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Era VC

VC
Palo Alto, CAWebsite

Era VC is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in AI / ML, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 14 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

Portfolio

14+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on pre-seed technical founders leveraging AI to reinvent infrastructure and SaaS applications.

How Era VC invests

Era VC is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on AI / ML, SaaS, Enterprise.

Era VC typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment.

Era VC has backed 14 companies in our records, including Metabase, PostHog, Seed.

Meet the Team

AZ

Alice Zhang

Partner

AI Software
B2B SaaS
MD

Mike Da Gama Pinto

Partner

consumer brands

Mike has extensive consumer experience as an investor and operator in global billion-dollar brands including Aesop, Swisse, and Seed.

JE

Jeremy Evans

Partner

growth equity
venture capital
special situations

Jeremy has extensive investing experience in growth equity, venture capital and special situations.

MG

Melissa Gross

Principal

consumer
healthcare
industrial sectors

Melissa has experience in investment banking and regulatory agencies in consumer, healthcare and industrial sectors.

KC

Kelly Combes

Partner

consumer
investment CFO
operational roles

Kelly is an experienced consumer and investment CFO and has worked in operational roles for both early-stage and large brands.

CC

Claire Cherry

Partner

consumer investing
US
Europe

Claire has deep consumer investing experience and has been investing over 10+ years throughout the US and Europe in particular.

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
SaaS
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (14)

Other

ME

Metabase

Enterprise Software
PO

PostHog

Developer Tools
SE

Seed

Science-driven probiotics.

PI

PILLAR Performance

Elite sports micronutrition.

JI

Jinx

Clean, functional pet nutrition.

WE

WelleCo

Beauty through wellness.

IO

Iota Body

The foundation of healthy skin.

HU

Hunter Lab

High performance natural skincare.

WE

We The Wild

Modern, organic plant care.

CO

Conserving Beauty

Innovative eco-friendly beauty.

How to pitch Era VC
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alice Zhang, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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