Austin AI Ventures
Austin AI Ventures is a Pre-seed SAFE, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in AI / ML, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $300K–$1.5M checks and has 26 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $300K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 26 companies on record
- Partners
- 8 listed
- Stage
- Pre-seed SAFE, Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Other, SaaS, Enterprise
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-20
Pre-seed SAFE, Seed
$300K – $1.5M
26+ companies
8 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in local AI-fueled startups that aim to boost productivity across various B2B sectors.
How Austin AI Ventures invests
Austin AI Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-seed SAFE, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, SaaS, Enterprise. It does not invest in Healthcare, Biotech.
Austin AI Ventures typically writes checks of $300K–$1.5M per investment.
Austin AI Ventures has backed 26 companies in our records, including TaskMaster AI, Atlassian, Corporate Tools LLC.
Partners & Team
Emily Roth
Founding Partner
Abel Rodriguez
Principal
Alyssa Schroer
Principal
Brennan Whitfield
Principal
Taylor Rose
Principal
Brooke Becher
Principal
Brigid Hogan
Principal
Olivia McClure
Principal
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (26)
Other
TaskMaster AI
Atlassian
Corporate Tools LLC
Vercel
SciPlay
PwC
MVF
Aceable
MongoDB
RigUp
- •Raising at Pre-seed SAFE, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $300K – $1.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Emily Roth, Founding Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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