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Deep Cell Partners

VC
Seattle, WAWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.5M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in technical founders solving low-level enterprise workflow challenges with scalable AI technologies.

How Deep Cell Partners invests

Deep Cell Partners is a vc firm based in Seattle, WA. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Consumer Tech.

Deep Cell Partners typically writes checks of $250K–$2.5M per investment.

Deep Cell Partners has backed 1 company in our records, including Luminary AI.

Meet the Team

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Ryan Shaw

Founding Partner

AI Workflow
Enterprise Systems
MS

Mahyar Salek, PhD

General Partner

AI-driven products
computational algorithms
machine learning
product engineering
EA

Euan Ashley, MD, PhD

General Partner

clinical/academic research
translational medicine
single cell biology
scientific advisory
MM

Maddison Mahdokht Masaeli, PhD

General Partner

single-cell analysis
morphology AI
microfluidics
high-resolution optics
biological discovery

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Tech

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

LU

Luminary AI

Enterprise AI
How to pitch Deep Cell Partners
  • Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ryan Shaw, Founding Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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