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Michael Dempsey leads Compound, a venture firm focused on research into emerging technologies, and advises Necessary Ventures on AI and deep technology. He writes about company building and decisions under uncertainty, drawing on earlier work at Crane Partners, CB Insights and Rothenberg Ventures.
Michael Dempsey leads Compound, a venture firm focused on research into emerging technologies, and advises Necessary Ventures on AI and deep technology. He writes about company building and decisions under uncertainty, drawing on earlier work at Crane Partners, CB Insights and Rothenberg Ventures.
Career
Michael Dempsey studied at New York University (B.A. in Economics, 2011).
Managing Partner at Compound until PresentJoined the firm in 2016; promotion publicly announced in March 2022.NVAI and Deep Technology Advisor at Necessary Ventures until PresentAdvises on AI and deep technology.
RVInvestor at Rothenberg Ventures from 2016-01 to 2016-08Led frontier-technology investing in space, robotics, drones and autonomous vehicles.
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Paige Finn Doherty 🪩Founding Partner, Behind Genius Ventures
the best advice I got (and followed) on breaking into VC in 2020 was from @mhdempsey - “write online”
