Partnering with exceptional founders through selective startup and private market investments.
45 Degree Ventures backs ambitious teams building durable, category-defining businesses. We invest with conviction in startups and private deals where deep diligence, aligned incentives, and long-term partnership create outsized outcomes.
Structured access to high-conviction private market opportunities.
Seed to Series B investments in technology-driven businesses with strong unit economics, defensible moats, and exceptional founding teams.
Selective participation in growth-stage financings and pre-IPO opportunities through proprietary deal flow and trusted co-investor networks.
Structured vehicles providing targeted exposure to curated private deals — from secondary transactions to sector-specific special situations.
We concentrate where technology, capital efficiency, and scale intersect.
A disciplined framework from sourcing to exit.
Proprietary deal flow through founder networks, co-investors, and sector specialists.
Deep commercial, financial, and technical underwriting before capital commitment.
Hands-on support on strategy, hiring, and capital markets when value-add is clear.
Patient holding periods with disciplined return targets and liquidity planning.