Introducing Offline Ventures

DAVE MORIN
Offline Ventures
Published in
4 min readNov 16, 2021

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Let’s take a minute to think about the history of personal computing. For most of us elder millennials, those days began in computer labs. Playing games like Oregon Trail and Mavis Beacon typing races filled us with joy. Years later, these computers became connected through the internet. Their sizes got smaller and smaller, fitting first inside of our backpacks and then inside of our pockets.

Fast forward to today, where there is now a computer in every pocket, on our wrists, in our ears, in space, and even on Mars. (Speaking of which, did you know that a single Airpod contains more computing power than the entire Apollo mission?)

Sure, we’ve come a long way, but we’ve got a much longer way to go.

As advanced as technology has become, and as connected as we all are, we are a deeply unhappy and unhealthy species. Depression will be the #1 cause of disease worldwide by 2030, our world is burning and flooding (often at the same time), and most people can’t afford basic rights such as education and childcare.

Offline has made over 30 investments to date.

Introducing Offline Ventures. We are a firm run by four entrepreneurs-turned-investors: Brit Morin, Dave Morin, Nate Bosshard and James Higa. Our mission is to back beautiful companies that matter in the world and elevate the well being of the founders who create this change. We are driven by a belief that the…

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