Graham Carney
Principal @ The General Partnership (TGP) — enterprise software investor.
Snapshot
- Email:
graham@thegp.com - Personal site: grahamcarney.com
- Role: Principal
- Location: San Francisco
- Firm: The General Partnership (founded 2024) — partnerships with engineering/design/product expertise
Background
- The General Partnership (current) — Principal, enterprise software.
- Notable Capital (2020–2024) — Vice President, $4B VC fund. Notable investments: Affirm, Airbnb.
- Electric — Senior Associate / Associate (earlier in his investing career).
- Dataminr — early employee at the $4B AI startup before going into VC.
- Education: MBA University of Chicago Booth; undergrad Columbia University.
Board observer roles
Fairmarkit, Vic.ai, Homebase, Curebase — pattern: enterprise SaaS + vertical AI.
Investor roles (named)
Jam.dev, Realm — bug-tracking/devtools (Jam) + dev infra (Realm).
Side project: Angel Circle
He founded Angel Circle, a community where he teaches operators how to angel-invest. Prior cohorts include builders from Figma, Pinterest, Robinhood, and LinkedIn — meaning he has dense relationships across these alumni networks (high-leverage for warm-intro graph if Sazzad has anyone there).
Notes
- Enterprise software focus + AI-startup operator background.
- Dataminr (signals/AI for newsrooms/govt) was an early-employee role — B2B AI operating experience.
- Angel Circle community spans Figma/Pinterest/Robinhood/LinkedIn alumni.
- The General Partnership is new (2024), actively building its portfolio.
Fundraise Relationship (init.inc)
- 2026-05-27 9:30am — first meeting (30 min, Zoom). Sazzad should provide readout.
- Intro source: TBD ^[needs-research]