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Niko Bonatsos

Niko Bonatsos led General Catalyst's seed strategy for years and is known for backing Discord and Mercor. He left General Catalyst in January 2026, saying he intended to launch a new early-stage VC firm.

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Physical AI footprint (3)

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Figure AIverified→
Portfolio company · via Bold Capital Partners
Sunnyvale-based humanoid-robotics company founded in 2022, among the fastest-moving US humanoid developers from prototype to production partnership.
Series C · $1B7 verified deployments · Figure 03 at Reno, Nevada, USA →1 incident3 models
Chef Roboticsverified→
Portfolio company · via Bold Capital Partners
Chef Robotics is a San Francisco-based company developing AI-enabled robotic systems for meal assembly in the food manufacturing industry.
Series A · $43M3 verified deployments · Chef Robotics Chef+ at United States →1 model
Rugged Roboticsverified→
Portfolio company · via Bold Capital Partners
Rugged Robotics is a construction technology company founded by Derrick Morse, developing ruggedized robotic solutions for construction site layout automation.
Series A · $9M2 models

Investor roles (1)

Bold Capital Partners general partner(venture)

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