Developer First Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)
Developer First Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Developer Tools, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Partners
- 3 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Developer Tools, SaaS
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-27
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.0M
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused exclusively on early-stage developer tools and technical B2B SaaS startups that improve workflow productivity.
How Developer First Capital invests
Developer First Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Developer Tools, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer.
Developer First Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
Partners & Team
Andrew Kemp
Partner
David McLeese
Partner
Young Park
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, 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 $250K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Andrew Kemp, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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