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Citrine Ventures

VC
Los Angeles, CAWebsite

Citrine Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, CA investing in Other, AI / ML, Consumer. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.5M checks and has 19 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $1.5M

AUM

$50M

Portfolio

19+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on unconventional materials science startups with applications in semiconductors and AI-focused hardware.

How Citrine Ventures invests

Citrine Ventures is a vc firm based in Los Angeles, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Consumer, Healthcare, Food / AgTech. It does not invest in Media, Consumer.

Citrine Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $50M in assets under management.

Citrine Ventures has backed 19 companies in our records, including NanoEdge Devices, HyperNano, Citrine Capital LLC.

Meet the Team

RF

Ruth Foxe Blader

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Fintech
AI
Financial Services
Risk Management
Compliance
DD

Dan Dall’Asta

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Fintech
AI
Financial Services
Underwriting
Operational Workflows
SK

Sara Kim

Partner

Advanced Materials
Hardware

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Consumer
Healthcare
Food / AgTech
EdTech

Does Not Invest In

Media
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (19)

Other

NA

NanoEdge Devices

Semiconductors
HY

HyperNano

Advanced Materials
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Citrine Capital LLC

Finance·Public

A hedge fund with 47 disclosed holdings primarily in ETFs and large-cap stocks.

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Dimensional ETFs

Finance·Public

A provider of investment solutions through ETFs.

MI

Microsoft

Technology·Public

A multinational technology company known for software products and services.

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Shopify

E-commerce·Public

An e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems.

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Alphabet

Technology·Public

The parent company of Google and several other businesses.

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Citrine Venture Partners

Venture Capital·Early-stage·Citrine Venture Fund

A newly founded early-stage VC firm established in 2025.

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Citrine Angels

Venture Capital·Early-stage

Invests in women-founded early-stage startups with significant addressable markets.

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Citrine Informatics

Technology·Private

An AI/materials science software company.

How to pitch Citrine Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ruth Foxe Blader, Co-Founder & Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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