Our story

Technical female founders in software infrastructure are the most systematically underpriced opportunity in venture capital.

Co-founder, Co-GP

Rachel Chalmers

Two decades finding technical founders before the market did.

Early in

Honeycomb.io
Docker
Aviatrix
LaunchDarkly

Previously

Managing Director, Alchemist Accelerator
Venture Partner, Merian Ventures
Partner, Heavybit

Rachel has spent two decades identifying undervalued technical founders before the market caught up. Her sourcing record includes early involvement in Honeycomb.io, Docker, Aviatrix, and LaunchDarkly, built from the inside of developer infrastructure communities. She has served as Managing Director of Alchemist Accelerator, Venture Partner at Merian Ventures, and Partner at Heavybit. She co-founded Generationship on the conviction that technical female founders in software infrastructure represent the most systematically underpriced opportunity in venture capital.

Co-founder, Co-GP

Michelle Yi

Twenty years in AI and cloud, from IBM Watson onward.

Built

IBM Watson, the system that competed on Jeopardy

Applied AI with

American Cancer Society
United Nations

Board

Women in Data

Michelle has 20 years of experience in AI and cloud computing. She was a core contributor to the IBM Watson system that competed on Jeopardy, and has since led applied AI initiatives across enterprise and social impact contexts, including work with the American Cancer Society and the United Nations. She serves on the board of Women in Data. She co-founded Generationship to back the engineers who are building the infrastructure layer of the AI platform shift.

Also on the ship

VC Lab

Melbourne

Rachel has long volunteered with the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association as a puppy raiser. When her most recent puppy, Melbourne, made it clear he did not want to work, Michelle adopted him, and he has been a core part of the team ever since.

Resident

Arpiné Arakelyan

Arpiné is a front-end engineer and product enthusiast. She founded and built a gaming app played by 300K+ users and is now building ToolArena.ai while supporting fellow founders. Outside of work, she’s a Usui Reiki Master who loves hiking, ballroom dancing, and quantum physics.