We build highly specialized,
community-driven venture funds.
Who we are
Investing used to be personal and focused. It's become a numbers game: bigger funds, generalist approaches, and disconnected from founders and community. The fundamentals haven't changed. Great investing still means backing exceptional founders, providing real value, and being in the trenches.
The hard part is doing it at scale while staying specialized.
Batch Ventures operates focused funds powered by communities who know their domains inside out. By indexing into proven networks and verticals, we deliver both diversification, domain expertise and direct impact.
Today, we run two funds built around the world's best networks: Y Combinator and an exclusive network of CTOs and VPEs. Tomorrow, we're scaling this playbook across every vertical where networks and communities can add real value.
Y Combinator Fund
Investing across the top 10% of Y Combinator companies with deep founder network insights.
Why YC Fund
Founder-to-Founder Support
Get backed by someone who's been through YC and built a company. Benefit from real founder experience and empathy.
YC Alumni Community
Access to YC founder network for partnerships, hiring, and knowledge sharing. Your success strengthens the entire community.
Lightning Fast Decisions
90% of decisions within 24 hours. Amazing Bookface reviews from founders. Ongoing support after investment.
Partners
Robin Choy
Founder & Managing Partner
Founder at HireSweet (YC W20). Deep experience in YC ecosystem and community-driven investing. Leverages firsthand knowledge of the Y Combinator process and alumni network.
CTO Fund
Investing in tomorrow's software and AI infrastructure, powered by 60+ CTOs and VPEs.
Why CTO Fund
Your Future Customers
60+ CTOs and VPEs from top Bay Area companies who could become your users, advocates, or design partners.
Product Feedback & Validation
Get direct feedback from experienced technical leaders who understand your market and can validate product-market fit.
Enterprise Introductions
Direct access to enterprise customers through warm introductions from CTOs who can champion your product internally.
LPs
Luca Bonmassar
CTO @ Checkr
Manish Gupta
EVP Engineering @ Coinbase
Surabhi Gupta
CTO @ Klaviyo
Darragh Curran
CTO @ Intercom
Loic Houssier
CTO @ Superhuman
Gaurav Agarwal
CTO @ GetYourGuide
Avinash Gangadharan
CTO @ Turo
Sue Nallapeta
CTO @ 23andMe
Lask Srini
VP Engineering @ Rippling
Puneet Saraswat
VP Engineering @ Harness
Ian Nowland
ex SVP Eng @ Datadog
Ankur Sinha
CTO @ Remitly
Partners
Quang Hoang
Partner, Batch Ventures
Founder and CEO who built one of the strongest CTOs & VP Engineering communities with his first company Plato. Leading our technical infrastructure investments with deep understanding of developer tools, infrastructure, and enterprise software.