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Elevate Capital

VC
Portland, ORWebsite

Elevate Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Portland, OR investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

AUM

$60M

Portfolio

10+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Elevate Capital focuses on early-stage startups led by underrepresented founders, with an affinity for SaaS and enterprise solutions.

How Elevate Capital invests

Elevate Capital is a vc firm based in Portland, OR. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS.

Elevate Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $60M in assets under management.

Elevate Capital has backed 10 companies in our records, including AllVybe, Timesnap, StateTech Solutions.

Meet the Team

DL

Donna Lehmann

Director Of Marketing

RD

Rachel Dunn

GP

Advanced Materials
Manufacturing
BR

Brandon Ross

Senior Associate

NR

Nitin Rai

Managing Partner

B2B SaaS
Underrepresented Founders
AW

Amelia Wright

Founding Partner

Future of Work
Leadership Development
AI Tools
JG

Josh Greenfield

Managing Partner

GovTech
Federal Contracts
MK

Marissa Knight

Founding Partner

Analytics
B2B SaaS

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (10)

Other

AL

AllVybe

B2B SaaS
TI

Timesnap

Enterprise Software
ST

StateTech Solutions

GovTech
IN

Insightify

Market Research Tech
RE

RevenueMapper

SaaS
FA

FabricEdge

Manufacturing Tech
PU

PureNano

Nanotechnology
MA

ManagerMetrics

Leadership Development
SK

SkillVantage

Learning & Development
TR

Trainify

Corporate Training
How to pitch Elevate Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Donna Lehmann, Director Of Marketing.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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