Alexandria Venture Investments
Alexandria Venture Investments is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Pasadena, CA investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 3 companies on record
- Partners
- 14 listed
- AUM
- $1.5B
- Stage
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS
- HQ
- Pasadena, CA
Last verified: 2026-02-21
Seed, Pre-Seed
$500K – $5.0M
$1.5B
3+ companies
14 partners
Investment Thesis
Corporate venture arm investing in life science and technology enabling R&D and biotech ecosystems.
How Alexandria Venture Investments invests
Alexandria Venture Investments is a vc firm based in Pasadena, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS.
Alexandria Venture Investments typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1.5B in assets under management.
Alexandria Venture Investments has backed 3 companies in our records, including Ginkgo Bioworks, Sana Biotechnology, Zymergen.
Partners & Team
Stephen A. Richardson
General Partner
Joel S. Marcus
General Partner
Dean A. Shigenaga
Co-President & Chief Financial Officer
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (3)
Other
Ginkgo Bioworks
Sana Biotechnology
Zymergen
- •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $5.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jessica Mcguinn, Executive Director.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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