TeamThe crew behind V6

One founder. Three cats.

V6 is small on purpose. Every founder works directly with the people below, and with the three who supervise them.

01 / FounderSF Bay Area
Portrait of Michael Sedique, MS, MBA

Founder

MichaelSedique,MS, MBA

Michael's thing is foundations: build them right, then put them in front of the capital they deserve.

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Michael is a distinguished engineering and product leader out of the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been a founder for years and has built across many industries, working with everyone from industry-leading enterprises to the promising startups many overlook.

Today he actively supports many VC-backed ventures, including companies backed by Y Combinator and a16z. He respects founders who are as good at distribution as they are at building, and that is the standard V6 holds every company to.

Experience

Rhod AI
Serves in the C-suite.
Silpa Companies
Serves in the C-suite.
Founder
Years of building companies across many industries like AI, security, robotics, consumer applications, manufacturing, education, defense, entertainment, ecommerce, construction, real estate, and so on.
Advisor
Advises founders and supports VC-backed ventures, including Y Combinator and a16z companies.
Previous
CDW, Starbucks, Saks Fifth Avenue, GAP/Banana Republic

Education

Rice University
Alumnus
Boston College
Alumnus
Arizona State
Alumnus

Highlights

Builders who distribute
Backs founders who can build the product and get it into the world.
Enterprise to early stage
Brings enterprise-scale experience to companies at pre-seed.
Secure by design
Treats security as a founding decision, not a later fix: architecture, data and access are designed to hold up to enterprise buyers and investor diligence from day one.
Industry agnostic
Has built and advised across AI, security, robotics, defense, ecommerce and more, so the pattern he looks for is the builder, not the sector.
02 / BrandDoll-face Persian
Bebe, a fluffy doll-face Persian

Head of brand

Bebe

Bebe believes every company should look expensive, especially the early ones.

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Bebe sets the bar for presence. A doll-face Persian with a permanent expression of mild disappointment, Bebe reviews every logo, landing page and pitch for one thing: does it look like it belongs at Series A?

Bebe is rarely impressed. When Bebe is, you're ready.

Experience

Brand review
Final say on anything that will be seen in public.
Grooming
Professional, daily.

Highlights

Standards
Higher than yours. Higher than everyone's.
03 / DiligenceBritish Shorthair
Miso, a British Shorthair

Head of due diligence

Miso

Miso has never approved a deck without sitting on it first.

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Miso runs diligence the way British Shorthairs run everything: calmly, thoroughly and from the warmest available spot, which is usually the laptop.

Nothing gets past Miso. Founders should assume every slide has been inspected at close range.

Experience

Senior inspector
Every cardboard box delivered to V6 headquarters.
Keyboard operations
Lead, unsolicited.

Highlights

Zero missed details
Also zero missed meals.
04 / Night opsBombay
Toji, a black Bombay cat

Partner, night operations

Toji

Toji does his best work after midnight, which is exactly when most founders send their decks.

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Toji covers the late shift. Sleek, quiet and nearly invisible in a dark room, he is present for every late-night edit and every 2 a.m. "final_final_v3".

He believes in stealth mode, but only until launch.

Experience

Night operations
Supervises every deck sent to V6 after midnight.
Stealth
Career-long specialist.

Highlights

Always awake
When it matters, and when it doesn't.