Seattle DTW Investor Summit
Join Silicon Valley Bank & Barclo & Perkins Coie for Seattle's first Deep Tech Week Investor Summit!
Join us for networking and a conversation with the venture community on raising for deep tech startups. The conversation will be moderated by Brooke Borseth, Investor at FUSE, alongside notable deep tech investors at Boost VC, Ubiquity Ventures, UNION Labs, and Roadster Capital.
Meet our presenters:
**Sunil Nagaraj**
Sunil Nagaraj is the Founding Partner of Ubiquity Ventures, a seed-stage fund investing in deep tech categories from agri-tech and robotics to space, healthcare, and smart hardware. Known for a nerdy and early approach, he backs technical founders before their categories have reached the rest of the market. Before founding Ubiquity, Sunil was a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, where he made early bets on Rocket Lab, Auth0, and Zapier. His investments have produced over $60B in combined market cap across six unicorns, including Ubiquity Ventures-backed Halter and Loft Orbital.
**Ubiquity Ventures**
Ubiquity Ventures is a seed-stage fund investing in "software beyond the screen": deep tech categories where software moves into the physical world, from agri-tech and robotics to space, smart hardware, healthcare, and climate tech. The portfolio spans 45 companies, including unicorns Halter and Loft Orbital. More at www.ubiquity.vc
**Derek Brown**
Derek Brown serves as Head of Finance at Boost VC, where he leads investments in frontier technologies and early-stage startups. With a deep background in the crypto and Web3 ecosystems, he has guided numerous portfolio companies from inception through successful scaling and exits. He is known for his forward-looking thesis on sci-fi technologies, frequently exploring the intersections of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and spatial computing.
**Boost VC**
Boost VC is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on funding and accelerating sci-fi technologies. Originally launched as an accelerator program, the firm has evolved into a dedicated seed and pre-seed fund backing visionary founders. Its investment portfolio spans a wide array of transformative sectors, including cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, frontier tech, and biotech.
**Nate Williams**
Nate Williams is a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, and Founder & Managing Partner of UNION (Union Labs Union Peak), an early-stage DeepTech fund investing at the intersection of Physical AI, ClimateResilience, PropTech, and intelligent systems.
Previously, Nate served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Kleiner Perkins and has made over 40 early-stage investments since 2014, including companies acquired by Databricks, Oura, Intuitive Surgical, and Medtronic. Beyond investing, Nate brings extensive operating experience across startup, growth, and turnaround environments, with CXO roles at August Home, Motorola Mobility (Google), and 4Home, contributing to multiple successful exits.
**Union Labs**
UNION (Union Labs / Union Peak) is an early-stage venture platform investing in DeepTech and Physical AI companies transforming the real world through intelligent systems across climate, resilience, industrial, mobility, and the built environment.
Originally launched following Founder Nate Williams’ tenure as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Kleiner Perkins, UNION backs technical founders at inception through Seed and selectively into Series A. The firm’s differentiated approach combines deep technical conviction with operator-led commercialization support—helping founders bridge the divide from breakthrough technology to market adoption through go-to-market expertise, strategic partnerships, and community-driven networks.
**Brooke Borseth**
Brooke Borseth is an investor at FUSE, focusing on early-stage investments in AI applications and infra, as well as space and physical AI. Previously, Brooke was an investor at Moneta Ventures, an early-stage venture firm based in California. She holds a degree in Economics and Data Analytics from Santa Clara University.
**FUSE VC**
FUSE is an early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to backing exceptional B2B founders from day 0 through Series A — with a focus on vertical AI, enterprise software, and frontier tech including robotics, physical AI, and space.
**Ryan Else**
Ryan Else is Managing Partner of Roadster Capital, a $5M deep tech seed fund backing engineering-driven founders modernizing the American industrial base. An operator turned investor with 15+ years spanning enterprise sales, industrial markets, and frontier technologies, Ryan brings proven deal sourcing and operational expertise. His portfolio companies have collectively raised $1.5B+ in follow-on capital.
**Roadster Capital**
Roadster Capital is a $5M seed-stage fund investing in deep technology startups and engineering-driven founders building critical infrastructure across defense, manufacturing, logistics, advanced computing, and applied AI. Led by Ryan Else—an operator with 15+ years in enterprise sales, industrial markets, and frontier tech—the fund backs companies modernizing the American industrial base. Portfolio companies have raised $1.5B+ in follow-on capital.
Interested in learning more? Visit https://decileaccess.com/funds/roadster-capital
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