San Francisco · Global Reach
Early-stage capital and senior advisory for founders and operators at the edge of what's possible.
Capital & Conviction
Madisco Ventures invests at the earliest stages in founders reimagining advertising, data, AI, and the infrastructure layer beneath it all.
Focus
Deep conviction in the next generation of advertising infrastructure, programmatic, CTV, and data marketplaces.
Focus
Backing companies that build AI into the foundation — from identity resolution to workflow automation.
Focus
Selective bets on the financial and security infrastructure enabling the next wave of digital commerce and data trust.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| swym.ai | AI / Adtech | Seed | AI-native retail media intelligence |
| Smart Spend Advertising | Adtech | Growth | Performance media & programmatic |
| Portfolio Co. | Fintech | Pre-Seed | Financial data infrastructure |
| Portfolio Co. | Enterprise SaaS | Seed | Workflow automation & AI tooling |
| Portfolio Co. | Climate Tech | Pre-Seed | Sustainable supply chain visibility |
Advisory Services
Madisco Ventures advisory is not consultancy in the traditional sense. We embed senior operators with genuine domain authority to solve problems that matter.
Practice Area
Our founder spent over two decades building startups into global leaders across media, data, social, adtech, martech, and AI-integrated solutions. That experience — from zero to scale — is what we bring to your go-to-market challenges. Whether you're an adtech company entering new markets, a media business reimagining your revenue model, or a direct brand bringing programmatic in-house, we've sat in every seat at that table.
Practice Area
Led by our technology practice lead — a specialist with a degree in artificial intelligence and computational linguistics and a 25-year career spanning financial services and information architecture. With a sharp focus on security architecture and vulnerability detection, our technology advisory helps organizations build resilient, defensible infrastructure that can support rapid growth without compromise.
Practice Area
We build and deploy personalised AI tools that automate the specific frustrations slowing your business down — fast, practical, and built to scale. From workflow automation and process mapping to AI tool implementation, we set you up on a solid AI-centric foundation and then stay to deliver hands-on, experiential training so you and your team can keep building on it long after we're done.
Founder & Managing Partner
Over 20 years building revenue organizations and GTM functions at the intersection of media, data, and technology. A proven operator known for building businesses and teams from the ground up and taking them global. Focused on adtech, programmatic, CTV, agency partnerships, and AI-native commercial strategy.
Technology Practice Lead
25 years in information architecture and financial technology, with deep specialization in security engineering, vulnerability detection, and AI systems design. Holds advanced certifications in network and cloud infrastructure and has built and hardened technology organizations across regulated industries.
Work With Us
Whether you're building something worth backing or looking for experienced operators to help you move faster, we'd like to hear from you.