Garrett Temple
Co-Founder and General Partner @ Year Zero
About
Technical contractor >> founder >> deep tech venture capital. Skipped the FAANG badge path on the way to becoming a deep tech VC. Pitches for Year Zero >> garrett@yearzero.vc; email is preferred. Please do not send connection requests for the purpose of solicitation. Other interests include electronics design and film scoring.
United States
Santa Cruz
Financial Services
Start-ups, Leadership, Strategy, Venture Capital, Investment Management, Angel Investing, Deal Sourcing, Due Diligence, Research Commercialization, Business Development, Entrepreneurship, Early-stage Startups, University Spinouts, Design, Product Development, Branding & Identity, Marketing, Management, Computer Science, Programming
Experience
Co-Founder and General Partner
Year Zero
Substrate fund. Initial companies include AI-powered R&D tools, alternative computing hardware. I defined the thesis, I did the branding as well.
Investor
DarkSigma
First R&D tool investment I made on my own.
Investor
Mbodi AI
Writer
Self Employed
Silicon Valley
Wrote about research commercialization, emerging tech, and technology and society. Books include From Lab to Market (02024) and Phase Shift (02026 planned). I also got back on Substack with a different name and slightly different theme: machinicdreams.substack.com
Business Advisor
Self Employed
Worked with startup founders to move their work forward, worked turning scientists with IP into founders as well.
Investor
ServiceTitan
IPO December 12, 02024
Investor
Anduril Industries
Investor
OpenAI
Investor
Anthropic
Venture Partner
VU Venture Partners
A multi-stage investment fund focused on Consumer, Enterprise, Fintech, Frontier, Healthcare, and PropTech. I was a frontier tech specialist.
Co-Founder
Dovetails Network
Operations and outreach
Education
University of Southern California
Integrated Design Business and Technology
Interdisciplinary studies program.
Cabrillo College
Computer-Aided Drafting and Design
Studied computer-aided drafting and design. Also studied UI/UX design and digital media.
Fresno Pacific University
Computer Information Systems
Fresno City College
Computer Information Systems/Computer Information Technology
Began taking classes while in high school. Did not attend as full-time student while enrolled.
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