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Adaptive Systems Ventures

VC
Boston, MAWebsite

Adaptive Systems Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Boston, MA investing in Fintech, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $350K–$2.0M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$350K – $2.0M

AUM

$26M

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in adaptive AI and blockchain systems enabling custom, elastic high-performance environments for financial and enterprise use cases.

How Adaptive Systems Ventures invests

Adaptive Systems Ventures is a vc firm based in Boston, MA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise. It does not invest in Media.

Adaptive Systems Ventures typically writes checks of $350K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $26M in assets under management.

Adaptive Systems Ventures has backed 11 companies in our records, including Dynamic Compute AI, FlowChain Tech, Crux Climate.

Meet the Team

IS

Ian Samuels

General Partner

climate technology
mobility
energy
industry
technology & services
KA

Kyle Allen

Investor

PB

Phil Bronner

Investor

TD

Tara Desai

Principal

JT

James Turnbull

Principal

JC

Jason Connelly

General Partner

AI-enhanced SaaS
Blockchain Infrastructure

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other
AI / ML
Developer Tools
Enterprise
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Media

Portfolio Companies (11)

Other

DY

Dynamic Compute AI

Elastic Compute
FL

FlowChain Tech

Blockchain Infrastructure
CR

Crux Climate

Enabling efficient finance for the energy transition by building a software marketplace and ecosystem to transact and manage transferable tax credits and tax equity.

EL

Eli Technologies

Creating the digital infrastructure to unlock building energy efficiency and electrification incentives for government programs, contractors, and homeowners.

ES

Estes Energy

Building a novel battery pack architecture and a chemistry-agnostic software and manufacturing platform to serve the non-passenger mobility market.

ME

MetOx

Producing high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wire, which can offer high power at low voltage, with almost no loss - a component in short supply for sectors including energy generation and transmission.

PE

Pearl Edison

Building a two-sided fulfillment platform to accelerate the adoption of home electrification and energy-efficiency projects, providing a digital concierge for homeowners to scope and execute projects, and qualified deal flow for contractors.

RE

RedoxBlox

Storing energy through a thermochemical battery solution, that can release high grade heat for industrial applications, and pairing with turbines to discharge electricity back to the grid.

RE

Renovate Robotics

Making roofing safer and more productive with an automated robotics solution that addresses mitigation and adaptation challenges for roofing, and enables the deployment of next-generation rooftop solar at scale.

SI

SiTration

Pioneering full-value mining of materials essential for energy security through selective, chemical-free recovery of critical minerals across a variety of input streams that reduce waste and risk, and supporting remediation.

How to pitch Adaptive Systems Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $350K – $2.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ian Samuels, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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