AI

AI Surge Ventures

VC
New York, NYWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$100K – $250K

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on AI-driven innovations within enterprise software, supporting transformative startups at the earliest stages.

How AI Surge Ventures invests

AI Surge Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools, Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Healthcare, Retail.

AI Surge Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$250K per investment.

AI Surge Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including IntelliTech, Surge AI, AI Surge (AI Surge Cloud).

Meet the Team

MC

Maria Clark

Head of People

EC

Edwin Chen

Chief Executive Officer

NH

Nick Heiner

Account Director

DW

Dennis Windham

Data Operations Manager

JW

Jacob Wolfe

Product Manager

ZL

Ziyang Lin

Product Manager

TM

Thomas Mikkelson

Data Operations Manager

AG

Akash Gupta

Growth Manager

EN

Emily Nguyen

Partner

AI/ML
Enterprise Software

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Enterprise
Developer Tools
Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Healthcare
Retail

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

IN

IntelliTech

AI/ML
SU

Surge AI

AI

AI Surge (AI Surge Cloud)

Data Engineering·Startup

A low-code/no-code data engineering and decision intelligence platform.

SU

Surge (by Peak XV Partners)

Venture Capital·Early-stage·Surge

A rapid-scale program and fund for early-stage startups in India and Southeast Asia.

SU

Surge Ventures

Venture Capital·Venture Studio

A venture studio focused on cybersecurity and SaaS.

AI

AI Fund

Venture Capital·Early-stage·AI Fund

A venture fund led by Andrew Ng.

How to pitch AI Surge Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $250K check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Maria Clark, Head of People.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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