GSBackers Information

GSBackers manages a venture capital portfolio of $250M+ and invests $1-10M+ checks on behalf of 2,000+ Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni (Class of ‘68 to Class of ‘27). We leverage two distinct 'features' of the Stanford MBA community: (1) GSB founders have higher odds of building a unicorn than alums of any other business/graduate school in the world, and (2) GSB investors consistently outperform their peers and dominate the Forbes Midas List. By investing in and alongside Stanford alumni, we play with loaded dice and have unfair access to some of the best investment opportunities via our 2,000-member strong community that includes Partners at Sequoia, a16z, Founders Fund, NEA, Bessemer, Redpoint, Lightspeed, Khosla, etc. If you're a Stanford founder building a category-defining company or an alum looking for the best investment opportunities coming out of Stanford, send us a note! Select portfolio (in alphabetical order, by sector): 🇺🇸 Defense: Anduril ($60B) • Gecko ($1.25B) • Hermeus • Saronic ($9B) • Shield AI ($12B) • Skydio ($2.5B) • Ursa Major ($600M) • Vannevar Labs ($1.5B) 🛰️ Space: Apex Space Manufacturing ($1B+) • Loft ($1B) • Northwood • Varda Space Industries ✨ Artificial Intelligence & Infrastructure: Auradine • Axiom Math ($1.6B) • micro1 ($500M) • Pika ($470M) • Upscale AI ($1B) • You.com ($1.5B) 💰 Fintech: Deel ($17.3B) • Facio • Nala 🧬 Biotech & Healthcare: Genesis Therapeutics • Medra • Superpower • Synchron ⚡ Energy: Aalo ($1B+) • Exowatt ($1B+) • Realta Fusion