Tamar Vidra

Tamar Vidra is a driven early-stage investor with a keen focus on emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence. Her investment thesis emphasizes supporting founders who leverage off-the-shelf hardware to gather unique data, thereby building defensible market positions and creating high-margin software businesses. She seeks breakthrough ideas and founders with category-defining visions. twelvebelow+1

With a background in both Political Science and International Affairs from Columbia University, Tamar combines academic rigor with practical venture capital experience. She has held investor roles at Twelve Below and Red Sea Ventures, and contributed to the venture ecosystem through roles like VP Strategy at Columbia Women's Alliance of Venture & Equity (CWAVE) and fellowships at Dipper Research Partners and IDEA Fund Partners, where she focused on evaluating startups and developing investment theses. theorg+2