First Turn Capital
A tighter loop on what's next.
Investing in the future. Building in public. Explaining what matters.
First Turn Capital is a next-generation family office spanning investments, software incubation, and research. We back frontier technology, build products through Labs, and publish our thinking through Turn Signal.
First Turn runs on three connected loops: capital for conviction, labs for learning, and research for clarity.
How FTC works
Three ways into the same thesis.
Capital
Capital
We back frontier software, infrastructure, and technical shifts with conviction and a long-term lens.
Labs
Labs
We build through First Turn Labs to stay close to behavior change, interfaces, and real product feedback.
Turn Signal
Turn Signal
We publish through Turn Signal to make emerging markets, products, and ideas easier to understand.
Current focus
Where we're paying attention.
Latest from Turn Signal
The newest writing, right on the front door.
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Explore
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About
What FTC is
The high-level view: how Capital, Labs, and Turn Signal fit together.
Projects
What we're building
A closer look at the products, experiments, and software probes coming out of Labs.
Turn Signal
What we're thinking
Essays, theses, market views, and product notes on what matters and why now.
Connect
Building something at the edge?
If you're building ambitious technology or thinking seriously about where things are going, we'd like to connect.