Swift Ventures

Swift Ventures focuses on applied artificial intelligence at the Seed stage. The firm invests in companies using AI to solve specific enterprise, industrial, and automation problems, rather than backing foundational model developers. This application-layer approach targets measurable efficiency and revenue outcomes.

Investment decisions are led by co-founders and General Partners Brett Wilson and Steve Kim. Both have direct involvement in sourcing, evaluating, and supporting portfolio companies. The firm maintains a lean partnership structure without a large investment committee layer.

Swift explicitly avoids investing in core large language model or generative AI infrastructure plays. The firm believes the most durable returns come from the application layer—startups that integrate AI into specific verticals like manufacturing, logistics, and enterprise software where domain expertise and data create defensibility.

Swift Ventures typically writes initial checks at the Seed stage. While exact check sizes are not publicly disclosed, the firm standardizes around early-stage lead and co-lead positions. Follow-on investments are reserved for portfolio companies demonstrating strong technical and commercial traction.

Yes, Swift Ventures regularly co-invests alongside other seed-stage specialists and occasionally larger multi-stage funds. The firm views syndicate partnerships as a way to expand technical diligence and commercial networks for its companies, particularly in highly specialized industrial AI verticals.