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Esri Ventures

VC
Redlands, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in disruptive startups leveraging GIS and geospatial technologies to advance industry verticals.

How Esri Ventures invests

Esri Ventures is a vc firm based in Redlands, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, AI / ML. It does not invest in Media, Consumer.

Esri Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

Esri Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including Descartes Labs.

Meet the Team

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Larry Boden

Chief Technology Officer

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Brian Lehman

Director of Government Affairs

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Thomas Zwölfer

Chief Technology Officer

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Kevin Ford

Chief Information Security Officer

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Mark Causley

Director of Global Network Strategy

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Matthew Palomino

Partner Operations Coordinator

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David Lauruhn

Art Director

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Jack Dangermond

Founder

GIS
Mapping

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Media
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

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Descartes Labs

Geospatial
How to pitch Esri Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Larry Boden, Chief Technology Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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