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Elephant — Seed & early-growth VC Firm ($1.5M–$45.0M Checks)

VC
Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesWebsite

Elephant is a Seed, early-growth venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States investing in SaaS, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $1.5M–$45.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.5M–$45.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
AUM
$2B
Stage
Seed, early-growth
Sectors
SaaS, Other, AI / ML
HQ
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Last verified: 2026-10-01

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, early-growth

Check Size

$1.5M – $45.0M

AUM

$2.0B

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Elephant invests in fast-growing, capital-efficient technology companies, with a focus on emerging category leaders.

How Elephant invests

Elephant is a vc firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The firm invests at the Seed, early-growth stages, with a focus on SaaS, Other, AI / ML.

Elephant typically writes checks of $1.5M–$45.0M per investment, backed by approximately $2B in assets under management.

Elephant has backed 2 companies in our records, including Drift, Emailage.

Partners & Team

SP

Sophia Popova

Founder

TS

Tai Sharkey

Director

PF

Peter Fallon

General Partner

JC

Jack Connolly

Partner

JS

Jason Shein

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Other
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

DR

Drift

MarTech
EM

Emailage

Tools/SaaS
How to pitch Elephant
  • •Raising at Seed, early-growth? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $1.5M – $45.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sophia Popova, Founder.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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