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Decibel Partners

Boston, MA · Invests in US · Website

SeedSeries AB2B SaaSAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsCybersecurityHealthcare & BiotechHardware & DevicesEnterprise SoftwareDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureSecurity & CybersecurityBiotech & Life Sciences

Thesis

Essential infrastructure software used by engineering, security, and data teams. Founded by technical entrepreneurs who deeply understand infrastructure challenges. Partners commit early with conviction and provide hands-on support.

Likely not a fit for

Non-technical founders, consumer apps, companies outside core expertise areas, hardware-only solutions

How they invest

Lead or follow
Leads or follows
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Preferred
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Assets under mgmt
$500M
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

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Lauren Ipsen

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Alessio Fanelli

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Jon Sakoda

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Jess Leão

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Sudip Chakrabarti

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Portfolio

AbacusEnterprise Software

Abacus.AI is the leading enterprise AI platform built for banks, credit unions, and financial institutions, providing secure and compliant AI solutions.

AkuityEnterprise Software

Akuity is an enterprise software delivery platform that modernizes application delivery with AI-powered intelligence and continuous deployment.

Answer.AIEnterprise Software

Answer.AI is a new kind of AI R&D lab which creates practical end-user products based on foundational research breakthroughs. It aims to harness AI for practical applications and improve accessibility through iterative development and research.

AomniEnterprise Software

Aomni is transforming the way sales teams operate. Our AI-powered platform revolutionizes sales by generating laser-focused value propositions, crafting hyper-relevant sales materials, and tailoring pitches to each stakeholder's unique needs.

BicycleEnterprise Software

Bicycle AI is an agentic analytics platform that turns your real-time operational data into timely insights and automated actions, preventing revenue leaks and driving growth.

BlamelessEnterprise Software

Blameless offers the only complete reliability engineering platform that brings together AI-driven incident resolution, blameless retrospectives, SLOs/Error Budgets, and reliability insights reports and dashboards, enabling businesses to optimize reliability and innovation.

BotpressEnterprise Software

Botpress is a complete AI agent platform that allows users to build and customize conversational agents using large language models (LLMs) to guide conversations and tasks. It offers features such as knowledge bases, human handoff, and conversation data management.

BrightwaveEnterprise Software

Brightwave is the AI research platform built to help professionals understand the world's most complex problems.

Credo AISecurity Cyber

Credo AI is a leader in AI governance, helping companies manage AI risks and compliance. The company focuses on responsible AI practices and offers a centralized, automated solution for AI lifecycle governance.

CubeFintech Payments

Cube Exchange is a secure, transparent, and efficient digital asset marketplace offering a hybrid platform for trading cryptocurrencies. It aims to inspire confidence in crypto through advanced security measures and a user-friendly trading experience.

DreadnodeSecurity Cyber

Dreadnode is at the forefront of offensive AI research and development, providing advanced tools and solutions for evaluating and enhancing the security of AI systems. Their platform includes offensive agents, AI red teaming, and practice environments for cybersecurity professionals.

Dropzone AISecurity Cyber

Dropzone AI provides an AI SOC Analyst platform that augments security analysts with unlimited intelligence for fast, detailed, and accurate investigations.

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Decibel Partners Research Investment Thesis Decibel Partners is an independent venture capital firm founded in partnership with Cisco that invests exclusively in essential infrastructure software used by engineering, security, and data teams. The firm believes that the most impactful technology companies are built by technical founders who have deep domain expertise and a passion for solving criti

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