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Exabyte Venture Studio — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($25K–$150K Checks)

VC
Chicago, IL

Exabyte Venture Studio is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $25K–$150K checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$25K–$150K
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise, SaaS
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-30

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$25K – $150K

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investment Thesis

Exabyte VC is a rolling fund focusing on foundational enterprise AI tooling, including data governance and interoperable graphs.

How Exabyte Venture Studio invests

Exabyte Venture Studio is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise, SaaS. It does not invest in Hardware, Gaming.

Exabyte Venture Studio typically writes checks of $25K–$150K per investment.

Exabyte Venture Studio has backed 2 companies in our records, including Snorkel AI, Prefect.

Partners & Team

RB

Rahul Banerjee

Solo GP

AI governance
RAG systems
B2B APIs

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Developer Tools
Enterprise
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Hardware
Gaming

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

SN

Snorkel AI

AI data annotation
PR

Prefect

Data orchestration
How to pitch Exabyte Venture Studio
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $25K – $150K check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Rahul Banerjee, Solo GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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