The infrastructure for the next era of business is being built. The founders who will use it to transform how we build, move, diagnose, and sell are still emerging. Monsoon backs them; domain experts leveraging AI to reshape the core industries that drive the Everyday Economy. We're operators and builders. We know these sectors. We know where the real friction is.
While most organizations are using AI in one function, insiders see where it reshapes entire workflows and rebuilds entire industries. Even the most capable AI needs the right context to work inside a specific sector.
What these founders need is capital from people who understand their industry, and a network that reaches the customers, partners, and acquirers already inside it. That is what we have spent decades building.
- We invest at pre-seed and seed
- We source through relationships in industrial and tech hubs across the US
- We back founders who know their industry from the inside
- We bring decades of operating experience
- We have a deep partner network across geographies & industries
- We aspire to work with great people motivated by curiosity & change
People
Firm
Venture Partners & EIRs
- Dan Burns
- Tim Strother
- Brad Corrion
- Gregg Davis
- Jane Sorenson Herthel
- Jeff Terrill
- Craig Mercure
- Mike Tilton
- Chris Richardson
- Eric Lindquist
- Kul Bhushan
- Cathy Eckstein
- Eric Stern
- Stephanie Sims (EIR)
Advisory Board
Perspectives
Press
- Unfished Ponds: The best founders are usually heads-down where the capital isn't.
- Arizona Venture Alliance
Portfolio
Invested 2024
- Neon — Driving the future of retail customer engagement.
- Fovus — AI-powered serverless high performance compute (HPC).
- Censyn — Pioneering mobile health screening and diagnostics.
- DashLX — Turning lived data into better living.
- Hypergame — Asymmetric cyber defense for the AI era.
- AlgoFace — Computer vision AI for beauty and wellness.
- Carbon Capture — Direct air carbon capture for a net zero future.
- Chief — Turning raw data into proactive, actionable insights.
Invested 2025
- Schola — Unleveling enrollment, retention, and financial stability.
- AisleAI — Actionable insights for brands, retailers, and distributors.
- Researchify Health — Automating engagement & recruitment for clinical trials.
- Amby — Intelligent relationship platform for on-the-go dealmakers.
- Notary Everyday — Automated notarization fulfillment for real estate transactions.
Invested 2026
- Helia — The smart network streamlining medical device transactions.
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We invest at pre-seed and seed
- We source through relationships in industrial and tech hubs across the US
- We back founders who know their industry from the inside
People
Venture Partners & EIRs
Advisory Board
- We bring decades of operating experience
- We have a deep partner network across geographies & industries
- We aspire to work with great people motivated by curiosity & change
Companies
Invested 2024
- Neon – Driving the future of retail customer engagement.
- Fovus – AI-powered serverless high performance compute (HPC).
- Censyn – Pioneering mobile health screening and diagnostics.
- DashLX – Turning lived data into better living.
- Hypergame – Asymmetric cyber defense for the AI era.
- AlgoFace – Computer vision AI for beauty and wellness.
- Carbon Capture – Direct air carbon capture for a net zero future.
- Chief – Turning raw data into proactive, actionable insights.
Invested 2025
- Schola – Unleveling enrollment, retention, and financial stability.
- AisleAI – Actionable insights for brands, retailers, and distributors.
- Researchify Health – Automating engagement & recruitment for clinical trials.
- Amby – Intelligent relationship platform for on-the-go dealmakers.
- Notary Everyday – Automated notarization fulfillment for real estate transactions.
Invested 2026
- Helia – The smart network streamlining medical device transactions.
