First In Ventures
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.
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.
Meet the 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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