About
David Hendrickson is a Founding Partner at Helium-3 Ventures who writes checks from $100K to $5M (with a $1.5M sweet spot) across pre-seed and seed stages, allowing him to participate from first institutional capital through meaningful follow-on rounds rather than just small early checks. His portfolio combines enterprise SaaS with capital-intensive frontier technologies like neuromorphic AI chips, satellite constellations, and deep geothermal energy, reflecting his Columbia Business School background where he was a Pershing Square Challenge finalist and developed public markets fundamental analysis skills uncommon among early-stage VCs. David Hendrickson is a Founding Partner at Helium-3 Ventures who writes checks from $100K to $5M (with a $1.5M sweet spot) across pre-seed and seed stages, allowing him to participate from first institutional capital through meaningful follow-on rounds rather than just small early checks. His portfolio combines enterprise SaaS with capital-intensive frontier technologies like neuromorphic AI chips, satellite constellations, and deep geothermal energy, reflecting his Columbia Business School background where he was a Pershing Square Challenge finalist and developed public markets fundamental analysis skills uncommon among early-stage VCs.
