Adam Piasecki
Senior Associate, Vertical AI
Primary Venture Partners
Vertical AI investor focused on robotics, physical AI and defense-adjacent software.
Bio
Professional summary
Brad Svrluga is Managing Partner and Co-CIO at Primary Venture Partners. His official profile describes him as a long-time investor backing founders since 2000, with a focus on complex, high-stakes operational problems in enterprise software, supply chain, and industrial technology. Before Primary, he co-founded High Peaks Venture Partners, and he launched Primary with Ben Sun in 2015.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
SeedSeries AEarly-stage enterprise and industrial technology
Sector
Enterprise softwareSupply chainIndustrial technologyApplied AI in operational workflows
Thesis
Enterprise softwareSupply chain technologyIndustrial technologyAI for complex operational workflows
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
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"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
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"name": "Bedrock",
"relationship": "Investor",
"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
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"name": "Black Crow AI",
"relationship": "Investor",
"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
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"name": "Cargado",
"relationship": "Investor",
"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
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"name": "Casap",
"relationship": "Investor",
"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
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"name": "Electric",
"relationship": "Investor",
"confidence": "high",
"source_basis": "official profile"
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How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Emphasize a painful, repeatable operational problem where AI creates measurable workflow leverage rather than a generic automation layer.
Personalization hooks
- 1People-first investing approach
- 2Cycling in the Berkshires
- 3Boston sports fan
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Primary profile lists a 2024 Series A investment in Cargado.
Primary profile frames his current thesis around AI embedded into high-stakes operational workflows.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Primary Venture PartnersCo-Founder & Managing Partner / Co-CIOFeb 2015
- High Peaks Venture PartnersFounder & General Partner~12 years
- The Berkshires Capital InvestorsPartner1999 – 2004
- Monitor Group (now Monitor Deloitte)Strategy ConsultantJun 1994 – Aug 1999
Education
- Williams CollegeB.A., Economics1991–1995
Skills
Seed investingVertical SaaSHealthcareFinancial servicesVenture capitalCompany building
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