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Correlation Ventures

VC
San Diego, CA

Correlation Ventures is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in San Diego, CA investing in Other, Enterprise, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$4.0M checks and has 22 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$4.0M
Portfolio
22 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, Enterprise, Developer Tools, AI / ML, Consumer, SaaS
HQ
San Diego, CA

Last verified: 2026-08-11

Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $4.0M

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

22+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Data-driven venture firm investing from seed onward, often co-investing alongside other lead investors.

How Correlation Ventures invests

Correlation Ventures is a vc firm based in San Diego, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Enterprise, Developer Tools, AI / ML, Consumer.

Correlation Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$4.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management.

Correlation Ventures has backed 22 companies in our records, including Jasper, Unity, Upstart.

Partners & Team

KR

Kelsey Reilly

Operations Manager

TM

Trish Melton

Accounting Manager

RM

Rik Mersai

Assistant Controller

TK

Trevor Kienzle

Managing Director & Co-Founder

DC

David Coats

Managing Director & Co-Founder

AP

Anu Pathria, Ph.D.

Managing Director, Analytics

GC

Grace Chui-Miller

Finance Partner

WB

Wesley Barrow

Partner

MS

Moiz Saifee

Partner, Analytics

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Enterprise
Developer Tools
AI / ML
Consumer
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (22)

Other

JA

Jasper

AI software
UN

Unity

Developer platform
UP

Upstart

Consumer
NE

Neon

Software
SY

Synthoryx

Biopharma
IO

IonQ

Enterprise
MO

MosaicML

Enterprise
PE

Personal Capital

Consumer
JA

Janux Biopharma

Biopharma
DI

Dizzion

Enterprise
How to pitch Correlation Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Enterprise, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $4.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kelsey Reilly, Operations Manager.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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