It takes a decade to build a great company.
Our mission is to make sure founders are shining brightly for the full journey.
We invest early, bring conviction and help relentlessly. Typical check size is $100k - $500k.
If you could have one angel, get Kulveer. He's closed pivotal early hires that were on the fence, took hours to talk through difficult situations, and game-planned our fundraising strategy. Communicating with him feels like getting advice from an experienced founder friend, not an investor. Kulveer's always in your corner and fighting for you (even on Sunday night calls) — he genuinely cares. I couldn't speak higher of him.
We're lucky to have Kulveer on board. He helped us win a key early customer a month after investing, helped re-calibrate our hiring efforts at an important inflection point, and as a former founder, is someone I feel comfortable having truly important conversations with. We feel like we can ask him anything.
Zeus Living (YC S11) was my moonshot. Zero to $450M revenue, $200M raised, pandemic pivots, layoffs and ultimately, a 2023 sale to Blueground. Good, but not the independent company outcome I wanted. I've lived every founder extreme: pivot hell, blitzscaling, cofounder turnover, board pressure. I now channel those scars into an unfair edge for the next wave of YC founders.
I've been a part of the YC ecosystem for 18 years. I've cofounded companies with Patrick and John Collison, Harj Taggar and Tom Blomfield, and written 200+ post YC checks. Phosphor Capital exists to turn that lived insight into being the best investor in YC companies. Phosphor Capital launched in January 2024 with a $17M Fund I.
