Omar El-Ayat

Omar El-Ayat is the Founder and General Partner at Euclid Ventures, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. He has over 10 years of experience in leading early-stage investments in industry-changing vertical startups. Before founding Euclid Ventures in January 2021, Omar was a Partner at Crosslink Capital from 2011 to 2019. His investment focus is on pre-seed and seed-stage companies, particularly in vertical software and marketplace sectors.134

Euclid Ventures specializes in partnering with founders at the formation stage to build purpose-built software for transforming cornerstone industries in the economy. The firm aims to address the funding gap for early-stage businesses in these sectors.24 Omar has been involved in investments in companies like Postmates, BuildingConnected, Hungryroot, and HomeLight.4