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General Partner based in Boston

Axel is an experienced entrepreneur and venture capitalist. From 1993 to 2012, Axel was a partner with Atlas Venture, managing over $2.6 billion of investment capital through seven funds. Besides venture capital Axel has been active in the CAD industry, as co-founder of Premise and Onshape, founding investor at SolidWorks and early investor at GrabCAD and Simscale.

Ben Einstein

General Partner based in San Francisco

Ben is an experienced product designer and venture capitalist. He has been directly responsible for bringing a long list of products to market covering diverse sectors including consumer electronics, high-performance audio, sporting goods and green energy.

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Greg McAdoo

General Partner based in San Francisco

Greg joined Bolt as a General Partner in 2017. Previously, Greg was a senior partner at Sequoia Capital for more than 12 years where he led investments in many breakout companies including Y Combinator, AirBnB and Isilon.

Kate McAndrew

Principal based in San Francisco

Kate invests in pre-seed and seed stage startups at the intersection of the digital and physical world. She has a particular affinity toward companies evolving the cultural conversation. She is the founder of Women in Hardware.

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Jeffrey Akiki

Analyst based in San Francisco

Jeffrey has a Masters degree in Applied Analytics from Columbia University. Previously, he worked on the venture team at SeedInvest, and at PwC as an Assurance Associate. He’s interested in applying a data-driven approach to venture capital.