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Sentinel Global Fund I

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $213M
Focus: AI/ML, SaaS and Web3 Infrastructure
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Sentinel Global Fund I

Sentinel Global Fund I 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, Web3 Infrastructure, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

SaaS

Web3 Infrastructure

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Enterprise tech founder bridging innovators & large-scale global adopters

interoperable commerce & supply chain

enterprise AI & distributed cloud

finternet & programmable money

post-quantum security & FHE

agentic finance & RWA tokenization

Bullish Signals

18+ portfolio IPOs collectively achievedwebsite

70+ yrs combined institutional VC experiencewebsite

GPs from GIC, Sequoia, CPP, Goldman, Krakenwebsite

Sentinel Labs: in-house R&D intelligence enginewebsite

Multi-stage: early through IPO crossoverwebsite

Alibaba, Coinbase, DoorDash, Airbnb, Zoom in GP track recordwebsite

Anthropic, Databricks, Snowflake portfolio leaderswebsite

Covers AI, RWA, stablecoins, post-quantum — broad infra edgewebsite

Bridge Forum connects US startups to global marketswebsite

Early-stage mentorship via Dror Sharon LLM/deep-tech focuswebsite

Jeremy built GIC's venture program, deep global networkwebsite

25+ portfolio companies backed by Ethel across growth stageswebsite

Marcus Hughes: 20+ yrs scaling regulated tech internationallywebsite

Three explicit investment pillars: Interoperable Commerce, Finternet, Enterprise AIwebsite

Dror: Intel LLM inferencing optimization, handheld NIR sensor CEOwebsite

Ethel: Anthropic, Databricks, Coinbase, Snowflake category-defining betswebsite

Marcus: CEO/COO roles at Coinbase, Kraken, OKX regulated scalewebsite

Bot-to-bot transactions, last-mile AI, proof-of-personhood verticalswebsite

Contrarian Signals

Five investment themes — conviction dilution riskwebsite

Portfolio size & fund size undisclosed publiclyexternal

Heavy institutional DNA — founder-friendliness unclearexternal

No named current portfolio companies publishedwebsite

Founder Do's

Build defensible, adoption-ready enterprise platforms

Target global markets from day one

Operate in AI, blockchain, supply chain, or open computing

Show institutional adoption path & scale story

Bring deep technical differentiation & moat

Founder Don'ts

Consumer-only plays — enterprise-first required

Avoid regulated markets without compliance roadmap

No clear scalability or defensibility story

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$213M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Jeremy Kranz, Kav Saini, Sylvester Wee

Jeremy KranzManaging Partner

Ethel ChenGeneral Partner

Dror SharonPartner, Sentinel Labs

William PlummerVenture Partner

Austin MeachamSenior Associate

Josh ShakedAssociate

Marcus HughesVenture Partner

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