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Archimedes Labs

VC
San Jose, CAWebsite

Archimedes Labs is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Jose, CA investing in Fintech, Marketplace, SaaS. The firm typically writes $100K–$750K checks and has 20 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$750K
Portfolio
20 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Fintech, Marketplace, SaaS, Developer Tools, Consumer, Other, AI / ML, Food / AgTech
HQ
San Jose, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $750K

Portfolio

20+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on companies innovating in fintech infrastructure and marketplaces, with a preference for foundational SaaS technology layers.

How Archimedes Labs invests

Archimedes Labs is a vc firm based in San Jose, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Marketplace, SaaS, Developer Tools, Consumer. It does not invest in Healthcare.

Archimedes Labs typically writes checks of $100K–$750K per investment.

Archimedes Labs has backed 20 companies in our records, including Real Crowd, ContextPlane, Plate.

Partners & Team

KT

Keith Teare

Founder

mobile software
cloud
consumer software
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blockchain
AI
KH

Kambiz Hooshmand

Founder

mobile software
cloud infrastructure
AI
blockchain
MA

Michael Arrington

Founder

mobile
internet services
cloud infrastructure
consumer software
KD

Kevin Doerr

Founder and Managing Partner

mobile software
consumer software
cloud
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blockchain
AI

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Marketplace
SaaS
Developer Tools
Consumer
Other
AI / ML
Food / AgTech

Does Not Invest In

Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (20)

Other

RE

Real Crowd

Fintech
CO

ContextPlane

Technology·Seed VC·Archimedes II

AI-powered context-aware computing platform (latest investment).

PL

Plate

Technology·Seed VC·Archimedes II

Mobile or web platform (details limited).

LO

Loop Survey

Technology·Seed·Archimedes II

Survey and feedback tool for user insights.

M.

M.dot

Technology·Seed·Archimedes II

Mobile site building app (acquired by GoDaddy in 2013).

QU

Quixey

Technology·Seed·Archimedes II

App search engine (raised ~$75M total, including $50M from Alibaba).

JU

just.me

Social / Messaging / Consumer Internet·Early / Seed·Archimedes III

A social messaging / identity / personal publishing platform.

SU

Sunshine

Consumer / Tech·Seed / Pre-seed·Archimedes III

Likely a consumer or social app/service (less data available).

KW

Kwicr

Mobile / Analytics·Seed / Early·Archimedes II

A mobile / app analytics or distribution service; sold to Instart.

MI

Miles

Software / Consumer Tech·Stage not well-documented·Archimedes III

Possibly the startup “Miles” (details not always clear); likely a software platform.

How to pitch Archimedes Labs
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Marketplace, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $750K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Keith Teare, Founder.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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