About Verdis
Backing the innovation economy, by design
An independent early-stage fund of funds strategy — a systematic path to venture.
Our Story
Two decades in the making
Verdis has evolved deliberately, with each stage sharpening a single conviction about how to access early-stage venture capital.
2004
Founded as a Family Office
Allocating across alternative asset classes for a single-family office.
2017
Entered Early-Stage Venture
Began investing in early-stage venture capital managers on behalf of the family, applying an indexing approach to capture broad exposure to the early-stage venture ecosystem.
2021
Strategy Expansion
Expanded our strategy to a consortium of single-family offices across the U.S. and internationally, sharing one diversified conviction.
2026
Launched as Independent Manager
Formally transitioned out of the family office to launch as an independent, early-stage fund-of-funds manager.
Our Approach
A different way to access early-stage venture
Early-stage venture can offer high potential returns, but seed investing is inherently high-variance. Individual outcomes are unpredictable and losses can be significant.
At Verdis, we seek to address this through systematic diversification. We build portfolios across multiple first-check focused venture funds, creating broad exposure to the innovation economy through a single allocation.
Think of it as an index-inspired approach to early-stage venture, informed by the diversification principles that helped shape modern public markets.
4,000+
Portfolio Companies
70+
Underlying Funds
First Check
Stage Focus
The same principles that revolutionized public markets investing, applied to the most dynamic segment of private markets.
The Power Law Distribution
Our approach recognizes that early-stage venture capital follows a power law distribution. A small number of companies generate the vast majority of returns. The key to capturing the value is systematic, broad-based exposure and not concentrated bets.
Our Structure
As investors gain access to a curated network of seed-stage managers, each with differentiated sourcing capabilities and founder relationships built over years of early-stage investing.