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Richard Socher

Richard Socher

Co-Founder & Managing Partner atAIX VenturesCalifornia
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Richard Socher is the founder and managing partner of AIX Ventures. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Recursive and you.com.

What Richard can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series ACan lead the round
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

AIX Ventures writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. MetaMind · CEO/CTO
  2. Salesforce · Chief Scientist and EVP
  3. Stanford · adjunct professor
  4. AIX Ventures · founder and managing partner
    Now
  5. you.com · CEO/Founder
  6. Recursive · CEO/Co-Founder

Companies founded

AIX Venturesyou.comRecursiveMetaMind

Focus

AInatural language processing

Education

Stanford University, Ph.D. in computer scienceTU Dresden, honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing. h. c.)

Also at AIX Ventures

Christopher Manning
Christopher ManningGeneral Partner
Anthony Goldbloom
Anthony GoldbloomInvestment Partner
Krish Ramadurai
Krish RamaduraiPartner
Nick Crance
Nick CrancePartner
Jason McBridePartner

Partners like Richard

At firms with a similar stage, sector and check size.

Ben Ling
Ben LingGeneral Partner, Bling Capital
Matthew VolosinPartner, Caffeinated Capital
Daniel Blomquist
Daniel BlomquistFund Partner, Creandum
Eric Chin
Eric ChinPartner and Alpha Founder, Crosslink Capital
Amy Fu
Amy FuPartner, First Round Capital
Brett GibsonManaging Partner, Initialized Capital

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One email when Richard's firm raises a fund, adds a partner or shows new activity.

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Questions

Who is Richard Socher?

Richard Socher is the founder and managing partner of AIX Ventures. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Recursive and you.com.

How much does Richard Socher invest?

Richard Socher invests through AIX Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Richard Socher?

A warm intro from a founder AIX Ventures backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Richard Socher do before AIX Ventures?

CEO/CTO at MetaMind; Chief Scientist and EVP at Salesforce; adjunct professor at Stanford; CEO/Founder at you.com; CEO/Co-Founder at Recursive.

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