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Bison Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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Bison Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm investing in Deep Tech, AI / ML, Climate / Energy. The firm has 14 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
14 companies on record
Partners
10 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
Sectors
Deep Tech, AI / ML, Climate / Energy, Developer Tools, Healthcare
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-26

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B

Portfolio

14+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investment Thesis

Invests in ambitious founders building non-incremental technology that advances intelligence in the physical world. The firm has a broad intelligence-oriented thesis that can include applied AI infrastructure.

How Bison Ventures invests

Bison Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages, with a focus on Deep Tech, AI / ML, Climate / Energy, Developer Tools, Healthcare.

Bison Ventures has backed 14 companies in our records, including Allonnia, Cobot, Cadstrom.

Partners & Team

RM

Ryan Madrid

Chief Development Officer

SC

Stuart Crawford

CEO

ST

Stacia Timbrook

Manager

TB

Taylor Beck

Loan Officer

JH

Jamie Harvey

Production Manager

JW

Jeremy West

Chief Operating Officer

AR

Amber Ruiz

Branch Manager

BB

Breanna Burton

Senior Vice President

JS

Jamie Schäfer

Senior Loan Officer

U

Unknown

GP

AI
Deep Tech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Deep Tech
AI / ML
Climate / Energy
Developer Tools
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (14)

Other

AL

Allonnia

Climate / industrial biotech·Not stated

Uses computationally designed, engineered microorganisms to increase production of critical metals for electrification, AI, and manufacturing reshoring.

CO

Cobot

Robotics / physical AI·Not stated

Builds general-purpose autonomous robots that work safely alongside people in labor-constrained industries.

CA

Cadstrom

AI / engineering software·Not stated

Helps electrical engineers validate PCB schematics with AI and simulations.

BO

Bonsai

Robotics / autonomy·Not stated

Builds general-purpose autonomy for off-road environments.

CH

ChipAdd

Hardware / infrastructure·Not stated

Develops advanced GPU cooling hardware for high-power silicon.

FR

Frontera

Healthtech / AI·Not stated

Treats behavioral health conditions by combining AI solutions with AI-enabled clinics.

GR

Great Sky

Advanced computing / semiconductors·Not stated

Builds a superconductor-based AI computing platform.

GR

Grid Aero

Aerospace / autonomy·Not stated

Develops autonomous long-range aircraft for defense and commercial air logistics.

IN

Inner Logic

Healthcare robotics / AI·Not stated

Builds physical AI for the operating room to enable surgical autonomy.

JU

Juvena

Techbio / biotech·Not stated

Uses machine learning to study therapeutic proteins secreted by stem cells for regenerative medicines.

How to pitch Bison Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Deep Tech, AI / ML, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ryan Madrid, Chief Development Officer.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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