Dev Start Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($600K–$2.5M Checks)
Dev Start Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Developer Tools, SaaS. The firm typically writes $600K–$2.5M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $600K–$2.5M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Developer Tools, SaaS
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-12
Pre-Seed
$600K – $2.5M
1+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Investing in early-stage developer tools that enhance software productivity and team collaboration.
How Dev Start Ventures invests
Dev Start Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Developer Tools, SaaS.
Dev Start Ventures typically writes checks of $600K–$2.5M per investment.
Dev Start Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including CodeFlow.
Partners & Team
Linda Tran
General Partner
Ed Sim
Partner
Ed Sim on the Carta Podcast: Backing Founders From Day Zero; Forbes Cover Story on Ed for Midas Seed List 2024; #1 on "The Seed 100: The best early-stage investors of 2024" for 2nd year
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
CodeFlow
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $600K – $2.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Linda Tran, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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