# Paul Sethi

> Paul Sethi is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of 2048 Ventures, a New York-based pre-seed and seed venture capital firm he co-founded with Alex Iskold in 2019. With a career spanning hedge funds, operational leadership, and over two decades of early-stage angel investing across 50+ companies - including unicorns like Flexport, SeatGeek, and Notion - Sethi brings rare dual credibility as both operator and investor. He scaled and sold Redbooks (spun out of LexisNexis) for a 10x+ return and co-founded Robuzz, an ML/NLP platform exited in 2022. His firm, which has grown from a $27M Fund I to an oversubscribed $82M Fund III, backs founders building in vertical AI, deep tech, healthcare, and fintech - with a Founder NPS of 100 and a commitment to review every single pitch.

- **Role:** Managing Partner at 2048 Ventures
- **Organizations:** 2048 Ventures, Trajectory Capital Partners, OpenFortune, Punja Global Ventures, 3SE Holdings
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS in Economics (Finance & Management), The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MBA in Entrepreneurship, Columbia Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded 2048 Ventures, which grew from $27M Fund I to $82M oversubscribed Fund III, Early investor in 8 unicorns including Flexport, SeatGeek, and Notion, Backed 50+ companies as angel investor over 20+ years, with exits to Airbnb, Amazon, Facebook, Uber, Pinterest, Twitter, Blackstone, and Motorola

## Career timeline

- **2001** — Graduated from Wharton School with honors; joined NY hedge fund as Analyst/Partner focusing on small-cap tech companies
- **2006** — Began angel investing; became a first-check investor in early-stage startups
- **2010** — Became CEO of Redbooks, a sales intelligence platform spun out of LexisNexis
- **2014** — Co-founded Robuzz, an ML/NLP platform for real-time alerts and data extraction
- **2018** — Sold Redbooks to private equity platform for 10x+ return
- **2019** — Co-founded 2048 Ventures with Alex Iskold; raised $27M Fund I
- **2020** — Co-founded OpenFortune, an advertising platform inside fortune cookies
- **2022** — Exited Robuzz; founded Trajectory Capital Partners (hybrid VC/PE fund); 2048 Ventures grows to 200+ portfolio companies
- **2023** — 2048 Ventures closes oversubscribed $82M Fund III focused on vertical AI, deep tech, healthcare, and fintech
- **2024** — Continues scaling 2048 Ventures; becomes Venture Partner at Punja Global Ventures for AI/Web3 investments

## Achievements

- Co-founded 2048 Ventures, which grew from $27M Fund I to $82M oversubscribed Fund III
- Early investor in 8 unicorns including Flexport, SeatGeek, and Notion
- Backed 50+ companies as angel investor over 20+ years, with exits to Airbnb, Amazon, Facebook, Uber, Pinterest, Twitter, Blackstone, and Motorola
- Scaled and sold Redbooks (LexisNexis spinout) for 10x+ return
- Co-founded OpenFortune with major brand partners including Capital One, Coca-Cola, Disney, and Grubhub
- Achieved Founder NPS of 100 at 2048 Ventures
- Built portfolio of 200+ backed startups at 2048 Ventures
- Visiting Expert at University of Pennsylvania Venture Lab
- Implemented Pre-Seed Fast Track enabling funding decisions within 10 business days

## Latest updates

- **2023-01** — 2048 Ventures closed oversubscribed $82M Fund III focused on vertical AI, deep tech, healthcare, and fintech
- **2022-01** — Founded Trajectory Capital Partners, a hybrid VC/PE fund for minority and control investments
- **2022-01** — Exited Robuzz, the ML/NLP platform co-founded in 2014
- **2024-01** — Became Venture Partner at Punja Global Ventures for AI and Web3 early-stage investments

## Links

- Website: https://www.2048.vc/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulsethi/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/paulsethi

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