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280 Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

VC

280 Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Fintech. The firm has 4 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
4 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Developer Tools, Fintech
Check size
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-25

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

4+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investment Thesis

Early-stage investor active in crypto and AI-adjacent startups, including agentic revenue infrastructure. The firm appears open to novel protocol-layer ideas with token or ecosystem potential.

How 280 Capital invests

280 Capital is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Developer Tools, Fintech.

280 Capital manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 1 fund raised by the firm.

280 Capital has backed 4 companies in our records, including Plume Network, GAIB / GAIB AI, BRKT.

Partners & Team

GB

Greg Back

Principal

DM

Dave Martin

Principal

SM

Scott Milius

Principal

DP

Dave Peterschmidt

Principal

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Developer Tools
Fintech

Funds

Fund III

$200M2023
investing

Portfolio Companies (4)

Other

PL

Plume Network

Crypto / Web3·Series A

Modular blockchain network focused on real-world asset finance (RWAfi).

GA

GAIB / GAIB AI

Crypto / Web3, AI infrastructure·Convertible note / pre-seed-adjacent financing

Tokenizing AI compute assets.

BR

BRKT

Crypto / Web3·Seed

Blockchain-based bracket prediction market.

VE

Veta Finance

Fintech / DeFi·Seed

On-chain platform for structured-product margin trading and related DeFi services.

How to pitch 280 Capital
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Greg Back, Principal.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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