Felis Ventures
Felis Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 15 listed
- AUM
- $3.8B
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- Austin, TX
Last verified: 2026-05-18
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $1.5M
$3.8B
2+ companies
15 partners
Investment Thesis
Dedicated to pet-first startups, ranging from health technology to innovative consumer pet services.
How Felis Ventures invests
Felis Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.
Felis Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $3.8B in assets under management.
Felis Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Peticular, Whistle Health.
Partners & Team
Karen Maxwell
Managing Partner
Jake Storm
General Partner
Aydin Senkut
General Partner
Sundeep Peechu
Managing Partner
James Detweiler
General Partner
Peter Deng
General Partner
Feyza Haskaraman
Partner
Eric Flaningam
Partner
Michael Chen
Partner
Niki Pezeshki
Partner
Nancy Wang
Partner
Sonia Arrison
Partner
Victoria Treyger
Partner
Katie Riester
Managing Partner
Viviana Faga
General Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Peticular
Whistle Health
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Karen Maxwell, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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