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EdgeScale Ventures

VC
Portland, Oregon

EdgeScale Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Portland, Oregon investing in Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$2.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$2.5M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
Portland, Oregon
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-06-15

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$100K – $2.5M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage fund focused exclusively on edge computing startups delivering mission-critical efficiencies in logistics, manufacturing, and transport.

How EdgeScale Ventures invests

EdgeScale Ventures is a vc firm based in Portland, Oregon. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Consumer IoT.

EdgeScale Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$2.5M per investment.

EdgeScale Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including LoadSmartEdge, FreightVision.

Partners & Team

MR

Marc Rouanne

General Partner

Co-founder of Edgescale; described as having built, partnered with, and invested in foundational technology companies underpinning the internet and the cloud across global ecosystems and millions of operating sites worldwide.

BM

Brian Mengwasser

General Partner

Co-founder of Edgescale; described as having built, partnered with, and invested in foundational technology companies underpinning the internet and the cloud across global ecosystems and millions of operating sites worldwide.

DL

David La Placa

General Partner

Co-founder of Edgescale; described as having built, partnered with, and invested in foundational technology companies underpinning the internet and the cloud across global ecosystems and millions of operating sites worldwide.

CM

Catherine Moore

GP

Edge IoT
AI for logistics
Sustainability

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Does Not Invest In

Consumer IoT

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

LO

LoadSmartEdge

Logistics IoT
FR

FreightVision

Edge AI for transport
How to pitch EdgeScale Ventures
  • Raising at 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 – $2.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Marc Rouanne, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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