Early-stage focus
We invest where partnership compounds hardest — at the formation of AI-native companies, before the path is obvious.
Capital as foundation. Partnership as catalyst.
We invest at the earliest stage in AI-native founders — on a conviction the market still underwrites too cheaply: that secure, governable intelligence is the precondition for AI’s enterprise era, not a tax on it.
02/ 06 Investment Thesis
Where we deploy conviction.
A focused allocation across the intelligence stack — weighted toward the layer we believe gates everything above it.
40%
Agentic systems that do work, not demos: multi-step planning, tool use over MCP, and the eval harnesses that decide whether any of it ships. We look for teams who can show a regression suite, not a highlight reel.
30%
Prompt-injection and tool-poisoning defence, agent identity and scoped authority, and the audit trail a regulated buyer asks for on day one. Autonomy is sold on capability and bought on accountability — that gap is our signature position.
20%
The rails underneath agent-to-agent work: machine-payable APIs, agent-readable service discovery, inference routing and caching, and observability that traces a decision back through every hop that produced it.
10%
Where settlement meets autonomy — stablecoin rails carrying machine-to-machine payments, programmable escrow, and on-chain identity for non-human actors. Deliberately secondary, and held to the same accountability bar as the rest.
03/ 06 Philosophy
How we think about the earliest stage.
Beyond capital
Capital is necessary, not sufficient. We bring strategic insight, operating depth, and a global network to bear from day one.
Deep collaboration
We build genuine, long-term relationships — hands-on through the inevitable inflections of building something enduring.
AI-safety expertise
Deep fluency in model security, governance, and safe deployment — a network spanning security researchers, enterprise leaders, and policy.
04/ 06 Approach
What partnership means in practice.
Our value extends far beyond the initial check. We are active, engaged partners committed to the long arc of a company.
Strategic planning
Refining strategy, mapping markets, and navigating competitive terrain alongside founders.
Operational support
Hands-on guidance from first hires through scaling the organization.
Network access
Doors across North America and Asia — enterprise customers, technical talent, strategic partners.
AI-security expertise
Model security, governance frameworks, and safe-deployment practice for trustworthy systems.
Follow-on capital
Significant reserves to support portfolio companies through multiple rounds.
Fundraising support
Leverage of our global investor relationships through subsequent raises.
05/ 06 Team
Operators, builders, and security researchers.
- Experience
- VC · AI-security · entrepreneurship
- Reach
- North America · Asia
- Depth
- Operating · investment · technical
Prospice Capital is led by investment partners and builders with decades of combined experience across venture capital, AI-security research, and technology entrepreneurship. Our team spans North America and Asia, combining operating experience with investment judgment and genuine technical depth in AI governance — to support founders building secure, trustworthy systems.
- Toronto North America 43.65°N 79.38°W
- San Francisco North America 37.77°N 122.42°W
- Hong Kong Asia 22.32°N 114.17°E
06/ 06 Contact
Let’s build together.
We are always looking to meet exceptional founders building transformative companies. If you’re raising and seeking a true partner, we’d like to hear from you.
frontier@prospice-capital.com Toronto North America 43.65°N 79.38°W
San Francisco North America 37.77°N 122.42°W
Hong Kong Asia 22.32°N 114.17°E