MNH is an investment firm striving to back extraordinary founders using the most advanced technologies and sciences to solve the most difficult problems. We are headquartered in New York with an office in Silicon Valley.

Millennium New Horizons focuses on deep tech investing. Since its inception in 2018, MNH has backed more than 2 dozen companies including CoreWeave, Mistral AI, Joby, Ziva Dynamics and many others.

Value Proposition

We approach investments with a 7+ year horizon and help companies scale through the ideation, development, and commercialization phases.

Creatify
44.112
-123.964
Opus Clip
37.2924
-114.8235
LionRocket
37.5519
126.9918
Opentrons
40.7458675
-73.9437631
SparkCognition
30.4337135
-97.7395521
Joby
36.9867287
-122.0376329
May Mobility
42.2112831
-83.746283
CoreWeave
39.234575
-74.931034
Strella
47.6099483
-122.3400245
Mistral AI
48.8601826
2.3461149
Phantom AI
41.358659
-117.228499
Gori Company
33.86188
-117.8858097
Deep Instinct
40.7652719
-73.9830293

Our Global Portfolio

Value Proposition

From ideation to commercialization, we work relentlessly to build deep, lasting relationships with founders at every stage of their companies' development.

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Ideal Commercial Partner

Ideal Commercialization Partner

Millennium New Horizons has strong relationships with leading global strategics across industries representing trillions of dollars in enterprise value. We add value to our portfolio by fostering impactful business relationships.

Deep Industry Network
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Bespoke Portfolio

Portfolio of Bespoke Investments

We lead rounds and participate in financings led by other VCs. Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, we craft tailor-made investment proposals for each of our companies based on their needs.

Bespoke Portfolio
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Company First

Stage and Geography-Agnostic

We are company-focused first and foremost. Our team has deep experience investing in each stage of the startup life cycle, supporting them as they grow from incubation to IPO.

High Flexibility
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Investment Team

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Ray Cheng

Managing Partner

Ray is a Managing Partner of Millennium New Horizons, where he focuses on venture and growth across all emerging technologies.

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Ray Cheng
Managing Partner

Ray is a Managing Partner of Millennium New Horizons, where he focuses on venture and growth across all emerging technologies.

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About

Ray Cheng

Ray is a Managing Partner of Millennium New Horizons, where he focuses on venture and growth across all emerging technologies. Ray led the firm's investments in Mistral AI, CoreWeave, Gori AI, Joby Aviation, Deep Instinct, May Mobility, Ziva Dynamics and more. Prior to Millennium, Ray was a venture capitalist at Rho Ventures, where he focused on investments in internet, software, and clean technology. He was involved with Rho’s investments in ChargePoint, OMGPOP (acq. by Zynga), and others. Ray also serves as a founding-advisor to Komodo Health and was previously an advisor to HackHands (acq. by PluralSight). Ray graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Systems Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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Jay Chong

Managing Partner

Jay is a Managing Partner of Millennium New Horizons, where he focuses on early-stage investments across all emerging technologies.

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Jay Chong
Managing Partner

Jay is a Managing Partner of Millennium New Horizons, where he focuses on early-stage investments across all emerging technologies.

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Jay Chong

Jay is a Managing Partner of Millennium New Horizons, where he focuses on early-stage investments across all emerging technologies. Jay led the firm’s investments in Syntiant, Rapid Robotics, Gori, and OpusClip among others. Jay served as a seasoned executive across several tech giants including Intel, Samsung, and SK. As an Executive Vice President, Jay led the e-Mobility Group at SK Group, driving investments and acquisitions within the electrification and alternative energy sectors. Here, he led the investment in Volta Charging (VLTA) and advised its $300M joint venture with SunRun, the number 1 residential solar company in the US. He also supported the Executive Vice Chairman of SK Group, overseeing SK Hynix, SK Telecom, SK Innovation, SK Holdings, and SK On, a leading EV battery manufacturer. Prior to SK, Jay was a Vice President & Managing Director at Samsung Ventures, focusing on e-Mobility, autonomous driving, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, data centers, semiconductors, and metaverse. His key investments include SolidFire (acq. by NetApp), SeaMicro (acq. by AMD), PureStorage (lPO), Tilera (acq. By Mellanox), YellowBrick, and Oculii (acq. by Ambarella). Jay spent the earlier stages of his career in various leadership roles at Intel, where he successfully launched and managed its flagship mobile and laptop product lines such as Centrino and Pentium M. His tenure at Intel includes an international assignment in Shanghai, China, driving the corporate strategy of building the local laptop manufacturing ecosystems and incubating local laptop OEMs in China, India, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Prior to Intel he headed Sales & Marketing at International Rectifier (acquired by Infineon) in Seoul, Korea. Jay holds an MBA from The Johnson School at Cornell University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

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Sharadh Sivamani

Investor

Sharadh is an Investor at Millennium New Horizons, where he focuses on early and growth stage investments in AI/ML, Hardware, and Consumer Tech.

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Sharadh Sivamani
Investor

Sharadh is an Investor at Millennium New Horizons, where he focuses on early and growth stage investments in AI/ML, Hardware, and Consumer Tech.

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About

Sharadh Sivamani

Sharadh is an Investor at Millennium New Horizons, where he focuses on early and growth stage investments in AI/ML, Hardware, and Consumer Tech. Sharadh supported the firm’s investments in CoreWeave, Mistral, and Opus Clip. Prior to Millennium, Sharadh was an Investment Associate at Stephen M. Ross’s family office private equity firm where he evaluated and executed the firm’s investments in Magnolia Bakery, MilkBar, and Beta Technologies. Sharadh began his career at Accenture Ventures, where he supported Nestle’s acquisition of Essentia Waters and Accenture’s acquisitions of LinkByNet and TripleBlind. Sharadh holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Economics (MMSS) from Northwestern University and a Certificate in Financial Economics from the Kellogg School of Management. Sharadh also served as a Course Fellow at Harvard Business School, where he authored several case studies for Moving Beyond DTC, a consumer-focused SIP. In his free time, Sharadh loves to play basketball, try new restaurants in the city, and explore the world with his parents.

Extended Team

Sam Schwerin

Founder, Managing Partner, Millennium Tech Value Partners

Daniel Burstein

Founder, Managing Partner, Millennium Tech Value Partners

Jon Glass

CFO

Joseph Kao

Partner, Millennium Tech Value Partners

Barbara Holmes

Office Manager

Our Advisors

Yoon Kim

Partner, Saehan Venture Capital

Alex Rosemblat

ex-CMO, DataDog

Pavan Arora

CTO, Cerberus

Steven Hong

VP/GM, Ambarella

Michael Chasen

Founder & CEO, Class.com

Marc Fleischmann

GM & SVP, NetApp

Tracy Chadwell

Founding Partner, 1843 Capital

Mark Wassersug

ex-COO & CIO, ICE

Silicon Valley & New York