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Commerce Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($1.0M–$5.0M Checks)

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San Francisco, United StatesWebsite

Commerce Ventures is a Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, United States investing in Fintech, Other, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$5.0M
Portfolio
3 companies on record
Partners
6 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Sectors
Fintech, Other, Marketplace, Developer Tools, Consumer, AI / ML
HQ
San Francisco, United States

Last verified: 2026-09-17

Stage

Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $5.0M

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

3+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Commerce Ventures invests in early-stage companies (Pre-Seed to Series A/B) building platform and infrastructure innovations across retail and financial services — focusing on payments, banking, insurance, and retail tech (“Commerce Continuum”).

How Commerce Ventures invests

Commerce Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, United States. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other, Marketplace, Developer Tools, Consumer.

Commerce Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management.

Commerce Ventures has backed 3 companies in our records, including Marqeta, Bill.com, Lime.

Partners & Team

DR

Dan Rosen

Founder & Partner

FinTech
Infrastructure for payments
Retail financial services
MN

Matt Nichols

Partner

Commerce infrastructure
Retail technology
YM

Ysbrant Marcelis

Partner

Corporate development
Thematic strategy
Global payments infrastructure
DJ

Daniel J. Eckert

Venture Partner

Omnichannel retail transformation
Financial services product innovation
Corporate / enterprise partnerships
VK

Vivek Krishnamurthy

Partner

FinTech
InsurTech
Intersection of finance and technology
PK

Pete Kight

Senior Advisor

Payments & Banking
FinTech Infrastructure

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other
Marketplace
Developer Tools
Consumer
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (3)

Other

MA

Marqeta

Card issuing infrastructure
BI

Bill.com

SMB finance ops
LI

Lime

Marketplace/mobility platform
How to pitch Commerce Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dan Rosen, Founder & Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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