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Aware Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CA

Aware Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in AI / ML, Other, Consumer. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.5M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.5M
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
10 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Other, Consumer, SaaS
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.5M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on AI-driven consumer products enhancing human experiences through technology.

How Aware Ventures invests

Aware Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, Consumer, SaaS.

Aware Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.5M per investment.

Aware Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including Virtual Pal.

Partners & Team

BK

Brian Krause

Chief Revenue Officer

SK

Steve Kolk

Senior Director of Engineering

SG

Scott Goodwin

Senior Director of IT

DT

David Traverse

Chief Financial Officer

BL

Ben Liu

Managing Partner

AI
Consumer Tech
SH

Scott Howard

Consultant

MD

Magruder Dent

Director of Business Development

LS

Lindsey Savarino

Vice President of Human Resources

TR

Terry Riopka

Senior Director of Research

OR

Osvaldir Rebechi

Sales Manager

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Other
Consumer
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

VI

Virtual Pal

AI Companions
How to pitch Aware Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Brian Krause, Chief Revenue Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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