EQ

Equation VC

VC
Austin, TXWebsite

Equation VC is a Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in SaaS, AI / ML, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $800K–$2.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$800K – $2.5M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Equation VC specializes in AI/ML-driven enterprise solutions, particularly optimizing workflows in call centers and telecom ecosystems.

How Equation VC invests

Equation VC is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML, Enterprise. It does not invest in Consumer.

Equation VC typically writes checks of $800K–$2.5M per investment.

Equation VC has backed 2 companies in our records, including AgentIQ, Workflowly.

Meet the Team

RB

Reiner Braun

Founding Partner / Professor (co-founder)

Private Equity
Quantitative Finance
Research
MS

Mark Schmitz

CEO & Managing Partner

Venture Capital
Private Equity
Fund-of-Funds
NT

Neha Tanna, M.D.

Partner

Health & Life Sciences
Digital Health
Diagnostics
Sustainability & Synthetic Biology
Fund of Funds / LP allocations
PR

Professor Reiner Braun

General Partner

Venture Capital
Private Equity
Quantitative private markets research

Founded equation in 2020; affiliated with the Technical University of Munich.

PD

Prof. Dr. Reiner Braun

General Partner

Academic research in private capital markets
Entrepreneurial Finance
Strategy & Supervisory Oversight

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
AI / ML
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

AG

AgentIQ

AI/Call Center Optimization
WO

Workflowly

Enterprise SaaS
How to pitch Equation VC
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $800K – $2.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Reiner Braun, Founding Partner / Professor (co-founder).
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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