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Actual Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

AUM

$250M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on early-stage consumer-facing companies shaping how people engage with media and culture.

How Actual Ventures invests

Actual Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Consumer. It does not invest in Enterprise SaaS.

Actual Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $250M in assets under management.

Actual Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including Notable.

Meet the Team

GS

Gerard Sansoni

Co-Founder

Built Environment
Information Sciences
Material Science
FA

Faisal Althenayan

Technology Evaluation Manager

DT

Darshan Thakkar

Partner

Life Sciences
Deep Tech
Sustainability
KW

Kanishka Wanninayaka

Partner

Manufacturing
Material Sciences
Scale-up
JS

Jamil Shinawi

Co-Founder

Deep Tech
Mobility
Renewable Energy
Urban Tech
AH

Aaron Hsu

General Partner

Information Sciences
AI
Computing Infrastructure
OA

Osman Ahmed

Partner

Energy & ESG
Deep Tech Commercialization
DF

Dr. Faisal Althenayan

Partner

Life Sciences
Science Evaluation
R&D
AS

Adel Samer

Co-Founder

Deep Tech
Material Sciences
Information Sciences

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Enterprise SaaS

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

NO

Notable

Media
How to pitch Actual Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Gerard Sansoni, Co-Founder.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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