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Cold Start Ventures

VC
Denver, COWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$1.0M – $4.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Specializes in logistics and cold chain technologies addressing energy efficiency and next-gen compliance requirements.

Meet the Team

YY

Yury Yakubchyk

Chairman

Yury Yakubchyk is a technology investor and repeat founder. He’s grown his startups to over $200M in revenue and angel invested in numerous unicorns.

RM

Ryan Moss

Managing Partner

Logistics
Climate Tech
JD

Jason Dong

Partner

AI
Healthcare

Jason Dong is a partner incubating AI and healthcare businesses. Previously Co-Founder of Mural Health ($20M raised, sold to top pharma).

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Does Not Invest In

Consumer SaaS

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

TH

Thermal Dynamics AI

Cold Chain Logistics
How to pitch Cold Start Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $4.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Yury Yakubchyk, Chairman.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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