Taylor Clauson

Founder & Managing Partner atAbstraction CapitalMissouri

Taylor Clauson is the Founder and Managing Partner of Abstraction Capital. He previously spent seven years at OpenAir Equity Partners investing in data and IoT companies.

What Taylor can write

Writes checks of$100K to $500K
Comes in atPre-seed, SeedMostly follows a lead
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Abstraction Capital writes $100K to $500K checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. OpenAir Equity Partners
  2. Abstraction Capital · Founder & Managing Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Abstraction Capital

Focus

IoTdata

Education

Kauffman Fellows Program

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Who is Taylor Clauson?

Taylor Clauson is the Founder and Managing Partner of Abstraction Capital. He previously spent seven years at OpenAir Equity Partners investing in data and IoT companies.

How much does Taylor Clauson invest?

Taylor Clauson invests through Abstraction Capital, which writes checks of $100K to $500K at pre-seed, seed.

How do I pitch Taylor Clauson?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Taylor in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Abstraction Capital backed works better.

What did Taylor Clauson do before Abstraction Capital?

OpenAir Equity Partners.

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