Softeq Ventures

Softeq Ventures accelerates the growth of technology startups by leveraging a unique Fund+Studio+Services model and 27 years of building hardware and software.

Softeq has a unique model that uses a Fund + Venture Studio + Engineering Services model to create a proprietary pipeline of early-stage technology investments with significantly reduced execution risk. We leverage our investment knowledge & entrepreneurial experience of building businesses, and bolt on our engineering team to help early-stage founders get their MVP or POC built, or their hardware or software enterprise-ready, like we've been doing for the Fortune 500 for the past three decades.

Chris Howard is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and host of the Forging the Future podcast. Over his career, Chris has built, scaled, and exited multiple international businesses by developing products for the Fortune 500, and has invested in over 100 startups. He now uses Softeq Ventures, Softeq Studio, and Softeq Development to provide a unique funding, mentorship, and engineering services model to accelerate early-stage hardware and software technology startups.