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Escape Velocity — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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Escape Velocity is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in Other, Fintech, Marketplace. The firm has 16 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
16 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Fintech, Marketplace, Consumer, Developer Tools, Food / AgTech
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

16+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Emerging venture firm backing future-of-finance and internet-native products at the earliest stages.

How Escape Velocity invests

Escape Velocity is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech, Marketplace, Consumer, Developer Tools.

Escape Velocity has backed 16 companies in our records, including Glow, xTAO, Skymapper.

Partners & Team

MR

Mahesh Ramakrishnan

Managing Partner

DM

Danny Mendoza

General Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech
Marketplace
Consumer
Developer Tools
Food / AgTech

Portfolio Companies (16)

Other

GL

Glow

Energy / DePIN·Early-stage public-token investment; private-round stage not identified·Fund I

Develops decentralized microgrid and solar-energy infrastructure.

XT

xTAO

Digital assets / crypto treasury·Early-stage public-market investment·Fund I

Operates a Bittensor-focused treasury company.

SK

Skymapper

Mapping / machine intelligence·Early stage; described by EV3 as a Fund II investment·Fund II

Builds infrastructure for decentralized mapping and machine-generated geospatial data.

RU

Rumi

Adtech / media analytics·Pre-seed; described by EV3 as a Fund II investment·Fund II

Develops real-time attribution and measurement infrastructure for television and streaming media.

EV

EVL I LP (CIK 0002052950)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Escape Velocity

AN

Andrena / DAWN Internet

Wireless infrastructure / DePIN·Seed and Series A; EV3’s specific round is not always identified·Fund I

Builds a decentralized fixed-wireless internet network for homes and small businesses.

XN

XNET

Wireless infrastructure / DePIN·Early stage; specific round not identified·Fund I

Builds a decentralized wireless, neutral-host network for cellular connectivity.

MA

MachineFi

Machine networks / DePIN·Early stage; specific round not identified·Fund I

Applies decentralized-network incentives and infrastructure to machines and robotics.

GL

Glowstick

Energy / DePIN·Early stage; specific round not identified·Fund I

Builds a decentralized energy network focused on solar power.

DA

Daylight

Energy / DePIN·Pre-seed/early stage and later financing·Fund I

Operates a decentralized energy network connecting distributed energy resources, including residential solar and smart devices.

How to pitch Escape Velocity
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mahesh Ramakrishnan, Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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