National Venture Capital Association

Will Borthwick: BOLD Capital Partners

Will Borthwick, a former Fed and investment‑banking professional, leads BOLD Capital Partners, a venture firm focused on exponential technologies that promise rapid capability gains. The firm’s portfolio spans stratospheric drones, de‑extinction projects, humanoid robots and AI‑enabled hardware, reflecting a thesis that today’s breakthroughs become feasible within months. Borthwick notes that Series‑A funding sizes have ballooned from $15‑20 million to $150 million, and stresses that BOLD’s role goes beyond capital, acting as an operator‑investor that supports founders through mentorship and networks. He remains optimistic, citing a historic democratization from on‑premise servers to cloud compute and now AI on demand.