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Backbone Ventures

VC
Phoenix, AZ

Backbone Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Phoenix, AZ investing in SaaS, Other, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $100K–$400K checks and has 21 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$400K
Portfolio
21 companies on record
Partners
8 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
SaaS, Other, Enterprise
HQ
Phoenix, AZ
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-11

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$100K – $400K

Portfolio

21+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Seed-stage specialist fund focused on Enterprise SaaS that improves team collaboration or core operational efficiency.

How Backbone Ventures invests

Backbone Ventures is a vc firm based in Phoenix, AZ. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, Other, Enterprise. It does not invest in Climate, Consumer Tech.

Backbone Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$400K per investment.

Backbone Ventures has backed 21 companies in our records, including SyncTrack, 318 Mobility, Linloop.

Partners & Team

PB

Philippe Bernet

Founding Partner

Environmental Impact
Future of Food
Sustainability
Early-stage Tech
JF

Janic Frölicher

Founding Partner

D2C
Consumer Models
Fintech
Seed
Series A
AG

Andreas Guggenbühl

Venture Partner

Deep Tech
Robotics
Hardware
ETH Spin-offs
Tech Startups Europe/US
JR

Joel Roos

Venture Partner

Human Motion Analytics
Spin-off Startups
Engineering/Robotics
Early-stage Investment
MK

Marcel Kubli

Venture Partner

Retail Expansion
Medical Retail
Consumer Hardware
Serial Entrepreneurship
YR

Yannick Ritschel

Venture Partner

Innovation & Sustainability
Finance & Operations
French-speaking Switzerland
Cross-functional Startup Support
MS

Miklos Stanek

Founding Partner & Chairman

ICT
Food-tech
Disruptive Technology
Early-stage
Pre-seed
Seed
DJ

Dr. Jan Claudio Muñoz

Partner

Generalist Investments
Founders from Diverse Backgrounds
Seed/Pre-seed
Germany & Switzerland

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Other
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

Climate
Consumer Tech

Portfolio Companies (21)

Other

SY

SyncTrack

Business Productivity
31

318 Mobility

LI

Linloop

EL

Electronics Mall

4

4 Solar

LA

Lagilio Homes

LA

Laba Pay

LM

LMC

EC

Ecotech

BA

Bansa Foods

How to pitch Backbone Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $400K check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Philippe Bernet, Founding Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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