Operating Partner
Air Street CapitalCheck size: $500K-$10M published firm range; typical pre-seed and seed checks are $500K-$5M.
The official roster identifies Jan Erik Solem as Operating Partner. This profile applies Air Street Capital's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing authority or a narrower individual mandate. Relevant founder fit follows the firm's thesis: Back technically differentiated AI-first companies as early as possible, especially frontier systems, infrastructure, autonomous systems, agents and AI-native life sciences.
At firm level, Air Street Capital is aligned with back technically differentiated AI-first companies as early as possible, especially frontier systems, infrastructure, autonomous systems, agents and AI-native life sciences. This is firm-level guidance, not an invented personal preference.
No personal pass list is public. Opportunities outside Air Street Capital's stated stages, sectors, geography or team criteria should be treated as lower fit rather than a confirmed personal rejection rule.
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Jan Erik Solem is currently Operating Partner at Air Street Capital, as listed on the firm's official roster. Where the roster does not publish a longer biography, this profile avoids inferring prior employers, education, deals or decision authority.