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BAT VC — Seed & Pre-Seed VC Firm

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Menlo Park, CaliforniaWebsite

BAT VC is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California investing in Fintech, Other, SaaS. The firm has 15 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
15 companies on record
Partners
10 listed
Stage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sectors
Fintech, Other, SaaS, Enterprise, AI / ML, Healthcare, Developer Tools
HQ
Menlo Park, California
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-09

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Portfolio

15+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

BAT VC backs fintech and cross-border innovation, with a clear appetite for payments infrastructure and global money movement. The firm is a strong thematic match for underwriting, FX, and payments workflow software with B2B monetization.

How BAT VC invests

BAT VC is a vc firm based in Menlo Park, California. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other, SaaS, Enterprise, AI / ML.

BAT VC has backed 15 companies in our records, including Accern, Arcade Therapeutics, Polco.

Partners & Team

DC

Dragos Constantinescu

Group Chief Financial Officer

CJ

Christopher Junker

Group Head of Life Sciences

RA

Rasna Abbott

Category Head, Operations Procurement

NA

Nicole Ashby

Head of Legal

AP

Aaron Pardue

Chief Information Security Officer

U

Unknown

GP

Fintech
Cross-border payments
RM

Ritanbara Mundrey

Head of Insights and Foresights

HC

Helen Cowie

Vice President of Tobacco Harm Reduction

NB

Natalie Bucceri

Head of Cannabis

FF

Fran Fisher

Head of Employee Listening

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other
SaaS
Enterprise
AI / ML
Healthcare
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (15)

Other

AC

Accern

AI / enterprise software / fintech

NLP platform for financial services and enterprise use cases

AR

Arcade Therapeutics

healthtech / digital therapeutics

mobile games for mental health delivery

PO

Polco

civic tech / govtech / AI

civic engagement and resident-data platform for the public sector

PR

Prósperos

fintech / cross-border payments

mobile money and cross-border access for the U.S.-Mexico corridor

WA

Wand AI

AI infrastructure / enterprise AI

platform for building, managing, and executing AI agents

CA

CapConnect+

fintech / AI software

AI-driven outcome platform for banks, credit unions, wealth, fintech, and non-bank lenders

PR

Protopia AI

AI infrastructure / privacy / security

secure multi-tenant inference for sensitive data

ST

StockGro

fintech / consumer investing

social investing and wealth-learning platform

PA

Payall Payment Systems

fintech / payments infrastructure

banking infrastructure for cross-border payments

UP

UPTIQ

AI / enterprise software

AI agents for growth and operations

How to pitch BAT VC
  • •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dragos Constantinescu, Group Chief Financial Officer.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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