Investors & Partners at Human Capital

Baris Akis

Co-Founder, President, and Managing Partner, Human Capital

Baris Akis is a Stanford-trained computer scientist who started raising and deploying venture funds as an undergraduate, backing companies like Brex in his early 20s rather than following the traditional associate-to-partner path. He built his investing approach around personally guiding over 500 software engineers on their career decisions, using those relationships as the foundation for deal flow while also taking on an active Talent Engineering role at xAI to assemble exceptional people for frontier-technology companies.

Matthew Colford

Investment Partner, Human Capital

Matthew Colford is an Investment Partner at Human Capital, a venture capital firm focused on identifying and nurturing transformative companies across multiple sectors. With a strategic focus on AI, Digital Health, Enterprise, Fintech, and Deeptech, Colford brings a disciplined investment approach to emerging technology landscapes. His investment portfolio includes notable companies such as Medra, Moonpay, and Anduril, demonstrating his ability to identify high-potential ventures across both consumer and enterprise domains. At Human Capital, Colford leverages his expertise to evaluate complex technological innovations and support founders building the next generation of industry-defining companies. His investment thesis spans from early-stage opportunities to scaling ventures, with particular emphasis on businesses leveraging artificial intelligence and advancing digital health solutions. Colford is active in the venture capital community and can be reached through his professional net