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Decisive AI Ventures

VC
Austin, TXWebsite

Decisive AI Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 25 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$1.0M
Portfolio
25 companies on record
Partners
14 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools
HQ
Austin, TX
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-27

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

Portfolio

25+ companies

Team

14 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Decisive AI is a niche micro-fund backing builders of AI tools and infrastructure for developers.

How Decisive AI Ventures invests

Decisive AI Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools.

Decisive AI Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.

Decisive AI Ventures has backed 25 companies in our records, including AIfinity, LambdaStack, Aloft.

Partners & Team

DO

Debi-Michelle O’Connell

Partner

National Security
Dual Use Technologies
Defense Innovation
Government Market Access
KM

Keeley Macafee

Principal

KM

Keeley Marrocco

Operating Partner

Operational Scaling of Deep Tech
Government Contracts / FP&A
Infrastructure & Defense Support
JM

Jason Meyer

Managing Partner

AI Tools
DevOps
JB

Jacqueline Blackburn

Principal

Defense & Government Tech
National Security Deep Tech
Dual-Use Ventures
AP

Andrew Price

General Partner

Early- & Growth-Stage Defense Tech
Autonomy
AI / AI-enabled C2
Space
Energy Systems
Kinetic Systems
TH

Thomas Hendrix

General Partner / Managing Partner

Aerospace & Defense
Semiconductors & Hardware
Robotics & Automation
Developer Tools & Infrastructure
Security & Cybersecurity
BA

Brenna Alvarez

Executive Assistant

MH

Marlena Haddad

Senior Associate

SC

Shawn Caton

Principal

Hardware & Software Infrastructure
Defense Projects
Systems Engineering
JV

Julia van der Colff

Principal

AI / Machine Learning
Dual-Use Deep Tech
Government R&D Translation
MW

Matt Williams

Partner

Autonomy
Kinetic Systems
ISR
Space
Energy Systems
AI-enabled C2
LB

Laura Barnett

Senior Associate

EH

Eric Horan

Partner

Deep Tech
Defense
Government Contracting
Emerging Hardware

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Other
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (25)

Other

AI

AIfinity

AI Collaboration Tools
LA

LambdaStack

Machine Learning Infrastructure
AL

Aloft

AS

Asylon

Robotic perimeter security with AI-powered autonomous drones.

AU

Aurelius

EN

Enhanced Radar

AI systems for air traffic control and airspace management.

EP

EpiSci

FI

Firehawk Aerospace

3D-printed hybrid rocket engines for aerospace and defense.

FI

Firestorm

FL

Flightwave

How to pitch Decisive AI Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Debi-Michelle O’Connell, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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