Ross Fubini is Founder and Managing Partner of XYZ Venture Capital, where he helps founders build products indistinguishable from magic by getting involved at the idea stage, drawing on his experience as a core Netscape engineer and former CTO who has seen non-obvious cool ideas like Netscape, VMware, and Google become massive industries. He has backed more than 25 companies selling into government and public-sector environments—a distinctive focus stemming from his personal ties to the public sector—and is known for early investments in technically ambitious companies like defense-tech leader Anduril, cloud-based security company Verkada, and modern insurance brokerage Newfront. Ross Fubini is Founder and Managing Partner of XYZ Venture Capital, where he helps founders build products indistinguishable from magic by getting involved at the idea stage, drawing on his experience as a core Netscape engineer and former CTO who has seen non-obvious cool ideas like Netscape, VMware, and Google become massive industries. He has backed more than 25 companies selling into government and public-sector environments—a distinctive focus stemming from his personal ties to the public sector—and is known for early investments in technically ambitious companies like defense-tech leader Anduril, cloud-based security company Verkada, and modern insurance brokerage Newfront.