Venture Guides Management, L.P.

Emerging manager

SEC exempt reporting adviser (venture capital exemption).

Website: https://www.ventureguides.com
HQ: MA

Venture Guides Management, L.P. is a venture firm that offers active guidance to early stage companies in cloud infrastructure, security, AI and data. Ben Nye is its Managing Partner. The firm's portfolio includes a seed investment in EON, Assail, which builds autonomous red teaming tools for APIs, mobile apps and web apps, and Blitzy, which generates code for enterprise software development.

01 · Says / Does

Tag	Says	Does
Stages	Not stated	Series A
Sectors	AI infra, Cybersecurity, Data analytics	Not enough dated deals
Regions	Not stated	Not enough dated deals

Says: what the firm's funds state. Does: from 1 dated deal in the last 24 months.

02 · Fund history

Fund	Year	Size	Status
Venture Guides Fund II, L.P. Venture Guides invests in early stage cloud infrastructure, security, AI and data software companies, guiding founders across business strategy, finance and go-to-market execution. Inferred from the firm's website	2025	$262.5M (Form D)	Open, writing first checks
Venture Guides Fund I, L.P. Venture Guides invests in early stage cloud infrastructure, security, AI and data software companies, guiding founders across business strategy, finance and go-to-market execution. Inferred from the firm's website	2022	$35M to $150M (Form D)	Open, writing first checks

03 · People across funds

Benjamin Nye, Mr. Nye is a Managing Member of the General Partner of the Issuer.
Venture Guides Fund II, L.P. (Named on Form D); Venture Guides Fund I, L.P. (Named on Form D)
Newton Davis, Mr. Davis is a Managing Member of the General Partner of the Issuer.
Venture Guides Fund II, L.P. (Named on Form D); Venture Guides Fund I, L.P. (Named on Form D)
Anton Simunovic
Venture Guides Fund II, L.P. (Team); Venture Guides Fund I, L.P. (Team)
Ben Holzman
Venture Guides Fund II, L.P. (Team); Venture Guides Fund I, L.P. (Team)
Ben Nye, Managing Partner
Venture Guides Fund II, L.P. (Team); Venture Guides Fund I, L.P. (Team)
Mike Shanahan
Venture Guides Fund II, L.P. (Team); Venture Guides Fund I, L.P. (Team)
Nishkam Pradbodh
Venture Guides Fund II, L.P. (Team); Venture Guides Fund I, L.P. (Team)
Ram Malladi
Venture Guides Fund II, L.P. (Team); Venture Guides Fund I, L.P. (Team)
Sage Nye
Venture Guides Fund II, L.P. (Team); Venture Guides Fund I, L.P. (Team)
Will Schnoor
Venture Guides Fund II, L.P. (Team); Venture Guides Fund I, L.P. (Team)
Andrew Smith
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Ava Simunovic
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Bear Brofft
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Chuby Uche
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Daniel Bronsoiler
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Dave Boffa
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Dave Fachetti
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Erica Petrillo
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Ian Penny
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Jake Sporn
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Jenny Pyle
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Josh Valentine
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Julia Cuneo
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Mo Garad
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Newt Davis
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Raz Casarjian
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Roslyn McLean
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Steve Wood
On the team page, not linked to a fund
Zach Marchick
On the team page, not linked to a fund

04 · Recent deals

Aug 4, 2026EONSeedFirmsource

05 · Latest from the firm

InvestmentWhy We’re Investing in EON — Venture GuidesAug 4, 2026

06 · Sources

Fund dates and sizes are from SEC Form D filings.

Last verified: Oct 28, 2026