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]

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