# Terrence Rohan

> Terrence Rohan is a seed investor at Otherwise Fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 80 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Otherwise Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/otherwise-fund)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 80
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 1%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrencerohan/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/tmrohan
- Website: https://trohan.com/

Terrence Rohan is a seed investor and the Managing Director of Otherwise. Terrence's seed investments include Figma, Front, Notion, Hugging Face, Granola, Vanta, and Robinhood, among others. Forbes has ranked him as part of the Midas Brink list, and Business Insider has named him one of the top seed investors.Terrence was at Index Venturesfor seven years. While at Index, he co-created and eventually led Index’s first Seed Fund and then incubated the firm’s inaugural Founder-Angel Fund, which he served as General Partner and Co-Founder. He launched Otherwise, a novel Founder-Angel Fund inspired by the one he created for Index.Before becoming an investor, Terrence held various roles in product marketing and development at Google and YouTube.Terrence holds an MS in Management from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, an MS in Philosophy from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA in Philosophy from Colgate University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.9M–$14M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.8M–$3M |
| Series A | $3M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 24 | 30% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 19 | 24% |
| Internet | 12 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 10% |
| SaaS | 7 | 9% |

113 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 48 | 60% |
| Series A | 9 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 8% |
| Series B | 4 | 5% |
| Angel | 2 | 3% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 56 | 70% |
| Sweden | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Sentience Company | Sentience is building personal AI that thinks, remembers, and acts like you. The company creates high-fidelity digital simulations that capture an individual’s knowledge, voice, and context across their tools, enabling AI that users own and shape over time. Rather than relying on generic systems trained on everyone, Sentience is focused onempowering individuals with AI that reflects their distinct judgment and identity. | $6.5M | Seed | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| The Clearing Company | The Clearing Company is an on-chain prediction market that aims to build an on-chain, permissionless prediction market that is compliant with regulatory standards and friendly to retail users. | $15M | Seed | Aug 28, 2025 |  |
| Interfere | The self-healing layer of the internet |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| Interfere | The self-healing layer of the internet |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| Interfere | The self-healing layer of the internet | $5.1M | Seed | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| Browser Use | Make Websites Accessible for Agents | $17M | Seed | Mar 22, 2025 |  |
| Artificial Societies | Artificial Societies specializes in simulation of user database to test and reframe content and marketing strategies in pre-launch stage. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | Mar 12, 2025 |  |
| Causal Labs | Causal Labs provides AI physics models to predict and control the weather. | $6M | Seed | Mar 12, 2025 |  |
| Mastra | Mastra is an AI software that helps users to typescript complex operations and complete set of work using AI. | $13M | Seed | Mar 12, 2025 |  |
| David AI | We transform audio into intelligence — building proprietary data and cutting-edge audio analytics to fuel the next generation of AI. | $5M | Seed | Jan 16, 2025 |  |

10 of 80 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 23 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Hummingbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hummingbird-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Initialized Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/initialized-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

## About Otherwise Fund

VC Fund · Mill Valley, United States

Otherwise is a network of founders investing in founders.

1 contacts available at Otherwise Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Terrence Rohan | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/terrence-rohan |

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## FAQ

### What does Terrence Rohan invest in?

Terrence Rohan invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 80 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Terrence Rohan's check size?

Terrence Rohan typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$14M at Seed, $1.8M–$3M at Pre-Seed and $3M–$28M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Terrence Rohan participates in.

### When did Terrence Rohan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Terrence Rohan closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 80 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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