A DIFFERENTKIND OF TROUBLE
Operator-led. Silicon Valley-built. We invest in pre-seed and seed with Tier 1 partners and co-invest at Series A. Our 25+ years of operating muscle goes to work for every founder we back, and we show up when it matters most.
The thesis
CATEGORY CREATORS. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.
We back category-creating founders across emerging technologies—operators who don’t enter markets, they invent them.
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Operator-led from first check to inflection point.
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Pre-seed and seed conviction, plus Series A partnership.
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Growth advisory built into the relationship.
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Silicon Valley pattern recognition with cultural fluency.
GOT SOME GOOD TROUBLE IN YOU?
Inspired by the indomitable spirit of the late Sen. John Lewis, Good Trouble Ventures embraces the ethos of “good and necessary trouble” as our guiding principle.
We back audacious founders who create categories, drive breakthroughs, and shape how humanity and emerging technology come together.