In early 2020 we made the decision at Compound to bring on our first team member in ~4 years. We spent the better part of five months reviewing hundreds of applicants, meeting with over 50 people, and working through a fairly involved process with a select few. Entering the hiring…

Compound, a thesis-driven, research-centric investing firm, is hiring an investor with at least 2 years of professional experience — Compound is adding another investor after making a hire in early 2023. This job posting is still valid as of April 2023. As we think about the future of building a firm, we believe our team must be comprised of investors that form a myriad of investable views in categories we care about (most often AI/ML, Robotics, Crypto, Healthcare, and Bio). These views are at times highly prescriptive, and at other times…

Shelby Newsad has joined the investment team at Compound — Today we’re excited to announce Shelby Newsad has joined Compound as an Investor with a focus on Biology and Healthcare. Throughout the history of Compound, we have spent a lot of time investing within the broader categories of healthcare and bio (a continuum that we think converges more and more…

See below for a redacted for confidentiality version of the letter we sent our LPs this month commenting on the broader tech and crypto ecosystems, as well as our specific funds. …

Announcing Mike Dempsey as the Managing Partner of Compound — Today we are publicly announcing Mike Dempsey’s new role as Managing Partner of Compound. While this won’t be a surprise to many of our founders and investors, we thought it was important to formalize this as we plan to evolve and continue to grow over the coming years. I’ll remain…

We’re hiring an investor at Compound — We’re looking to expand our investment team at Compound by hiring a non-partner investor with at least 3 years of full-time work experience (some may equate this to a Principal or Junior Partner role at other firms). Ideal candidates will also have prior investing (angel/venture) or early-stage operating experience. This…

We sent this letter to our investors this week and in our continued fund comms transparency, felt there may be some value in sharing an anonymized version publicly. Dear Compound I investors, As you all know by now, the impacts of COVID-19 are being felt globally both from a health…

Below is our slightly edited for confidentiality 2019 annual letter to our investors. Dear Compound I investors, In 2019 we invested in 4 new companies, followed-on into 11 existing companies, and saw 2 companies exit. …

We’re hiring an Investor at Compound — We’re looking to expand our investment team at Compound by hiring a non-partner investor. We want this role to be someone that works closely with the partnership to help us across the entire firm from our seed stage investing, to incubations, to fund-level management. For the right person, we think…