Sandy Kory is the Managing Director and co-founder of Horizon Partners. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Sandy Kory is the Managing Director and co-founder of Horizon Partners, a San Francisco firm he established in 2010 to partner with product-led, bootstrapped technology companies, and he later founded the seed-stage venture firm HorizonVC in 2022 with over 15 years of venture capital experience. His investment thesis targets pre-seed and seed-stage startups in the technology sector, with a geographic focus on the United States and specific interest in disruptive software. While his typical check size and lead-versus-follow behavior are not publicly specified, he is documented as an angel investor who has made 24 investments. Notable portfolio companies include Palantir, Canva, BillionToOne, and Flutterwave, all of which he joined as an early investor before they became unicorns. Kory has also invested in Zoox, Sendbird, and SendCutSend, demonstrating a pattern of backing high-growth product-driven firms. There is no verified public writing or distinctive point of view attributed to him beyond his firm’s focus on bootstrapped technology and his participation in seed-stage tech podcasts.
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