Ed Sim
Education
Harvard University
AB, Economics 1989-01-01 - 1993-01-01Work Experience
boldstart ventures
Current
boldstart ventures
Snyk
Current
Snyk
BigID
Current
BigID
Protect AI
Current
Protect AI
Kustomer
Current
Kustomer
Blockdaemon
Current
Blockdaemon
Superhuman
Current
Superhuman
SecurityScorecard
Current
SecurityScorecard
Front
Current
Front
env0
Current
env0
Skills
Summary
Ed Sim is the founder of boldstart ventures, a dedicated Inception partner to bold technical founders reimagining the enterprise. Ed serves on the boards of Snyk, BigID, Tessl, Blockdaemon, and other top cybersecurity and infrastructure startups. Other notable inception investments include Protect AI (acquired by Palo Alto Networks for $700M), Kustomer (acquired by Meta for reported $1B), Superhuman, Security Scorecard, and Front. He also co-founded MState, an enterprise blockchain lab in partnership with IBM, where early investments include Fireblocks. Ed has been a Forbes Midas Seed List Top 10 investor for three consecutive years and ranked No. 1 in Business Insider’s Seed 100 in 2023 and 2024. He also authors What’s 🔥 in Enterprise IT/VC, a popular newsletter on venture capital, enterprise tech, and startup building. Before boldstart, Ed co-founded Dawntreader Ventures in 1998, leading inception investments and serving on the boards of Greenplum (acquired by EMC, later Pivotal IPO), GoToMeeting (acquired by Citrix), and LivePerson (IPO). He began his career at J.P. Morgan, where he worked on quantitative trading models, and learned the art of sales selling Cutco Knives during college. Ed graduated from Harvard College and played on the D1 lacrosse team for four years.
