AdVentures Startup Fund
AdVentures Startup Fund is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, SaaS, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.5M checks and has 12 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed
$500K – $1.5M
12+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused on early-stage AdTech and Marketing Tech startups, helping them scale through data-driven strategies and analytics improvements.
How AdVentures Startup Fund invests
AdVentures Startup Fund is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Developer Tools.
AdVentures Startup Fund typically writes checks of $500K–$1.5M per investment.
AdVentures Startup Fund has backed 12 companies in our records, including ClickWatch, MarketSync, Wimi.
Meet the Team
Olivia Chen
General Partner
Antoine Duboscq
CEO
CEO adVentures Venture Studio
Wimi
JV Partner
Joint Venture between Wimi and CSTB (Gov. Agency)
CSTB
Gov. Agency
Government Agency
BxVentures
Co-founded by adVentures
Co-founded by adVentures in 2022
Hard Climate Studio
Co-founder
Co-founder of Hard Climate
WMI Consulting
Strategy Consulting Firm
Strategy consulting firm with 25 years of experience
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (12)
Other
ClickWatch
MarketSync
Wimi
Wimi is the leading sovereign collaborative suite for Defense and other sensitive sectors, addressing the challenges of cybersecurity and sovereignty for public and private clients.
GEG-Tech
GEG-Tech is a leading genetic engineering research studio laboratory based in Paris-Saclay. It develops biologic vectors for mRNA delivery, with a wide range of applications inc. gene therapy.
Eloquens
Eloquens is the leading US marketplace for professional business best practices. More than 600 authors publish on Eloquens in Finance, Strategy, Leadership & HR.
Kroqi
Kroqi is the French leading collaborative platform for the construction industry. More than 100,000 professional users in construction companies, architects and engineering.
BxVentures
BxVentures was co-founded by adVentures in 2022, with business partners and investors in Belgium, to address green technologies.
Fex Energy
Fex Energy is a recent venture created by Hard Climate Studio in Montreal (Canada). This spinoff from McGill University builds a dense energy storage technology, in the green energy sector.
Secant Fuel
Secant Fuel is a recent venture created by Hard Climate Studio in Montreal (Canada). This spinoff from Sherbrook University builds a repurposing CO2 technology, in the green tech sector.
Alte Academia
Alte Academia is an education centre dedicated to helping professors and school directors to design and implement efficient education practices within the classroom.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $1.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Olivia Chen, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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