Chestnut Ventures
Chestnut Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, Fintech, Real Estate. The firm typically writes $400K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $400K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 4 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Fintech, Real Estate
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-10
Pre-Seed, Seed
$400K – $3.0M
2+ companies
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused on early-stage companies transforming real estate capital deployment and construction processes through technology.
How Chestnut Ventures invests
Chestnut Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech, Real Estate. It does not invest in Consumer Brands.
Chestnut Ventures typically writes checks of $400K–$3.0M per investment.
Chestnut Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including ZenoFund, BuiltGrid.
Partners & Team
Alex Patel
Partner
Ricky Fiel
General Partner
With more than 20 years of experience in executive leadership roles, Ricky brings a broad and diverse background across multiple roles and companies. He has played a key role in scaling high-growth tech organizations spanning SaaS, gaming, and crypto.
Genevive Fiel
General Partner
Genevive brings more than 10 years of expertise in People Operations. Having led Recruiting and HR functions across companies at various stages of startup growth on a global scale.
Tiffany Phan
General Partner
Tiffany Phan brings two decades of experience bridging institutional capital and high-growth technology. She previously co-managed a $4.5B portfolio at Stamos Capital Partners, leading global investment underwriting across hedge funds, private equity, and venture-backed companies.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
ZenoFund
BuiltGrid
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, Real Estate — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $400K – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alex Patel, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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