Pre-seed investors
Firms that report investing at pre-seed — with the sector focus, cheque range and headquarters currently held for each. A firm spanning several stages appears on each hub it answers.
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tywoo investments
We focus on investing in early/seed stage technology companies. We aim to provide not only funding but hands-on support to the visionaries we partner up with. The markets we look for are extremely diverse in nature. Our companies are well marketed to our contacts and infused with our experiences in the industry. We look for those with a measurable dream and/or vision who are attempting to solve nagging issues in the marketplace.
Guild Capital
Guild Capital is a venture capital firm dedicated to the search of innovation. It ventures further by seeking out compelling opportunities across disparate geography and diverse industries. It specializes in incubation services and seed, early stage, later stage and growth/expansion investments. It was founded in 2009 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in New York, New York; Pune, India and Mumbai, India.
The 98
The 98 is an early stage venture capital firm dedicated to funding technology businesses led by women. Women-led start-ups receive only 2% of venture capital dollars despite generating higher returns on invested capital and quicker exits. The 98 aims to change the funding ratio by providing exceptional women founders with capital, operating expertise and network resources to build great companies and generate superior returns.
FEB VENTURES
We mitigate the risks of new business projects and innovations before they turn into costly failures—we validate demand and achieve product-market fit. We build testing environments (online and offline) with product and value propositions that we thoroughly test. We develop rapid MVPs and launch them using sophisticated go-to-market strategies. Trust the process —one that has been proven and refined across dozens of projects.
hero ventures ltd.
Hero Ventures Ltd. was a private venture capital fund that invested in early stage technology companies from 2004 to 2019. We found that there was a shortage of Canadian investment in seed stage startups, and, as a result we provided funds and support to this sector. We looked mainly for software and hardware companies that were highly scalable. We invested in over 25 companies and earned at 32% annual return on exits so far.
Dreamcraft Ventures
In a post-AI world of infinite supply, human attention is the ultimate scarce resource . We invest in the proprietary audiences, communities, and IP that hold, compound, and monetize that scarcity. As hyper commoditization strips software and content of pricing power, controlling the last mile - the direct, un-intermediated relationship with the consumer - has become the single most critical choke point for enterprise value.
weVentureHub
we are a hub powered by a group of successful local industry leaders, investors, and professionals who believe in the power of creative intelligence and are committed to supporting start-ups or a movement around a great idea. We are also the first local Venture Capital -backed incubator, where start-ups can have the opportunity to partner with investors with a passion for local innovation and in-depth local market insights.
Deep Valley Labs
As co-founders, we work with entrepreneurs to systematically validate those hypotheses, ensuring nascent ideas turn into thriving startups. When a venture, or proto-startup, is prepared for spin out, founders working with Deep Valley Labs see higher rates of success because the core technical and business hypotheses have already been validated. More validation means fewer pivots and increases the likelihood of success.
DeltaClime VT
A business accelerator providing startup support, mentorship, and access to capital for climate economy entrepreneurs. The DeltaClimeVT business accelerator is a Vermont-based program serving startup and seed-stage ventures focusing on climate economy innovation across multiple industries. As a proven leader in sustainability, Vermont offers participants access to a large number of entrepreneurial climate economy and
Maryland Venture Fund
Maryland Venture Fund is a venture capital firm specializing in the seed, early-stage and fund of fund investments. The Fund receives annual allocations from the Maryland State Legislature. It makes direct investments in the software, platform, information technology, communications, cyber security, education technology, energy technology, health information technology, health, diagnostics and medical device sectors.
TeleSoft Partners
Telesoft Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage, mid stage, late stage and growth capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in next generation components, systems, software and services. The firm typically makes investments between $1 million and $15 million per company and typically acts as a co-lead or lead investor. The firm was founded in 1996 and is based in San Francisco, California.
VSP Capital
VSP Capital was a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, early stage, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, and growth capital investments. It used to invest in consumer technology, marketing software and services, internet retail, business to business, internet service providers, telecommunication services and wireless networking equipment. It was based in San-Francisco and was founded in 1996.
Samsung Next
Samsung Global Innovation Center is a venture capital firm which invests in entrepreneurs and startups to create software and services. The team of entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, strategists, business developers and experts work together to empower the global community of startups. the firm is based in Silicon Valley, California with additional offices in New York, New York; Tel Aviv, Israel and Japan, Seoul.
Kaplan Group Investments
Kaplan Group Investments is a family office that has a private fund utilizing internally generated capital and does not take money from outside funds. The firm is focused on investing primarily in technology companies via direct investments and secondary loans. It also invests in uncorrelated professionally managed hedge and private equity funds as an LP. It was founded in 2006 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Khora Venture Partners
We are a consortium of family offices, operators, and senior executives dedicated to investing in and nurturing early-stage Israeli healthcare, life sciences, synthetic biology, and biomanufacturing startups. Leveraging a robust global network and deep domain expertise, we bridge the critical gaps from pre-seed to Series A, providing the necessary tools and support to position emerging ventures for future success.
PurposeTech
PurposeTech is a pre-seed fund that supports purpose-driven technology startups in the CEE. We empower purpose-driven founders. We are their very first investor and one of their most valued partners in their journey to change the world. PurposeTech was co-founded by serial entrepreneurs Zdenek Fred Fous, David Kovalsky, and the Impact Hub - a global network for impact-driven entrepreneurs, innovators and creators.
Artesian
Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investment manager with an approach to early stage venture capital investments targeting both financial and strategic returns for 'High Net Worth Individuals', corporate and institutional investments. The firm prefers to invest in the media, healthcare, diagnostics and life sciences, web application, software, mobile, communications and information technology sectors.
Spartups
Spartups is an early stage accelerator that focuses on customer development, revenue generation, product development, beta testing, marketing and pitching. The firm prefers to invest in the logistics, beverages, food, real estate, enterprise software, heath-tech, ecommerce, mobile, big data, technology enabled service, other healthcare and financial services sectors. It is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Catalyst Investors
Founded in 1999, Catalyst Investors is a growth equity venture capital firm that prefers to invest in lower middle market companies located in North America and Europe. The firm seeks to invest in the technology enabled service, managed service, eCommerce, internet enabled hardware, digital media, healthtech, marketing service, educational service, braodband , data centre, mobile and wireless spectrum sectors.
Zeigangel Family Office
At Zeigangel, our M&A strategy is driven by the uniqueness of the technology or product offering. We focus on start-ups, early-stage companies, and turnarounds with sub-$10MM EBITDA, as well as pre-revenue companies with IP that complements our portfolio. Our acquisitions target technology-driven, product-based companies with licensing and SaaS models, aligning with our goal of fostering innovation and growth.
Launch Tennessee
Launch Tennessee is a venture capital firm focused on supporting the development of high-growth companies in Tennessee. The firm invests in early-stage, high growth, technology-enabled companies through its INCITE Co-Investment Fund. Its target industries include information technology, technology, healthcare, digital media, ed-tech, transportation, energy and sustainability, healthcare IT and gaming sectors.
Manos Accelerator
Manos Accelerator is a startup accelerator focused on early-stage startup companies that are developing software solutions in the mobile, education, enterprise, media and entertainment and healthcare market sectors. Based on a mentorship-driven model, Manos is a 3-month accelerator program that provides "hands-on" education, business resources, infrastructure and guidance for startup companies led by Latinos.
Softtech VC
SoftTech VC is an early stage venture capital firm that was founded in 2004 and based in Palo Alto, California and with an additional office at San Francisco, California. The firm manages five institutionally-backed funds and invests in Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, Southern California, Boulder and Canada. It seeks to invest in early stage B2B, connect devices, marketplaces and consumer services startups.
Petrillo Capital
Petrillo Capital is a Boston-based venture capital firm which makes early to late stage investments and partner with entrepreneurs to help launch, operate, and grow companies. The firm's investment interests fall broadly within information and communications technology including cyber-security, enterprise software and cloud infrastructure sectors. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
TA Venture
TA Venture is a venture capital firm focused on investing in innovative seed-stage and early-stage Web companies in the USA, Europe and more particularly in Ukraine, Russia and other CIS countries. We also invest in growth-stage companies with proven business models that have been successfully implemented in Western markets and which seek to expand their business into Ukraine, Russia and other CIS countries.
VIVAIO
VIVAIO is an Italian word that means nursery. It is used in soccer to define the program that identifies and grow talented kids from a very young age and bring them to the major league. Our Vision is to do the same in the technology innovation space. We are in the look for talented entrepreneurs that have a product or an idea in an early stage. We want to help them grow it and change the future for the best.
Open Circle Capital
We are interested in technology companies in the fields of ICT, robotics and high-tech. We favor teams of professionals comprised or led by serial entrepreneurs with past growth, fundraising and/or exiting experience. We are looking for product building companies that would be high-potential, fast-growth, and ready to conquer foreign markets. Best time to talk us is just after first revenues in the company.
white fund sa
White Fund is a Belgian medtech venture capitalist fund. Founded in 2019, it aims to support the pre-market stages of projects and the launch of sales, with an exit target of 5-8 years. The fund has a size of EUR 38 million, in order to finance about 10 projects. Investors in the fund include Business Angels, SFPI-FPIM, Invest For Jobs, Finance&Invest.Brussels, Noshaq, Ogeo Fund, Solidaris and CHU de Liège.
TechVen Partners
Techven Partners LLC is dedicated to growing early-stage, high-technology companies. In addition to direct investments, Techven Partners provides a range of mentoring and management resources. TechVen’s foundational Technology Cultivation Process has been developed over several decades and has proven to be highly effective in generating commercially successful technologies and financially robust companies.
Velocity Venture Capital
Velocity Venture Capital was a venture capital firm that invested in early-stage information technology companies based in the United States. The firm made majority of its investment in seed and early-stage companies and minority in mid-stage companies. It was based in California and focused more on companies located in Sacramento/Northern California region. The firm was merged with Impact Venture Capital.
GrandBanks Capital
GrandBanks Capital is a venture capital firm that prefers to invest in early stage companies located primarily in the eastern part of the United States. The firm seeks to invest in the internet infrastructure, software and software service, security and storage application, mobile media, financial technologies and service, and wireless technology and service sectors. It is based in Needham, Massachusetts.
CampVentures
CampVentures is a seed-stage venture capital firm. The firm lead seed rounds on the order of $500 to $1.5M and engages with companies in their earliest stages of development. It typically invests in communications and information technologies sector with a focus on networking, semiconductors, wireless, software, storage and security companies. It was founded in 1997 and is based in Los Altos, California.
NewVa Capital Partners
NewVa Capital Partners is a Radford, Virginia-based private equity and venture capital firm. The firm primarily seeks to invests in seed, early stage startup, mid stage and emerging companies. It makes investment in companies that considers initiating operations in, currently operating in, or willing to relocate all or a significant portion of their business to, the NewVa region of southwestern Virginia.
Wwbic
The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), in collaboration with the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM), is pleased to announce the launch of the Black Business Boost. This unique initiative will provide 100 Black business owners and entrepreneurs in the greater Milwaukee area with access to key supportive services to start, strengthen or expand their business ventures.
RockPort Capital
RockPort Capital is a venture capital firm that prefers to invest in companies operating in the alternative and traditional energy, mobility and sustainability sectors. The firm also invests in the agriculture, transport, building product, clean technology, mobile, infrastructure, semiconductor, consumer product and big data sectors. It was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Harbert Growth Partners
Harbert Management is an investment management firm that specializes in making investments in private equity, venture capital, real estate and mezzanine debt. The firm's clients include endowments and foundations, funds of funds, family offices, pension funds, financial institutions, insurance companies and high net worth individuals. iT was established in 1993 and is based out of Birmingham, Alabama.
Oak HC/FT
Oak HC/FT is a venture growth equity fund investing in healthcare information and services and financial services technology. The firm is focused on driving transformation in these industries by providing entrepreneurs and companies with strategic counsel, board-level participation, and access to extensive network of industry leaders. The firm was formed in 2014 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Sears Capital Management
Sears Capital Management is a venture investment firm specializing in the life sciences. Since its founding in 1994, Sears Capital Management and its affiliated funds have provided seed capital and early stage financing for life science companies and startups. The firm's investment areas are pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Sears Capital was founded in 1994 and is based in Cupertino, California.
TriStar Technology Ventures
TriStar Technology Ventures is an early stage venture firm that considers investments in consumer technology and healthcare innovation with a focus on diagnostics, life science, medical technology and devices, healthcare information technology and healthcare service sectors. The firm was founded in 2009 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee. It operates as a subsidiary of Healthcare Investment Group.
Keiretsu Forum
Keiretsu Forum is an investment community of accredited private equity angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate, and institutional investors. It's members invest in diverse investment opportunities specializing in early stages of the company operating in the healthcare, biotech, life science and real estate sectors. The firm was founded in the San Francisco East Bay in California in 2000.
Olive Tree Capital
Olive Tree Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, early stage and later stage investments. The firm is not limited by traditional deal structures, asset classes or holding periods. This allows the firm to invest across industries, geographies and a range of securities without investment horizon constraints or defined transaction limits. The firm is based in Los Angeles, California.
TheSeedFund
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Wichita Technology Ventures
Wichita Technology Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture capital fund managed by the investment team of Wichita Technology Corporation. The firm seeks to make investments in the advanced materials, biosciences, broadband and telecommunications, food and beverage, manufacturing, medical devices, software and inforamtion technology sectors. It was founded in 1994 and is based in Wichita, Kansas.
Drew Volpe
Procyon Ventures is a venture capital firm that prefers to invest in early stage start up companies based in North America and Asia and solving real-world problems using data and machine intelligence, focusing on applications of frontier technologies such as artificial intelligenceI, computational biotech, connected sensors, augmented reality and virtual reality, and industrial internet of things.
AngelsWay 🔷
Discover the power of community-driven investing with Angels Way - a Portugal-based organization dedicated to fostering the growth and success of early-stage startups. By providing funding, resources, and support, we empower technology-driven companies to make a real difference in the world. Join us in our mission to drive innovation and change through the next generation of startups in Portugal.
SVB Silicon Valley Bank
SVB Capital is venture capital and private equity arm of Silicon Valley Bank. The firm's funds include diversified venture capital, growth capital, fund of funds and direct investment funds that invest in the United States and as well as in the international markets. It prefers to invest in life sciences and technology sectors. The firm was founded in 1995 and is based in Santa Clara, California.
BSV Ventures
BSV Ventures (formerly known as Baltic Sandbox Ventures) is an early-stage VC dedicated to developing the Deep Tech and Life Science ecosystem in Europe, with emphasis on the Baltic region. BSV's focus is on early-stage individuals and teams that are engaged in research and development, and are seeking to address complex technical challenges with significant potential for commercial application.
LA Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator is a clean-tech business incubator based in Los Angeles, California. The firm accelerates development of clean-tech start-ups by offering flexible office space, chief executive officer coaching and mentoring and access to capital. It operates out of the La Kretz Innovation Campus, with satellite offices at California State University, Northrige and Silicon Valley.