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Breakthrough Commerce Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($75K–$250K Checks)

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Breakthrough Commerce Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, Fintech, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $75K–$250K checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$75K–$250K
Portfolio
10 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, Fintech, Developer Tools, Consumer, AI / ML
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-26

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$75K – $250K

Portfolio

10+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage fund investing in interactive and live commerce startup growth.

How Breakthrough Commerce Ventures invests

Breakthrough Commerce Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Fintech, Developer Tools, Consumer, AI / ML. It does not invest in Finance.

Breakthrough Commerce Ventures typically writes checks of $75K–$250K per investment.

Breakthrough Commerce Ventures has backed 10 companies in our records, including Bill.com, Forter, InAuth.

Partners & Team

JN

James Nguyen

Founding Partner

Live Commerce

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
Developer Tools
Consumer
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Finance

Portfolio Companies (10)

Other

BI

Bill.com

fintech / payments·early-stage investor historically, exact stage not confirmed

Business payments and accounts payable/receivable software

FO

Forter

fintech / fraud / e-commerce infrastructure·not confirmed

Fraud prevention and digital commerce risk protection

IN

InAuth

fintech / identity / risk·not confirmed

Device intelligence and digital identity/risk detection

NA

Narvar

retail tech / commerce software·not confirmed

Post-purchase customer experience and shipment tracking software

MA

Marqeta

fintech / payments·not confirmed

Modern card issuing and payments infrastructure

VE

Vestwell

fintech / benefits / retirement tech·not confirmed

Digital retirement plan administration platform

SN

Snapsheet

insurtech·not confirmed

Claims processing software for insurance

LI

Liberate

insurtech / AI·not confirmed

AI software for insurance operations

IN

Inscribe

fintech / risk·not confirmed

Fraud and financial document verification software

SO

Socure

fintech / identity·not confirmed

Identity verification and fraud prevention

How to pitch Breakthrough Commerce Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $75K – $250K check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as James Nguyen, Founding Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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