Designer Fund
Designer Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 111 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 111 companies on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- AUM
- $84M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
Last verified: 2026-05-16
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $1.0M
$84M
111+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in design-driven companies focused on consumer products and experiences.
How Designer Fund invests
Designer Fund is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.
Designer Fund typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $84M in assets under management.
Designer Fund has backed 111 companies in our records, including Calendly, Evernote, Stripe.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (111)
Other
Calendly
Evernote
Stripe
Gusto
Linear
Notion
Framer
Omada
Commure
Netlify
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, 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 $100K – $1.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ben Blumenrose, Co-founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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