PWV is the fund we wanted as early-stage founders.
We believe in founder-first values, and have a track record of backing category-defining companies from zero to breakout.
How We Invest
Early Stage
Pre-Seed through Series A
Check Size
$500k to $3m+
Focus
Platforms, tools, and infrastructure that use code, models, and data to turn frontier science and engineering into near‑term products.
Team
We’ve shipped, scaled, and exited ... on repeat.
Tom Preston-Werner
Cofounder & General Partner, Cofounder GitHub
Tom helped redefine how software gets built. As the cofounder of GitHub, he led the company from idea to $7.5B acquisition and changed how developers collaborate forever. An early investor in Stripe, Netlify, and PlanetScale, he's spent the last decade backing technical founders before the hype hits. His edge: pattern recognition before the pattern.
About TomDavid Price
Cofounder & General Partner
David Price leads the PWV (Preston-Werner Ventures)'s strategy, operations, and founder experience, bringing operator instincts, deep product and industry fluency, and a track record of turning signal into scale. A repeat founder and investor, he's scaled companies across AI, dev tools, fintech, and climatetech, and holds multiple patents and board seats.
About DavidDavid Thyresson (DT)
Cofounder & General Partner
DT is a technical founder turned investor with a track record of building and exiting startups. At PWV (Preston-Werner Ventures), he works hands-on with founders to turn complex ideas into products that scale. He also writes about how technology, culture, and creativity shape and challenge each other. When not investing in companies, he invests in vintage synths and drum machines.
About DTNina Song
Executive Assistant
Nina drives operational excellence across internal systems, founder processes, and fund infrastructure. Whether coordinating investor workflows, streamlining back-office, or ensuring the team operates at peak velocity, she keeps the engine running so PWV (Preston-Werner Ventures) can move fast and deliver value where it matters most.