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Keith Adams

Founding Partner at Pebblebed

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Keith Adams is a seasoned computer professional based in San Francisco, currently serving as a Founding Partner at pebblebed and holding advisory and investor roles at various companies. With a background in operating systems and distributed systems, Keith has made successful investments in companies like Meliora Therapeutics and Northflank, focusing on sectors such as AI, space, and biotech. Having invested in a diverse range of startups at different stages, Keith's career highlights include his technical advisory role at ICONIQ Capital and his contributions as a Senior Advisor at Grishin Robotics, showcasing his expertise in early-stage investment and technological innovation.

Work Experience 

  • Founding Partner

    2021 - Current

    Pebblebed is a seed-stage venture fund, by and for technologists

  • Technical Advisory Board

    2019

ICONIQ Capital is a privately-held investment firm that serves some influential families and organizations.

  • Investor

    2023

    Pebblebed was an early believer in the team at KREA.ai. My small contributions were kicking around AI ideas, some queuing theory chats when usage started kicking off in earnest, and some spreadsheet jockeying around unit economics and runway and the like.

  • Investor

    2023

Cedana is a software company specializing in AI technologies, offering job opportunities and learning resources for developers.

Raised $500,000.00 from Y Combinator.

  • Investor

    2023

  • Investor

    2022

Meliora Therapeutics is a biotech startup that is developing a machine learning-driven platform.

Raised $11,000,000.00 from Pebblebed, Michael Polansky, BrightEdge Fund, ZhenFund, Olive Capital, Village Global, Axial VC, Wes Sterman, HOF Capital and Obvious Ventures.

  • Investor

    2020

Luminary Cloud specializes in the development of a computer-aided engineering SaaS platform.

Raised $115,000,000.00 from Sutter Hill Ventures.

  • Senior Advisor

    2021 - 2022

  • Technical Advisor

    2018 - 2022

Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups.

  • Extended Team Member

    2018 - 2022

    Advising Ubiquity portfolio companies.

Ubiquity Ventures is a "nerdy and early" venture capital firm that invests in "software beyond the screen" (typically ML or smart hardware).

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