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Argonautic Ventures

VC
Salt Lake City, UTWebsite

Argonautic Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Salt Lake City, UT investing in Fintech, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
7 companies on record
Partners
18 listed
AUM
$750M
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Fintech, Other, SaaS, AI / ML
HQ
Salt Lake City, UT

Last verified: 2026-05-30

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

AUM

$750M

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

18 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Argonautic Ventures invests in first-principled fintech and blockchain solutions solving real-world pain points.

How Argonautic Ventures invests

Argonautic Ventures is a vc firm based in Salt Lake City, UT. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other, SaaS, AI / ML. It does not invest in Non-financial consumer tech.

Argonautic Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $750M in assets under management.

Argonautic Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including Bitwave, Cognaize, SuperAnnotate.

Partners & Team

JC

James Corwin

Managing Partner

Enterprise AI
AI Agents
HL

Howard Liu

Managing Partner

AI-native workflows
Enterprise verticals
Inference & agentic infrastructure
MK

Min Kim

Managing Partner

VD

Viken Douzdjian

Managing Partner

Venture growth
Private equity involvement
Operational scaling
BX

Brent Xu

Partner

Infrastructure & middleware
Sector AI applications
Fintech
MM

Mark McCall

Operating Partner

Go-to-market execution
Partnerships
Business development
CK

Chet Kumar

Operating Partner

Technical infrastructure
AI agentic systems
System design
TM

Thea Myhrvold

Venture Partner

AI applications
Founder-led startups
Seed-stage investing
SD

Steve Dell’Orto

Venture Partner

Preconstruction AI
Construction tech
Workflow systems
JS

James Slazas

Venture Partner

Blockchain & Web3
Capital markets
Emerging tech
VA

Vahe Andonians

Venture Partner

Founding / portfolio company leadership
Alt investments
Generative AI
CD

Carter Davidson

Operating Partner

Operations
Scaling early-stage companies
Founders coaching
LN

Lucas Nivon

Venture Partner

Computational biotech
Deep tech
Scientific workflows
MD

Ming Duan

Partner

Sector applications of AI
Vertical AI sectors
Late-stage investments
LS

Lex Sokolin

Venture Partner

FinTech
Economic modeling
Financial systems & platforms
YP

Yolanda Plaza-Charres

Managing Director, Argonautic Global Formation, Argonautic LatAm

Geographic expansion
Latin America
Global fund formation
JS

Jason Smith

Managing Partner

Fintech
Blockchain
RC

Rita Chiu

CFO

AI-native workflows
Early-stage scaling
GTM strategy

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other
SaaS
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Non-financial consumer tech

Portfolio Companies (7)

Other

BI

Bitwave

Blockchain/Finance
CO

Cognaize

Cognaize uses AI to automate the extraction, annotation, and validation of unstructured data. Their hybrid intelligence platform combines human expertise with artificial intelligence to ensure best in class accuracy for financial services organizations.

SU

SuperAnnotate

SuperAnnotate simplifies and accelerates the development of AI models. Their integrated tools facilitate efficient dataset creation, curation, and model evaluation, enabling organizations to build, fine-tune, and deploy superior models more rapidly.

DO

Document Crunch

Document Crunch uses AI to review and analyze construction contracts. Their solution identifies critical risks, simplifies complex legal language, and provides actionable insights, enabling construction professionals to ensure compliance and make informed decisions throughout the project lifecycle.

CY

Cyrus Biotechnology

Cyrus Biotechnology leverages cutting-edge computational protein design and AI to accelerate the development of novel therapeutics. By combining advanced algorithms with deep biological insights, Cyrus empowers researchers to solve complex challenges in drug discovery and biotechnology.

CO

ConCntric

ConCntric's comprehensive platform streamlines the preconstruction process by integrating data, workflows, and stakeholders into a single source of truth. This unification enhances collaboration, provides real-time insights, and ensures greater certainty in project outcomes for general contractors, owners, and design teams.

AU

AutoOps AI

Enterprise AI
How to pitch Argonautic Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as James Corwin, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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