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12 Zeros — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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12 Zeros is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in Healthcare, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm has 15 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
15 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Healthcare, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Food / AgTech
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-02

How to approach: submit via website (cold outreach acceptable)
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

15+ companies

Team

9 partners

About 12 Zeros

12 Zeros is a venture capital firm that makes concentrated bets in consumer health, BFY food and beverage, performance, recovery, sleep and measurable wellness brands. The firm invests at the pre-seed and seed stages. Recorded sectors include consumer health, performance, wellness, sleep, recovery, healthcare, AI/ML, infrastructure, developer tools, and food and beverage.

The firm is led by co-founders Nick Dio, whose focus areas are recovery, sleep and performance, and Roger Bernardino, whose focus areas are consumer health, wellness and performance. Additional team members include Mark Milutin, Mike Savas, Mike Schall, Max Rantz-McDonald, Heather Morris, Bryan Guadagno and Anthony Zanotian. Founders may submit opportunities via the website. Cold outreach is acceptable.

Investment Thesis

Concentrated bets in consumer health, BFY food & beverage, performance, recovery, sleep and measurable wellness brands.

How 12 Zeros invests

12 Zeros is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Healthcare, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Food / AgTech.

12 Zeros has backed 15 companies in our records, including Eight Sleep, Rythm Health, SpaceX.

Partners & Team

MM

Mark Milutin

Agency Partner

MS

Mike Savas

Experiential

MS

Mike Schall

Retail & CPG

MR

Max Rantz-McDonald

Sports Tech

HM

Heather Morris

PR & Comms

BG

Bryan Guadagno

Op Partner Advisors & Partners

ND

Nick Dio

Co-Founder & GP

recovery
sleep
performance
AZ

Anthony Zanotian

CPG Exits

RB

Roger Bernardino

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

consumer health
wellness
performance

Involved with breakout consumer brands early: Eight Sleep, Rythm Health, It's That Simple, and SpaceX. Over a decade of operator-led B2B relationships across the Department of Defense, Nike, US Air Force, Whole Foods, Madison Square Garden, SoFi Stadium, Dallas Cowboys, Loews Hotels, UEFA, and Audible. Built 12 Zeros from operator conviction, not institutional theory.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare
AI / ML
Developer Tools
Food / AgTech

Recent Activity

Investment Track Record

12 Zeros has recorded investments in 15 portfolio companies. The firm has backed pre-seed and seed stage startups including Avelo Running in performance footwear, Axo Longevity in biomarker longevity, Bridge Hydration in functional beverage, Eight Sleep in sleep and recovery, ICON Technology in 3D construction, It's That Simple in BFY food and beverage, Rythm Health in hormone health and SOURMILK in BFY food.

Additional recorded investments include DAYDREAM in sleep, FORT in recovery, KENETIK in performance, OMI in wellness, Omi Health, Palmetto in solar energy and SpaceX in space and AI infrastructure.

Portfolio Companies (15)

Other

EI

Eight Sleep

Sleep & recovery·Seed
RY

Rythm Health

Hormone health·Seed
SP

SpaceX

Space & AI infrastructure·Series H
IC

ICON Technology

3D construction · NASA·Seed
IT

It's That Simple

BFY food and beverage·Seed
PA

Palmetto

Solar energy·Series B
AX

Axo Longevity

Biomarker longevity·Pre-seed
AV

Avelo Running

Performance footwear·Pre-seed
BR

Bridge Hydration

Functional beverage·Pre-seed
KE

KENETIK

Performance·Private·Fund I

Not enough public detail in the available source to describe precisely

How to pitch 12 Zeros
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Healthcare, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •submit via website (cold outreach acceptable)
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mark Milutin, Agency Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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