Geodesic Alliance Fund

About Geodesic Alliance Fund

Geodesic Alliance Fund is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Growth-stage US tech co expanding into Japan/Asia

US-Japan expansion

growth-stage tech

enterprise software

AI/ML

space & security

Bullish Signals

~$1B AUM across 5 fundsexternal

11 portfolio cos on Forbes Cloud 100 2025external

Portfolio: Databricks, Figma, Netskope, Vercelexternal

New Alliance Fund: space & security focusexternal

Annual Tokyo Forum — direct customer introsexternal

Invested Sakana AI: ex-Google Brain foundersexternal

Mueon seed: $15.5M datacenter AI infraexternal

Operator Tokyo team — hands-on Japan buildsexternal

Japan one of Netskope's fastest-growing regionsexternal

Figma Japan: country manager + agency introsexternal

Vercel: Osaka + Tokyo local hires securedexternal

Databricks Japan: accelerating growth, local teamexternal

Contrarian Signals

Japan-only market access — niche focusexternal

Value add requires Japan expansion readinessexternal

Network heavily diplomat/relationship-gatedexternal

Japan entry slow — long commitment requiredexternal

Founder Do's

Target Japan/Asia expansion readiness

Show enterprise GTM strategy

Leverage developer-led or open-source models

Be multi-stage, growth-oriented

Commit long-term to Japanese market

Founder Don'ts

Don't expect passive capital only

Don't ignore Japan localization needs

Don't pitch without Asia expansion intent

Key GPs & Partners

John Roos

Founder

diplomatJapan-networkersenior relationships

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$250M

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Key People

Tom Gillespie, John Roos

John RoosFounder