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Cortical Ventures

VC
Cambridge, MAWebsite

Cortical Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Cambridge, MA investing in AI / ML, SaaS. The firm typically writes $400K–$2.0M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$400K–$2.0M
Portfolio
5 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
AUM
$50M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, SaaS
HQ
Cambridge, MA

Last verified: 2026-05-06

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$400K – $2.0M

AUM

$50M

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on backing disruptive startups in the AI and enterprise software ecosystems.

How Cortical Ventures invests

Cortical Ventures is a vc firm based in Cambridge, MA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, SaaS.

Cortical Ventures typically writes checks of $400K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $50M in assets under management.

Cortical Ventures has backed 5 companies in our records, including Baseten, Metropolis, Weaviate.

Partners & Team

MO

Mike Obolonskyi

Principal

IT

Igor Taber

General Partner

MS

Matt Scott

General Partner

AI/ML
Enterprise Software
SM

Sheamus McGovern

Partner

JA

Jeremy Achin

General Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

BA

Baseten

AI/ML
ME

Metropolis

Enterprise SaaS
WE

Weaviate

AI Infrastructure
AN

AngelQ

AI for Good
AL

Alpha-Z

AI Physical
How to pitch Cortical Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $400K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mike Obolonskyi, Principal.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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