Ensemble VC

Aidan Gold is the Investment Associate leading Ensemble's sourcing and investment execution at the seed and pre-seed stages. As such, he engages with Ensemble's Unity platform to identify outlier talent at the earliest stages of company development, including companies in "stealth" mode.

Caroline Trant supports limited partners across Ensemble’s platform services, fund investment opportunities, and co-investments, providing context and access to the firm’s strategy and technical capabilities.

Collin West founded Ensemble VC in 2020 to help the venture ecosystem find founders and teams and support their impact through entrepreneurship. Collin uses data science to identify talent and inspire them to build companies.

Conrad Shang is a Venture Partner at Ensemble VC who draws on experience as a founder, operator, investor, and LP to support investment work. He was ranked 27th in the Kauffman Fund Returner Index.

The page describes Ensemble VC as a data-driven venture capital firm.

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The page describes Ensemble VC as a data-driven venture capital firm that helps founders build teams and scale.

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Ensemble VC announces an investment in Stablecore, whose infrastructure platform lets community banks and credit unions offer stablecoins and digital asset services. The investment supports Stablecore’s effort to bring community financial institutions into the stablecoin ecosystem.

Oct 2025 · Ensemble VCNews article

Ensemble VC launches Unity, an AI platform that ranks startup teams using objective data points to support venture investing decisions. Its team rankings are intended to inform investment decisions.

Jun 2025 · Ensemble VCNews article

Saronic, a defense startup developing autonomous ships, raises $55 million in a Series A round led by Caffeinated Capital. Participants include 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Point72 Ventures, Silent Ventures, Overmatch Ventures, Ensemble VC, Cubit Capital, and the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund.

Oct 2023 · TechCrunchNews article

Ensemble closes a $100 million debut fund to invest in early-stage startups using data-driven deal sourcing. The Austin-based firm sorts and tracks companies by the quality and depth of their teams, aiming to identify promising startups beyond investors’ personal networks. Co-founder Collin West says software lets the firm track people across startups and focus more time on a smaller group of companies.

Apr 2023 · TechCrunchNews article