
Current Firm
Compound
Investments
2+ companies
Focus
AI, Biotech
About Michael Dempsey
Michael Dempsey approaches venture investing as applied science, spending most of his time reading scientific papers and building mental models of emerging fields before making investments rather than treating research as a side activity. He has developed formal processes to help deep-tech founders with long development cycles raise capital without compromising their technical missions to fit typical venture timelines, and regularly shares his detailed reasoning about value capture and market evolution through long-form public conversations.
Focus Areas
AIBiotechWeb3RoboticsDeeptech
Investment Stage
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Notable Investments
David Hirsch
Shelby Newsad