Don't Quit Ventures (DQV) is a solo-GP venture capital firm founded by Noa Khamallah, investing in early-stage, sector-agnostic startups globally. The firm launched Fund I with a focus on backing underrepresented and unconventional founders.
DQV invests at the seed and pre-seed stages, writing initial checks between $50,000 and $150,000. The firm is sector-agnostic with a tilt toward AI and consumer-adjacent companies, investing globally without geographic restriction.
As a solo GP fund, DQV emphasizes fast decision-making and direct founder access, committing to respond to every submission within two weeks.
DQV closed the second close of its $10 million Fund I in August 2026. The fund's $1.25 million first close was deployed across 17 investments; the fund is currently marked at 2.5x MOIC, with more than 15% of its portfolio (three companies) now valued above $1 billion, compared to an industry average of roughly 1.5%.
DQV has already returned capital to LPs through an early secondary sale at 1.5x cost, approximately 14 months after its first close.
The fund is anchored by Allocator One, led by Michael Ströck, with additional backers including former NFL player Penny Hart and rapper Fetty Wap, alongside a wider network of operator and athlete investors.
Leadership
Don't Quit Ventures is led by sole General Partner Noa Khamallah. Raised in Roubaix, in northern France, Khamallah dropped out of school at 16 and served prison time before entering the technology industry.
He later became one of Lime's first European employees, helping scale the company's European expansion, and co-founded GetCharged Inc. ("Charge"), leading its European operations before the company was acquired for $17.5 million and became Nasdaq-listed Charge Enterprises. Prior to founding DQV, Khamallah spent four years as an angel investor, backing more than 15 startups.
He serves as an Ambassador at the Epic Foundation, a global nonprofit that applies venture-style due diligence to philanthropy.
Investment Strategy
DQV writes initial checks of $50,000 to $150,000 as a solo GP fund, allowing for fast decision-making without an investment committee.
The fund seeks partial liquidity through secondaries between the seed and Series B stages rather than waiting for a traditional decade-long venture cycle.
The firm sources deals directly, including through direct outreach to founders, and commits to providing feedback within two weeks of a deck submission.
Notable Investments
United States
