ER

Era VC

VC
Palo Alto, CAWebsite
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.

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

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Science-driven probiotics.

PI

PILLAR Performance

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Elite sports micronutrition.

JI

Jinx

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Clean, functional pet nutrition.

WE

WelleCo

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Beauty through wellness.

IO

Iota Body

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

The foundation of healthy skin.

HU

Hunter Lab

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

High performance natural skincare.

WE

We The Wild

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Modern, organic plant care.

CO

Conserving Beauty

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Innovative eco-friendly beauty.

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