# Compound: portfolio, investments and team > Compound is a vc firm based in United States. 79 investments on record, 12 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Compound Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 79 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $4.3M, Aug 2026 VC firm Pre-seed Seed Series A African American Second-generation D&i Follow Compound and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fcompound-4) Deploying now **63%** of best year **12** **cheques in 12 months**, 79 on record Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$7.2M** Rounds led **0 of 79** Sole investor **8 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 68%** Pitch Compound Another investor of this name exists, and we could not establish from the rounds which of them the press meant. Treat the record below as possibly belonging to either. [Tell us which](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=compound-4) if you know. ## Compound highlights - 01 12 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 73% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $2.6M - 04 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > Compound is a Thesis-Driven, Research-Centric Investment Firm From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** African American Second-generation D&i - **Based in:** New York, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **79 appearances** - **2026** 9 rounds - **Sept** **[Polyphron](https://millionrounds.com/company/polyphron)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$20M** With 4 others - **Jun** **[Barma](https://millionrounds.com/company/barma)** Venture · DK **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **May** **[Orbital Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbital-industries)** Series B · GB · Ventureburn **$50M** With 7 others - **May** **[Panthalassa](https://millionrounds.com/company/panthalassa)** Growth · US · TechStartups **$140M** With 26 others - **May** **[Cycles](https://millionrounds.com/company/cycles)** Seed · CH **$6.4M** With 4 others - **Apr** **[proprty.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/proprty-ai)** Seed · DK **$3.3M** Sole investor - **Mar** **[Magrathea](https://millionrounds.com/company/magrathea)** Series A · US **$24M** With 1 other - **Jan** **[Prime Intellect](https://millionrounds.com/company/prime-intellect)** Venture · US **$50M** With 3 others - **Jan** **[The Embryo Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-embryo-corporation)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **2025** 18 rounds - **Dec** **[IMTC](https://millionrounds.com/company/imtc)** Series A · US **$12M** With 2 others - **Nov** **[VRGL](https://millionrounds.com/company/vrgl)** Venture · US **$3.6M** With 2 others - **Nov** **[Arkyn](https://millionrounds.com/company/arkyn)** Seed · DK **$4.6M** Sole investor - **Oct** **[Owlet Baby Care](https://millionrounds.com/company/owlet-baby-care)** US **$30M** With 4 others - **Oct** **[The General Intelligence Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-general-intelligence-company)** Seed · US **$8.7M** With 4 others - **Sept** **[Plural Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/plural-energy)** Seed · US **$7.1M** With 4 others - **Sept** **[DigitalGenius](https://millionrounds.com/company/digitalgenius)** Debt · GB **$5.4M** With 5 others - **Aug** **[The Clearing Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-clearing-company)** Seed · US **$15M** With 4 others - **Aug** **[Hyphen](https://millionrounds.com/company/hyphen)** Series B · US **$25M** With 3 others - **Jul** **[Pear Protocol](https://millionrounds.com/company/pear-protocol)** Seed · GB · TechStartups **$4.1M** With 5 others - **Jul** **[Juvena Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/juvena-therapeutics)** Venture · US **$31M** With 4 others - **Jun** **[Pheiron](https://millionrounds.com/company/pheiron)** Venture · DE **$4.2M** Sole investor - **Apr** **[The General Intelligence Company of New York](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-general-intelligence-company-of-new-york)** Pre-seed · US · AlleyWatch **$2.0M** With 1 other - **Apr** **[Braze](https://millionrounds.com/company/braze)** US **$139M** With 5 others - **Apr** **[General Intelligence Company of New York](https://millionrounds.com/company/general-intelligence-company-of-new-york)** Pre-seed · US **$2.0M** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Manifest](https://millionrounds.com/company/manifest)** Pre-seed · AU **$2.5M** With 2 others - **Feb** **[Achira](https://millionrounds.com/company/achira)** Seed · US **$33M** With 2 others - **Jan** **[NOAT](https://millionrounds.com/company/noat)** Seed · US **$7.0M** With 3 others - **2024** 7 rounds - **Nov** **[Rebag](https://millionrounds.com/company/rebag)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **Oct** **[SuppCo](https://millionrounds.com/company/suppco)** Seed · US **$5.5M** With 3 others - **Sept** **[Aifleet](https://millionrounds.com/company/aifleet)** Series B · US **$17M** With 2 others - **Jul** **[Unioo](https://millionrounds.com/company/unioo)** Seed · DK **$876K** Sole investor - **Jul** **[Briefly Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/briefly-bio)** Pre-seed · GB **$1.2M** With 1 other - **Jun** **[SOOT](https://millionrounds.com/company/soot)** Seed · US **$7.2M** With 3 others - **Jan** **[CellVoyant Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellvoyant-technologies)** Seed · GB **$9.7M** With 3 others - **2023** 6 rounds - **Nov** **[PartyDAO](https://millionrounds.com/company/partydao)** Venture · US **$16M** With 2 others - **Sept** **[Luda](https://millionrounds.com/company/luda)** Seed · US **$7.0M** With 2 others - **Aug** **[Pear Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/pear-bio)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **Jun** **[Magrathea](https://millionrounds.com/company/magrathea)** Seed · US **$10M** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Mauve](https://millionrounds.com/company/mauve)** Venture · DE **$15M** With 4 others - **Jan** **[Antimatter Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/antimatter-systems)** Seed · US **$1.2M** With 4 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **11 named** DL **David Louis Hirsch** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed JG **Jay Garcia** Managing Partner of the Investment Adviser i Filing they signed JN **John Nolan** Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Investment Manager and Managing Member i Filing they signed MS **Michael Solutions Brodsky** Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Manager and Managing Member i Filing they signed MD **Michael Dempsey** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed MS **Michael Shearn** Manager of JMXI, L.L.C., the General Partner of Time Value of Money, L.P. i Filing they signed MM **Monika Mantilla** Managing Partner of the Investment Adviser i Filing they signed SS **Steven Solutions Sears** President and Chief Operating Officer of the Investment Manager and Managing Member i Filing they signed TE **Tara Eckert** Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV TH **Taylor Hughes** Officer of the Issuer's Administrator i Filing they signed TS **Theodore Stiefel** Officer of the Issuer's Administrator i Filing they signed We also hold **18** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$732M** assets it manages Oct 2026 **Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC - **Legal name:** Compound Advisors, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 165300 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **39** of 60 we have independently watched raise [AIFleet](https://millionrounds.com/company/aifleet)[Achira](https://millionrounds.com/company/achira)[Antimatter](https://millionrounds.com/company/antimatter)[Boost Biomes](https://millionrounds.com/company/boost-biomes)[Briefly Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/briefly-bio)[Conception](https://millionrounds.com/company/conception)[CrowdAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/crowdai)[Culture Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/culture-biosciences)[Dapper Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/dapper-labs)[Deepgram](https://millionrounds.com/company/deepgram)[Fort Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/fort-robotics)[Imvitro](https://millionrounds.com/company/imvitro)[Juvena Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/juvena-therapeutics)[Livepeer](https://millionrounds.com/company/livepeer)[Luda](https://millionrounds.com/company/luda)[Manifest](https://millionrounds.com/company/manifest)[Molecule](https://millionrounds.com/company/molecule)[Noat](https://millionrounds.com/company/noat)[Nowsta](https://millionrounds.com/company/nowsta)[Osaro](https://millionrounds.com/company/osaro)[Panthalassa](https://millionrounds.com/company/panthalassa)[PartyDAO](https://millionrounds.com/company/partydao)[Payjoy](https://millionrounds.com/company/payjoy)[Pear Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/pear-bio)[Pheiron](https://millionrounds.com/company/pheiron)[Plural Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/plural-energy)[Polyphron](https://millionrounds.com/company/polyphron)[Prime Intellect](https://millionrounds.com/company/prime-intellect)[Red Queen Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/red-queen-bio)[Soot](https://millionrounds.com/company/soot)[SparkAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/sparkai)[Stacks](https://millionrounds.com/company/stacks)[SuppCo](https://millionrounds.com/company/suppco)[Talkspace](https://millionrounds.com/company/talkspace)[The Clearing Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-clearing-company)[The General Intelligence Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-general-intelligence-company)[The Graph](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-graph)[Tia](https://millionrounds.com/company/tia)[Wayve](https://millionrounds.com/company/wayve) A Crypto Future Alectio Alljoined Arbitrum Atlas Bionaut Catalyst Cellvoyant Crypto Daily Delpho Ease HairDAO Hyphen Kinetiq Los Angeles Project Magrathea Metals Orbital Materials Runway Shadows Spaero and 3 more Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all** **[AI.Reverie](https://millionrounds.com/company/ai-reverie)** Bought by [Facebook](https://millionrounds.com/fund/facebook) **Undisclosed** Oct 2021 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$4.3M** raised in Aug 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$7.2M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.6M** Led 0 of 79 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 8 rounds - **Last cheque:** Sept 2026 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *28* - Venture *21* - Series B said *9* - Series A said *5* - Pre-seed said *4* - Growth said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 8 - [Coinbase Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinbase) 5 - [Metamorphic Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metamorphic-ventures) 5 - [Acrew Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acrew-capital) 4 - [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) 4 - [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 3 **Pitching Compound?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Compound. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Y Combinator** Accelerator **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Coinbase Ventures** Corporate VC **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinbase)[**Metamorphic Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metamorphic-ventures)[**Acrew Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acrew-capital)[**Founders Fund** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**BAM Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bam-ventures)[**BoxGroup** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)[**Fly Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fly-ventures)[**Lerer Hippeau** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau)[**Union Square Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures)[**Accel** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) ## Recently backed The latest companies Compound put money into. [**Polyphron** $20M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/polyphron)[**Barma** Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/barma)[**Orbital Industries** $50M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbital-industries)[**Panthalassa** $140M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/panthalassa)[**Cycles** $6.4M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/cycles)[**proprty.ai** $3.3M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/proprty-ai) ## On podcasts 6 episodes naming Compound in the title, and 4 more that mention it. - [Fund/Build/Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fund-build-scale) 23 Dec 2025 · 48 min Building in Layers: The Compound Startup Playbook Mentions [Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4) Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) 14 Aug 2025 · 1h 58m The Past, Present, and Future of AI, Robotics, Venture Capital, Crypto | Why Deep Tech Startups Mess up Value Capture | Michael Dempsey, Managing Partner, Compound With [Michael Dempsey](https://millionrounds.com/person/michael-dempsey) Mentions [Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4)[Andy Weissman](https://millionrounds.com/person/andy-weissman)[Blake Robbins](https://millionrounds.com/person/blake-robbins) Apple PodcastsShow page - [How I Invest](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-invest) 9 Mar 2025 · 8 min E144: How the World’s Top Investors Compound Their Advantages Mentions [Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Business Breakdowns](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/business-breakdowns) 24 Apr 2024 · 48 min Gartner: Compound Insights - [Business Breakdowns, EP.160] Mentions [Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Turpentine VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/turpentine-vc) 20 Feb 2024 · 58 min E27: Compound’s Michael Dempsey on Thesis-Driven vs Founder-Driven Investing With [Michael Dempsey](https://millionrounds.com/person/michael-dempsey) Mentions [Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4) Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) 28 Jun 2023 · 40 min SaaStr 670: CRO Confidential: Why The First Rule You Know About Building Software is Wrong. Rippling CEO Parker Conrad's Theory of the Compound Startup. Hosted by Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund With [Parker Conrad](https://millionrounds.com/person/parker-conrad) Mentions [Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4)[Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) 22 Sept 2026 · 1h 6m Anthropic, Sequoia Investor: 55x Returns in 18 Months, Is Anthropic Worth Trillions? | Vishal Verma Apple Podcasts - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 15 Aug 2026 · 1h 19m 20Growth: How to Build a $100M Growth Engine: Lessons from Wispr Flow and Superhuman | Why You Should Do Paid Ads Today and How To Do Them | How to Build the Best Referral Programs and How to Crush UGC with Matt Swulinski Apple PodcastsShow page - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 19 May 2025 · 3h 2m NVIDIA Updates, Why Apple Still Hasn't Cracked AI, Regeneration to Buy 23andMe | Walter Chen, Michael Dempsey, Joshua Steinman, Sriram Krishnan Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Logan Bartlett Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/logan-bartlett-show) 22 Nov 2024 · 1h 14m EP 124: Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi Breaks Down the AI Hype-Cycle Apple Podcasts ## Quick answers about Compound ### What does Compound invest in? Compound invests most often at Seed and Venture (73% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as African American, Second-generation and D&i. ### How active is Compound? 79 investments on record, 12 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026. ### What has Compound invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Polyphron (Seed, Sept 2026), Barma (Venture, Jun 2026) and Orbital Industries (Series B, May 2026). ### How big are Compound's cheques? The median round it joins is $7.2M. ### Does Compound lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 79 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Compound invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (68%), the United Kingdom (13%) and Denmark (10%). ### Is Compound investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 12 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Compound invest alongside? Most often Y Combinator (8 rounds together), Coinbase Ventures (5 rounds together) and Metamorphic Ventures (5 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=compound-4) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=compound-4)