Black Flag — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$2.0M Checks)
Black Flag is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in Deep Tech, AI / ML, Climate / Energy. The firm typically writes $100K–$2.0M checks and has 27 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 27 companies on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Deep Tech, AI / ML, Climate / Energy
- AUM
- Not in our records
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $2.0M
27+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Hands-on early-stage investor backing founders in aerospace, biology, energy, robotics, and adjacent deep-tech areas. Known for flexible early checks and operator support.
How Black Flag invests
Black Flag is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Deep Tech, AI / ML, Climate / Energy.
Black Flag typically writes checks of $100K–$2.0M per investment.
Black Flag has backed 27 companies in our records, including Firestorm Labs, Scout AI, Albedo.
Partners & Team
Larsen Jensen
General Partner
Jeff Torrance
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (27)
Other
Firestorm Labs
Developer of rapidly deployable, mission-adaptable unmanned aerial systems for defense applications.
Scout AI
AI company listed by Black Flag in its portfolio.
Albedo
Space company focused on Very Low Earth Orbit operations and satellite-based insights.
Second Front
Listed by Black Flag as a portfolio company.
Solugen
Biomanufacturing company that uses biology and chemistry to make sustainable chemicals.
Aalo Atomics
Nuclear engineering company building mass-manufactured nuclear plants.
Antora Energy
Energy company listed by Black Flag as a portfolio company.
BillionToOne
Molecular diagnostics company listed by Black Flag as a portfolio company.
Lightmatter
Photonics computing company listed by Black Flag as a portfolio company.
Zipline
Autonomous delivery robotics company.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Deep Tech, AI / ML, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Larsen Jensen, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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