Geometry

About Geometry

Geometry is a venture capital firm established in 2021, specializing in early-stage investments in the deep tech and science sectors. The firm operates globally with a presence in the Bay Area, Boston, and London, focusing on companies that leverage profound mathematics, cryptography, and engineering to drive significant advancements. The firm's leadership includes Managing Founder Tom Walton-Pocock, who previously co-founded and was the CEO of Aztec Network, an Ethereum Layer 2 solution. The team's expertise is further solidified by Kobi Gurkan, an applied cryptographer focusing on zk-SNARKs, who heads the research division. This structure allows Geometry to not only provide capital but also act as hands-on builders and researchers for their portfolio companies, offering deep technical contributions from the earliest stages. Geometry's investment strategy targets pre-seed through Series A rounds, with typical investments ranging from $500,000 to $1 million. Geometry's portfolio reflects its commitment to foundational technologies, particularly within the Web3 ecosystem. Investments include companies working on zero-knowledge systems, web3 infrastructure, and public goods projects. Notable portfolio companies include Neurophos, which is developing photonic computing; Cubist, a developer platform for web3; ZeroSync, which introduces proof systems to Bitcoin; and RISC Zero, the developer of a general-purpose zero-knowledge virtual machine. Keywords: venture capital, early-stage investment, deep tech, web3, cryptography, protocol engineering, decentralized technologies, zero-knowledge proofs, blockchain infrastructure, photonic computing, Series A, pre-seed, fintech, zk-SNARKs, decentralized web, public goods projects, R&D, protocol engineering