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Altered Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.0M Checks)

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Silicon Valley, CAWebsite

Altered Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, CA investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 9 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.0M
Portfolio
9 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
Silicon Valley, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-12

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

Portfolio

9+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Backs founders at the intersection of AI, entertainment, and immersive technology, with a stated focus on pre-seed and seed companies. The fund specifically targets interactive entertainment infrastructure and AI-native tools for media and spatial experiences.

How Altered Ventures invests

Altered Ventures is a vc firm based in Silicon Valley, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Altered Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment.

Altered Ventures has backed 9 companies in our records, including abes bagels, crimson education, Echo Tech.

Partners & Team

MA

Mark Ashley

Chief Financial Officer

FT

Finn Templeton

Investment Director

MF

McGregor Fea

Managing Partner

SR

Sam Rapson

Partner

LM

Laura Manson

Partner

MT

Marcus Traill

Partner

CM

Craig Mawdsley

Partner

U

Unknown

GP

AI
gaming
media
immersive tech
HM

Heath Milne

Investment Manager

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (9)

Other

AB

abes bagels

CR

crimson education

EC

Echo Tech

EM

emerge bank

MA

macroactive

OR

oritain

ST

starboard maritime

ST

Starling Bank

SU

Superworld

AR / spatial computing / immersive tech·Not clearly stated

A spatial-computing / AR platform for interacting with mapped real-world locations

How to pitch Altered Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mark Ashley, Chief Financial Officer.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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