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Tim Young

Tim Young

Co-Founder & General Partner·Eniac Ventures

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Bio

Professional summary

Tim Young is listed by Eniac Ventures as a Co-Founder and General Partner. Eniac describes its team as startup operators who work closely with founders from 0 to 1 to accelerate product-market fit. Public profiles describe Young as an entrepreneur-turned-investor with two startup exits and more than 20 years of experience advising and investing in early-stage startups. His publicly associated investment themes include AI, digital health, enterprise SaaS, fintech, and other early-stage technology categories.

Investment focus

Stage, sector, and overall fit

Stage

SeedPre-seed

Sector

AIDigital healthEnterprise SaaSFintechSecurity

Thesis

0-to-1 company buildingEarly-stage technology startupsFounder support around product-market fit

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

AirbnbSoundCloudbrightwheelTapCommerceHeadspaceHinge

How to approach

Framing and angles for outreach

Pitch framing

Lead with a crisp explanation of the 0-to-1 product insight, why the timing is right, and how the founding team can move unusually fast toward product-market fit. He appears most relevant for founders who want hands-on early-stage company-building support rather than passive capital.

Partneralization hooks

  1. 1Reference Eniac’s stated emphasis on helping founders from 0 to 1.
  2. 2Connect the pitch to product-market fit milestones rather than only market size.
  3. 3Mention any parallels to early-stage consumer or software companies associated with Eniac’s portfolio.

Recent signals

What the partner has said or done recently

  • Featured in a venture interview discussing how he evaluates founders and what sets startups up for success.

  • Continues to be listed by Eniac as a Co-Founder and General Partner.

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Eniac VenturesCo-founder & General Partner2009 – Present
  • BridgeFounder
  • QuoteshipProduct lead
  • Morrison & FoersterAttorney / startup IP advisor
  • BAE SystemsRole
  • ExxonMobilRole

Education

  • University of PennsylvaniaJ.D.
  • University of PennsylvaniaB.S.E. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Hadley Harris

Co-Founder & General Partner

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Hadley Harris is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Eniac Ventures. He focuses on AI-native companies, including the agent layer, tooling, data infrastructure, and foundation-level technologies.

agent layerAI-native companiesdata infrastructuretooling
Kristin McDonald

Kristin McDonald

Partner

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Eniac Partner investing in vertical SaaS and applied AI across healthcare, supply chain, and sustainability.

applied AIB2B softwarehealthcaresupply chainsustainabilityvertical SaaS
Nihal Mehta

Nihal Mehta

Co-Founder & General Partner

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Nihal Mehta is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Eniac Ventures. His profile highlights a long entrepreneurial history, early investing in companies including AdMob, Alloy, Brightwheel, Tala, and Uber, and a large founder network.

consumer & mobilefrontier tech
Shyan Koul

Shyan Koul

Investor

Eniac Ventures

Eniac Investor focused on seed and pre-seed AI-native data, devtool, infra, and app-layer startups.

AI-native companiesapplication softwaredatadeveloper toolsinfrastructure

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