Drive Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$500K Checks)
Drive Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Detroit, MI investing in Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$500K checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$500K
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 13 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- Detroit, MI
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-08
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $500K
1+ companies
13 partners
Investment Thesis
Drive Ventures focuses exclusively on automotive technology innovations, especially those that enhance the driving experience and integrate consumer mobile solutions.
How Drive Ventures invests
Drive Ventures is a vc firm based in Detroit, MI. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.
Drive Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$500K per investment.
Drive Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including RouteScope.
Partners & Team
Samantha Lee
GP
Isabel Walch
Finance Director
Andy Jenks
General Partner
Brandon Mills
Director of Engineering
Mikolay
Investor Relations Manager
Cara Lawrence
Director of Talent Acquisition
John Volquez
Partner
Nick Solaro
General Partner
Masha Khusid
Partner
Molly Bonakdarpour
Partner
Alexi
Partner
passage
Partner
Sid Makkar
Head of Investor Relations
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
RouteScope
- •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 – $500K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Samantha Lee, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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