Anyone can get excited about the future. A select few will build it.
Anyone can get excited about the future.
A select few will build it.
ENSEMBLE FOUNDER SPOTLIGHT
ENSEMBLE FOUNDER SPOTLIGHT

Welcome to the team, Aidan Gold!

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Saronic

For the U.S. Navy, shipbuilding capacity is down and costs are sky-high.

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CHAOS

The future of national security lies in radar systems that adapt and evolve with mission demands.

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Manifest

The biggest companies in the world don't know what's in their software. Manifest changes that.

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Rain

Too many American wage workers are trapped by predatory payday loans, forced to wait on paychecks for work they’ve already completed.

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The world doesn’t change until
great teams
decide it should.

An early-stage startup is really just a team and a mission. We spend all of our time identifying extraordinary teams and supporting them to accelerate their journey.

We dedicate ourselves to ensuring that innovation happens faster – our mission is to increase the slope of innovation.

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The startups we back share these values

Team Builders, not Lone Wolves

Our approach is rooted in the belief that great teams are the centerpiece of bringing world-changing ideas into reality. We look for founders who recognize the essential value of building an ‘ensemble’ that is greater than the sum of its parts, especially at the early stages, where execution and experience are most crucial.

Relentless Iterators

Your path to customer truth requires urgent iteration. Great teams live in the scientific method of hypothesizing and testing with incredibly fast cycle times.

Engineering-First Mindset

We are a team of techno-optimist builders. We love meeting founders who take a similar approach while demonstrating a disciplined, engineering-centric mindset to product development.

Unsatisfied

The world is tapping you on your shoulder. We’re looking for founders who respond and want to impact countless lives across the world and across generations.
Learn how Saronic addresses the U.S. shipbuilding capacity gap with Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) designed for efficiency and scalability.

Saronic

Learn how Saronic addresses the U.S. shipbuilding capacity gap with Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) designed for efficiency and scalability.

By redefining the role of radar in modern security infrastructure, CHAOS Industries is empowering defense systems with smarter, faster, and more reliable technology.

CHAOS

By redefining the role of radar in modern security infrastructure, CHAOS Industries is empowering defense systems with smarter, faster, and more reliable technology.

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Manifest

Manifest is a software and AI supply chain transparency platform addressing the growing urgency of hidden vulnerabilities.

Rain

Rain is revolutionizing payroll with its modern Earned Wage Access (EWA) platform, enabling employees to access their pay instantly after a shift. By improving financial stability and engagement, Rain benefits both workers and employers.

Ensemble’s Impact in Numbers:

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Employees getting paid instantly at the end of a shift through Rain’s early wage access platform.

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Loti AI

Learn how Loti AI protects digital integrity in the age of generative AI. Combining advanced facial and voice recognition with AI-powered enforcement, Loti detects and removes unauthorized uses of online likenesses, such as deepfakes and impersonation accounts. Discover their essential solution for safeguarding digital identities.

Clazar

Discover Clazar, the easy button for cloud marketplaces, revolutionizing how software companies sell on platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP. By simplifying the process of listing, managing, and selling, Clazar empowers SMBs and mid-market companies to tap into the $45 billion cloud marketplace opportunity with ease and affordability.