AI is transforming our world

AI is transforming our world

Halcyon is a grant-maker, incubator, and investment firm. We back founders in AI safety, cybersecurity and biosecurity.

So far, we've supported the launch of 30 new projects that have gone on to raise more than $500 million in funding.

If you're a talented, mission-driven leader ready to take on the most important work of your life, we hope you'll say hi.

Halcyon is a grant-maker, incubator, and investment firm. We back founders in AI safety, cybersecurity and biosecurity.

So far, we've supported the launch of 30 new projects that have gone on to raise more than $500 million in funding.

If you're a talented, mission-driven leader ready to take on the most important work of your life, we hope you'll say hi.

Our Team

Mike McCormick

Founder & CEO

Mike McCormick

Founder & CEO

Former Partner at GPV, a $1b+ AUM VC firm based in San Francisco. Early investor in multiple unicorns. Left VC in 2022 to focus on global catastrophic risks, and launched Halcyon in late 2023.

Michael Chang

Partner, Biosecurity

Michael Chang

Partner, Biosecurity

Former Cofounder and CEO Tether Therapeutics, and EIR at DARPA/In-Q-Tel focused on biosecurity. Former investor at Adjuvant Capital and the Gates Foundation.

Shelby Summerfield

Head of Operations

Shelby Summerfield

Head of Operations

Former Director of Scheduling and Advance for Andrew Yang's presidential and mayoral campaigns, as well as COO of his nonprofit, Humanity Forward.

Ross Matican

Investor

Ross Matican

Investor

Previously worked on market research at Bessemer Venture Partners. Founder of Tailwinds, a product marketing consultancy for early-stage AI startups. BlueDot Impact alum.

Charlie Petty

Venture Partner

Charlie Petty

Venture Partner

Co-founder of an initiative at Stripe focused on reducing the threat of respiratory viruses. Former Managing Director at GHIC and Partner at Adjuvant Capital. Board member for over half a dozen biosecurity startups and nonprofits.

Max Henderson

Venture Partner

Max Henderson

Venture Partner

Max is the Co-founder and CEO of Ergo Impact. Previously he was a product and sales leader at Google Cloud, McKesson, and Oracle, before founding CovidActNow. Max serves on several boards across AI safety and biosecurity.

Nick Raushenbush

Operating Partner

Nick Raushenbush

Operating Partner

Former Cofounder and CEO of software company Shogun, which scaled to 20k+ paying customers, Series C, and $575M valuation. Nick is a Y Combinator alumni and has invested in over 50 startups.

Get in touch

hello@halcyonfutures.org

hello@halcyonfutures.org