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Better Ventures

VC
Oakland, CAWebsite

Better Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Oakland, CA investing in SaaS, Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 20 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

AUM

$108M

Portfolio

20+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Better Ventures invests in purpose-driven B2B SaaS startups tackling big systemic challenges.

How Better Ventures invests

Better Ventures is a vc firm based in Oakland, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Other.

Better Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $108M in assets under management.

Better Ventures has backed 20 companies in our records, including Hustle, Pachama, Hubstaff.

Meet the Team

RM

Rick Moss

Managing Partner

Social Impact
B2B SaaS
EP

Eric Paley

GP

B2B SaaS
Fintech
LB

Lyndsey Boucherle

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Other

Portfolio Companies (20)

Other

HU

Hustle

Messaging SaaS
PA

Pachama

Remote SaaS-Enabled Sustainability
HU

Hubstaff

B2B SaaS
JO

Job Blaze

Fintech
DE

Debut

Harnessing science and nature for sustainable beauty.

SY

Synop

The operating system for commercial electric vehicles.

EK

Eko

Better cardiac care through cloud-based diagnostics.

RX

RxDiet

Using AI to scale food as medicine.

AD

Adept ID

AI-based skills matching to identify hidden talent in the workforce.

ZY

Zya

Enzyme ingredient that turns sugar into fiber.

How to pitch Better Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Rick Moss, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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