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Basis Set Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Basis Set Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $750K–$6.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

Stage

Seed

Check Size

$750K – $6.0M

AUM

$850M

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Seed fund investing in intelligent enterprise software leveraging AI to automate complex workflows.

How Basis Set Ventures invests

Basis Set Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Basis Set Ventures typically writes checks of $750K–$6.0M per investment, backed by approximately $850M in assets under management.

Basis Set Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including Notion, Airtable, Gusto.

Meet the Team

LX

Lan Xuezhao

Managing Partner

RW

Rachel Wong

Chief Technology Officer

JM

John Mannes

Partner

WK

Wilson Kyi

Founder Investor

DL

Dr. Lan Xuezhao

General Partner

P

Pascal

Partner

CX

Chang Xu

Partner

JL

Jennifer Lee

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

NO

Notion

Productivity/B2B SaaS
AI

Airtable

B2B SaaS
GU

Gusto

B2B SaaS
SE

Set Builders IV, L.P. (CIK 0002100881)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Basis Set Ventures

BU

Builders Co-invest, LP (CIK 0001888798)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Basis Set Ventures

SE

Set Builders II, LP (CIK 0001997676)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Basis Set Ventures

How to pitch Basis Set Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $750K – $6.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lan Xuezhao, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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