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AI Horizons Fund — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($50K–$250K Checks)

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AI Horizons Fund is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $50K–$250K checks and has 16 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$50K–$250K
Portfolio
16 companies on record
Partners
25 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS, AI / ML
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-26

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$50K – $250K

Portfolio

16+ companies

Team

25 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in early-stage AI-driven startups transforming productivity tools and SaaS solutions.

How AI Horizons Fund invests

AI Horizons Fund is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML.

AI Horizons Fund typically writes checks of $50K–$250K per investment.

AI Horizons Fund has backed 16 companies in our records, including AIDaily Planner, Skild AI, Lovelace AI.

Partners & Team

JD

Joe Depa

Global Chief Innovation Officer, EY

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DP

Deepak Pathak

General Partner

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TR

Toby Rice

General Partner

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JS

Josh Shapiro

Governor

Policymakers
National Competitiveness

48th Governor, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

YS

Yaser Sheikh

General Partner

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SG

Sharon Goldman

General Partner

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ZK

Zico Kolter

General Partner

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SL

Scot Lindsey

Senior Vice President, Manufacturing & Quality, Eli Lilly

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ET

Emily Tran

Managing Partner

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Productivity
DM

David McCormick

U.S. Senator, Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania
K

Kpowell

Vice President of Healthcare, NVIDIA

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Healthcare
JE

Jumbi Edulbehram

Global Business Development for Smart Cities and Spaces, NVIDIA

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Smart Cities
DM

Dave McCormick

U.S. Senator, Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania
IQ

Ignacio Quintana

Managing Partner

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KF

Keith Ferrazzi

General Partner

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PS

Patrick Steinemann

Global Head of Advanced Technologies Group, Bank of America, New York

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MH

Magdalena Heinrich

Head of US Technology Equity Capital Markets, Bank of America, New York

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GB

Gaurab Bansal

Principal

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AG

Abhinav Gupta

General Partner

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FJ

Farnam Jahanian

President of Carnegie Mellon University

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RV

Robin Vince

General Partner

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SR

Shiv Rao

General Partner

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SA

Sankalp Arora

General Partner

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BB

Brian Beyers

General Partner

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JL

Jake Loosararian

General Partner

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Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (16)

Other

AI

AIDaily Planner

AI Assistants
SK

Skild AI

LO

Lovelace AI

GE

Gecko Robotics

GR

Ground Level AI

AB

Abridge

SO

Sooth Labs

GA

Gather AI

HE

Hellbender

RE

Responsible Innovation Labs

How to pitch AI Horizons Fund
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $50K – $250K check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Joe Depa, Global Chief Innovation Officer, EY.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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