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BTV — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)

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San Francisco, CAWebsite

BTV is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Fintech. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks.

Check size
$500K–$3.0M
Partners
10 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Fintech
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-12

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Team

10 partners

Investment Thesis

Fintech-focused early-stage fund that backs companies building modern financial services and infrastructure. Well suited to seed rounds in compliance-heavy fintech with clear software economics.

How BTV invests

BTV is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech.

BTV typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

Partners & Team

HK

Heather Kendrew

Director

JB

Jeffrey Bartley

Director of Marketing

RV

Richard Varney

Director of Operations

BS

Brian Searles

Director Of Operations

GR

Gene Richards

Director

LL

Larry Lackey

Director Of Engineering And Environmental

AH

Amanda Hanaway

Director of Engineering

DC

David Carman

Director of Operations

JG

Jake Gibson

Founder & GP

Fintech
Early-stage
NL

Nicolas Longo

Director of Aviation

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
How to pitch BTV
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Heather Kendrew, Director.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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