Introducing @OriginalisAI — the AI native system of work for venture, designed from first principles for our craft.
It unifies judgment, diligence, networks, research, insights, and messaging into a single system to drive conviction with speed and depth — so investors can focus on the real work with founders.
Built with Arsalaan, @imkwame, @Malik212598, @Kram146, @RohanSukhdeo, @ujjwaljainnn
snapshot of the @OriginalisAI sector knowledge graph — core schema for how we mine deals and expertise to help build conviction - faster and deeper.
iterating with @Kram146
AI and the Art of Venture — Part III: The Critical Eye
In Part III of our series, me and my co-founder @RohanSukhdeo at @OriginalisAI unpack how AI agents—driven by chain-of-thought reasoning—can amplify a GP’s critical eye at every stage.
We are excited to welcome four incredible founding engineers—Mark Dijkstra @Kram146, Arsalaan Ansari, Malik Khan @Malik212598 and Ujjwal Jain @ujjwaljainnn —to the Originalis team!
Collectively, they bring years of experience building with modern, composable architectures and are ready to push the boundaries of what’s possible at the intersection of software, AI and private capital.
We are thrilled for what’s ahead. Let’s crush!l
Platform 2.0 - AI Powered, Boutique and Built for Leverage
Now any VC firm—big or small—can run a high impact platform without the overhead. Built by @OriginalisAI
Today marks two full-circle moments in my journey as an investor and builder:
📘 Joining the Leadership Team at RRE Ventures
Nearly 20 years ago I started my venture capital career at @RRE learning the craft of investing. Today, I am honored to return as a General Partner, working alongside @bikenyc@jdrive@porteous@rajurishi — longtime collaborators who have deeply influenced my approach to venture. Together we will serve founders from inception through growth and beyond.
⛏️ Announcing Originalis $5M Seed Round
I am pumped to be teaming up once again with @gbildson@imkwame cofounders of our last startup @kanvas along with @RohanSukhdeo to build @OriginalisAI - The Intelligent Composable Operating System for the Private Capital Markets.
Our $5M seed round was led by @RRE with support from incredible investors including @CorrelationVC@flybridge@NextWaveNYC@zelda_ventures@w_kylehendrick along with a host of awesome operators and investors including @brettdg@brett1211@shafqatislam@_yusefk and more
Both full-circle moments are deeply personal - the culmination of years of tribal knowledge transformed into a platform that amplifies the art of the business - built alongside my previous cofounders and backed by the firm I am rejoining that gave a young scrappy engineer a shot at the business.
Let us get after it 2025. History is written by the victors 💪🏿