Building a
Technology-First World.
Prudence invests in transformative AI and software companies across multiple verticals, including construction, real estate and infrastructure.
Our Areas of Focus
Investing in enhanced
data capabilities to power autonomous business processes.
Investing in enhanced
data capabilities to power
autonomous business processes.
Data Infrastructure
Layer
Enormous volumes of data can now be ingested, aggregated and disseminated at scale, creating unique and defensible data assets. Additionally, emerging API infrastructure is unlocking new business formation across the verticals we support, and we back teams who are driving these innovations.
Artificial Intelligence Enablement
AI applications are leveraging data volumes to train models to solve problems or make decisions that otherwise would require human intelligence. We focus on solutions across the diverse field of AI, including those involving computer vision, robotics, predictive modeling and generative AI.
Autonomous Vertical SaaS
As workflows become digitized, leading vertical SAAS companies will leverage proprietary data not previously or publicly available. We invest behind founders who are leading the migration away from human capital intensity, beyond just human capital productivity gains, towards fully autonomous business processes.
Data Infrastructure
Layer
Enormous volumes of data can now be ingested, aggregated and disseminated at scale, creating unique and defensible data assets. Additionally, emerging API infrastructure is unlocking new business formation across the verticals we support, and we back teams who are driving these innovations.
Artificial Intelligence Enablement
AI applications are leveraging data volumes to train models to solve problems or make decisions that otherwise would require human intelligence. We focus on solutions across the diverse field of AI, including those involving computer vision, robotics, predictive modeling and generative AI.
Autonomous Vertical SaaS
As workflows become digitized, leading vertical SAAS companies will leverage proprietary data not previously or publicly available. We invest behind founders who are leading the migration away from human capital intensity, beyond just human capital productivity gains, towards fully autonomous business processes.
Portfolio Highlights.
Robert Reffkin
CEO and Co-Founder
Remen Okoruwa
CEO & Co-Founder
Nils Henning
CEO & Co-Founder
Mike DeGiorgio
Founder and CEO
Dana Dunford
CEO and Co-Founder
Emiel Bril
CEO & Founder
Our Team
We are passionate about sharing our experience, insights and curiosity with our founders to help them build iconic companies.
AGE 9
Thriving candy business shutdown by school principal
1999
Graduates from Yale with a BA in Political Science
2000
Leaves Goldman Sachs after 9 months to move to San Francisco to work with tech companies at Credit Suisse
2004
Graduates from Columbia Business School
2005 – 2009
Works in middle market private equity but spends free time meeting with early-stage founders of tech companies
2009
Joins David to build Prudence
TODAY
Currently serves on the Board of Directors at Casafari, Evernest, Morty, VendorPM, CREXi (observer) and Planera (observer)
OOTO
Coaching soccer, cutting back on podcasts and spending time with his wife Janie and their boys, Brooks and Kemp
AGE 10
Makes first investment in one share of TCBY stock
2011
Graduates from Brown University with an AB in Economics
2013
Leaves Goldman Sachs for the 1st time after 2 years in Investment Banking
2013 – 2015
Works at hedge fund Partner Fund Management in San Francisco
2015 – 2017
Moves into the tech world with Shift Technologies, building a consumer auto lending business
2017 – 2020
Shifts to tech investing at Goldman Sachs Investment Partners; investments include Zola and Built Technologies
2020
Joins Gavin and David to continue developing the growth of Prudence
TODAY
Currently serves on the Board of Directors at AI Clearing, Clearstory, Hemlane, Propexo and Salus
OOTO
Playing basketball, cooking and traveling with his wife Gloria and their children Leo and Mischa
David Fischer.
Co-Founder & Partner
AGE 9
Apple II computer leads to lifelong passion for tech
1999
Studies economics before switching to law, graduating with an LLB from Manchester University in the UK and passing the bar
2001 – 2007
Foregoes law, creates a family office focusing on alternative investments; immerses himself in the world of hedge funds and forms a nuanced view of finance industry
2007
Due to his analysis on the finance sector, liquidates 2/3 of portfolio pre-financial crisis
2008
Post-crisis, senses a larger opportunity in direct, private investments and circles back to his tech passion
2009
Joins Gavin to build Prudence
OOTO
Reading, surfing around the world and spending time with his family
AGE 6
Earns first paycheck after doing a radio commercial for Home Improvement
2011
Graduates from Louisiana State University summa cum laude with a BA in Finance
2011 – 2017
Spends 6 years at Goldman Sachs in Investment Banking and the Executive Office
2019
Graduates from Harvard Business School and goes on a 6-month, round-the world adventure
2020 – 2021
Advises financial institutions on executing their talent and recruiting strategies at executive search firm Russell Reynolds
2021
Joins Prudence to lead the firm’s investor relations and operations efforts
2024
Promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Prudence
OOTO
Exploring new places on all seven continents, scuba diving, snowboarding and painting
AGE 10
Quest to become an astronaut sadly comes to an end, as he accepts that he belongs on Earth
2020
Graduates from Vanderbilt University with a BS in Psychology and minors in Economics and Business
2020 – 2024
Begins investing career on Blackstone’s Growth Equity team, spending four years split between NY and London with a focus on Enterprise Software
2024
Joins Prudence, aligning with firm’s mission to be the go-to partner for founders of best-in-class software businesses for the built world
OOTO
Golfing, traveling, and finding unique ways to use his GoPro
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