To founders,

The future is often shaped by a few exceptional people with the vision to see it and the skill to build it. System.One¹ is here to find them, and to back them early with conviction and alignment.

I have been a VC since 2010, first at a large pan-European firm and since 2016 through System.One, focusing on the inception stage firm. I’ve met remarkable people along the way and worked with many entrepreneurial teams.² My love for this work is rooted in my deep admiration for the creative vision and sheer grit required to bring new and relevant ideas into the world. While an investment relationship must acknowledge the inherent riskiness of imagining and then setting out to create new technology, few things are as rewarding as witnessing extraordinary success early on. Inception stage companies have everything to play for. 

System.One is here to serve founders who also recognize the human motor to every ultimate success. This mindset stands apart from broader trends in Venture Capital, which has matured into a full-blown asset class since the 2010s—bringing larger funds and institutional structures that often obscure this vital quality of successful entrepreneurship.³ In contrast, System.One is intentionally lean, working directly with a small number of deeply engaged commitments. A high degree of alignment and trust is in both our interests, and the interests of the founders - our portfolio is deliberately concentrated, as is their bandwidth to engage with stakeholders at this stage.  

If this speaks to where you are, or where you aspire to go, please get in touch. 

Best, 

Max