First In Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$2.0M Checks)
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.
- Check size
- $100K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 49 companies on record
- Partners
- 6 listed
- AUM
- $55M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Security, Healthcare, AI / ML
- HQ
- Washington, DC
Last verified: 2026-06-06
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $2.0M
$55M
49+ companies
6 partners
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.
Partners & Team
Aloysius “Ish” Boyle
Operating Partner
Chris Tenant
Solo GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (49)
Other
Fortem Technologies
AnySignal
FraudArmor
AI Secure Systems
castlion
Security/defense technology
adlumin
*Acquired by N-able (NYSE: NABL)
anduril
Defense technology company
antithesis
Infrastructure / software testing startup focused on deterministic simulation testing for complex systems.
Smack
SCATR
- •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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