Built in the Storm
Swan Risk Management was founded in 2010, in the aftermath of the worst financial crisis in generations. While others saw chaos, we saw clarity: the 2008 crisis revealed that most investors fundamentally misunderstood the risks in their portfolios.
We built our firm on a simple premise—that understanding risk is the foundation of generating returns. Not avoiding risk, but understanding it. Measuring it. Managing it with the same rigor that institutions apply to their best opportunities.
The Evolution
For our first decade, we focused exclusively on portfolio risk management. We helped family offices and sophisticated investors navigate market uncertainty through rigorous quantitative analysis and strategic hedging. We stress-tested portfolios against scenarios others dismissed as improbable. We built frameworks for tail risk protection that proved their value in every subsequent market dislocation.
But as we studied risk across thousands of investment decisions, we noticed something: the same analytical rigor that protects portfolios can identify exceptional opportunities. We began to see that the best early-stage investments often hide in plain sight—founders building durable businesses in markets we understand deeply, solving problems we've encountered firsthand.
A New Chapter
Our seed investing practice emerged naturally from this realization. We don't invest in trends or hype. We invest where our expertise gives us conviction—in AI infrastructure that will power the next generation of intelligent systems, and in real estate technology that transforms how investors protect their capital.
Today, our portfolio includes MemoryGraph.dev, pioneering graph-based memory infrastructure for AI agents, and InvestorTitleSearch.com, automating real estate due diligence for investors. These companies reflect our thesis: back technical founders solving real problems in markets transformed by technology.
We remain what we've always been—students of risk, partners in growth. Fifteen years have taught us that the best returns come not from avoiding uncertainty, but from navigating it with discipline, insight, and a long-term perspective.