First AI Capital — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($100K–$300K Checks)
First AI Capital is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in AI / ML, Other, Healthcare. The firm typically writes $100K–$300K checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$300K
- Portfolio
- 10 companies on record
- Partners
- 10 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Other, Healthcare, Enterprise, SaaS, Developer Tools, Consumer
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-26
Pre-Seed
$100K – $300K
10+ companies
10 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused exclusively on seed-stage AI-powered startups in video streaming, media, and consumer digital sectors.
How First AI Capital invests
First AI Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, Healthcare, Enterprise, SaaS.
First AI Capital typically writes checks of $100K–$300K per investment.
First AI Capital has backed 10 companies in our records, including Runway, Brid.TV, Mindstrong Health.
Partners & Team
Neville Teagarden
General Partner
Elizabeth Cook
Partner
Scott Spangler
Managing Partner
Josh Sutton
General Partner
Andrew Maus
Managing Partner
Mario Ramirez
Partner
Boris Batchvarov
Partner
Dr. Marianne van der Steen
Partner
Brian Wixted
Partner
Jeff Rose
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (10)
Other
Runway
Brid.TV
Mindstrong Health
Mental health AI.
DataRobot
Enterprise AI/ML platform.
Shield AI
Autonomous defense systems.
Harmattan AI
AI-related company.
MinervaAI
AI-related company.
Synthesia
AI video.
SurrealDB
AI database.
TensorZero
AI optimization.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $300K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Neville Teagarden, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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