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Factorial Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$2.0M Checks)

VC
San Francisco, CaliforniaWebsite

Factorial Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California investing in AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $100K–$2.0M checks and has 30 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$2.0M
Portfolio
30 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools, Healthcare, Fintech, Climate / Energy
HQ
San Francisco, California
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-07

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $2.0M

Portfolio

30+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Factorial Capital backs infrastructure-heavy software startups, often at very early stages. It is relevant for companies building technical control layers and data plumbing.

How Factorial Capital invests

Factorial Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools, Healthcare, Fintech.

Factorial Capital typically writes checks of $100K–$2.0M per investment.

Factorial Capital has backed 30 companies in our records, including Anthropic, Anduril, X.AI.

Partners & Team

DL

Denis Laloy

Chief Financial Officer

CG

Christine Gorman

Executive Assistant

AS

Aydin Senkut

Founder / GP

Infrastructure software
Early technical founders

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Other
Developer Tools
Healthcare
Fintech
Climate / Energy

Portfolio Companies (30)

Other

AN

Anthropic

AN

Anduril

X.

X.AI

FR

Fractile

CO

Confluent

PE

Perplexity.AI

MI

Mistral AI

BO

Bot Co

EL

ElevenLabs

PH

Physical Intelligence

How to pitch Factorial Capital
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $2.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Denis Laloy, Chief Financial Officer.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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