Transpose Platform Management
About Transpose Platform Management
Crunchbase says Alex Bangash co-founded the firm in April 2015 with Trang Nguyen, and that both are Co-Managing Partners. Bangash previously founded Trusted Insight. The firm was formerly known as TI Platform Management, LLC. PitchBook lists it as a Registered Investment Adviser with 7 professionals on its profile. Sources disagree on the office: PitchBook and Crunchbase give San Francisco, while other directories give Houston. The firm describes its approach as formation-stage, or "Day 0", investing. Which partners lead AI deals is not public.
PitchBook describes the firm as investing in artificial intelligence, blockchain and quantum computing. It lists 868 investments and 774 portfolio companies in total, across all sectors. The Lounge deals desk shows a broad AI seed footprint. It covers AI infrastructure and compute (Thunder Compute, Liquid Compute), robotics (Foundry Robotics), health and biotech (Healthleap, Graph Therapeutics) and large frontier-lab rounds (humans& at $480M, Mirendil at $200M). Earlier public records show other enterprise AI exposure, including a Series D in Talkdesk in 2021. TipRanks also lists a $4.1M seed round in Socratix AI in October 2025.
The firm positions itself at formation stage and seed. Every AI round on the Lounge deals desk is a Seed round, except Healthleap, which is Seed + Series A. Those rounds range from $3M (Trace) to $480M (humans&), and they are total round sizes, not Transpose's own checks. The firm has not published a typical check size, a fund size or a fund list that we could confirm, so none are given here.
- humans&: Seed, $480M, January 2026
- Mirendil: Seed, $200M, June 2026
- Healthleap: Seed + Series A, $38M
- Foundry Robotics: Seed, $19M, January 2026
- Kana: Seed, $15M, February 2026
- Liquid Compute: Seed, $15M, September 2026
- Build: Seed, $8.5M, June 2026
- Bolna: Seed, $6.3M, January 2026
- Trace: Seed, $3M, early 2026
- Socratix AI: Seed, $4.1M, October 2025 (TipRanks)
Investing activity
Transpose Platform Management appears in 22 AI deals tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $767M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $5M and the largest at $480M. The most recent are Lightsprint (Seed, $6.1M, Oct 2026), Healthleap (Seed + Series A, $38M, Oct 2026) and Liquid Compute (Seed, $15M, Sep 2026).
Transpose Platform Management most often invests alongside Y Combinator, Entrepreneur First, Alumni Ventures and Rebel Fund, and the companies it backs on Lounge are mostly in AI, Healthcare AI and AI for R&D.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Transpose Platform Management
Who founded Transpose Platform Management?
Alex Bangash and Trang Nguyen co-founded the firm in 2015. Both are Co-Managing Partners, and Bangash previously founded Trusted Insight.
What stage does Transpose Platform invest in for AI startups?
It focuses on formation-stage and seed investing. Almost all of its AI rounds on the Lounge deals desk are Seed, and one is Seed + Series A.
What check size does Transpose Platform write?
The firm has not published check sizes. The rounds it joined range from $3M to $480M in total size, but its own share is not public.
Which AI companies has Transpose Platform backed?
Recent AI rounds include humans&, Mirendil, Healthleap, Foundry Robotics, Kana, Liquid Compute, Thunder Compute and Trace.
How large are Transpose Platform's funds?
We could not confirm fund names or sizes from the firm's own materials. Check the firm's website or SEC filings for current figures.
What AI companies has Transpose Platform Management invested in?
Transpose Platform Management's AI investments include Lightsprint, Healthleap, Liquid Compute, Pharosyn, EverSettled, Build, Mirendil and Graph Therapeutics. The 22 rounds on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Transpose Platform Management invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Transpose Platform Management has invested at Seed, with a median round of $5M.
Who does Transpose Platform Management co-invest with?
Transpose Platform Management's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Y Combinator (12 deals), Entrepreneur First (3 deals), Alumni Ventures (3 deals), Rebel Fund (2 deals) and Kasra Nejatian (2 deals).
How can founders reach Transpose Platform Management?
Founders on Lounge can see Transpose Platform Management's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Transpose Platform Management to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.