EquiLeap Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)
EquiLeap Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, EdTech, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 14 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 14 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, EdTech, AI / ML
- HQ
- New York, NY
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-11
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $2.0M
14+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Focuses on ventures promoting gender equity, education, and financial inclusion.
How EquiLeap Ventures invests
EquiLeap Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, EdTech, AI / ML. It does not invest in Biotech.
EquiLeap Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.
EquiLeap Ventures has backed 14 companies in our records, including TeachAble, SheInvest, MetaDAO.
Partners & Team
James Kerr
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (14)
Other
TeachAble
SheInvest
MetaDAO
Blockchain infrastructure and web3 solutions.
Zeta Markets
Decentralized derivatives trading platform.
Fermi Labs
Blockchain-based research and development lab.
Silo Labs
Decentralized data storage solutions.
MagicBlock
Blockchain infrastructure for developers.
Step Finance
Portfolio management dashboard for Solana blockchain.
Euler
Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol.
Reflect
Blockchain-based identity and privacy solutions.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, EdTech, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as James Kerr, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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