partner

Phil Brady

Phil Brady

Managing Partner

Clancey Stahr

Clancey Stahr

Managing Partner

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