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First In Ventures

VC
Washington, DCWebsite

First In Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Washington, DC investing in Other, Security, Healthcare. The firm typically writes $100K–$2.0M checks and has 49 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $2.0M

AUM

$55M

Portfolio

49+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Supports companies bringing transformational technologies to national defense and security sectors.

How First In Ventures invests

First In Ventures is a vc firm based in Washington, DC. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Security, Healthcare, AI / ML.

First In Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $55M in assets under management.

First In Ventures has backed 49 companies in our records, including Fortem Technologies, AnySignal, FraudArmor.

Meet the Team

AM

Anne Meree Craig

Community Lead / Senior Investment Professional

GF

Gabby Fong

Senior Associate

AK

Arthur Karell

Partner

defense and dual-use technologies
industrial automation
digital asset security
crypto
seed stage
A“

Aloysius “Ish” Boyle

Operating Partner

CT

Chris Tenant

Solo GP

Cybersecurity
AI/ML
Enterprise SaaS
RM

Renny McPherson

Managing Partner

enterprise security technology
seed stage
cybersecurity
defense
data intelligence

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Security
Healthcare
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (49)

Other

FO

Fortem Technologies

DefenseTech
AN

AnySignal

FR

FraudArmor

Fraud Prevention
AI

AI Secure Systems

Cybersecurity
CA

castlion

First In

Security/defense technology

AD

adlumin

First In

*Acquired by N-able (NYSE: NABL)

AN

anduril

First In

Defense technology company

AN

antithesis

Infrastructure / software testing startup focused on deterministic simulation testing for complex systems.

SM

Smack

SC

SCATR

How to pitch First In Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Security, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Anne Meree Craig, Community Lead / Senior Investment Professional.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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