Our namesake, Octave Chanute, was a bit player supporting the Wright Brothers' pioneering flight. At Octave, our highest calling is playing a small part in supporting enormous ambitions.
As grizzled former founders, we understand that the startup journey, in the best case, is equal parts disaster and glory. We are here to assist you from the tactical to the personal.
We champion founders focused on enterprise data opportunities at the earliest stages with our time and our money($300-$750k) The founders we have backed have created over $29.25B in enterprise value in the data space.
An early stage fund focused on AI/ML, data infrastructure and privacy
“As a first time, solo founder, I often need help framing and anticipating novel problems, and William has been incredibly responsive and consistent in delivering that support.”
Anthony Garvan — Founder, Sheetrocks
“Will has been one of the most valuable investors on the cap table, without question.”
Zach Epstein — Founder, Haus Analytics
“Will has been an incredible mentor to me. I've known him for a decade now, and have taken his help countless times -- he's incredibly thoughtful and helpful -- among my first phone calls if I'm looking for operational advice.”
Aakshay Kothari — COO, Notion.
“Will is grounded in tough operating experience - this allows him to connect with founders at the 30,000-foot vision level and down to the day-to-day.”
Ashar Rizqi — CEO, Bounti.
“Will is super smart and super nice. When I'm not sure what to do he's the first person I call. When I raised my last round I kept asking myself: ‘What would Will do?’”
Lukas Biewald — CEO, Weights & Biases.
Will has been a key investor and mentor to Transcend…Will's advice has been spot-on: he knows everything and everyone in the data space and - having successfully run the gauntlet with Euclid - has incredible empathy for founders.”
Ben Brook— CEO, Transcend.
“If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.”
-Orville Wright