Investment Team

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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.

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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Matt Thoms

Principal based in Boston

Matt draws from his experience both investing in and operating early-stage tech startups to empower founders in tech-enabled businesses. A mechanical engineer by training, Matt was previously VP of Investments for five years, working to develop, operate, and finance startups across a number of sectors.

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.