Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Check Size
$250K – $2.5M
Portfolio
2+ companies
Team
3 partners
Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0Investment Thesis
Focused on investing in technical founders solving hard engineering problems, with a preference for data, DevOps, and backend infrastructure.
Meet the Team
AT
Anna Tran
Founding GP
AI/ML
Data Engineering
AN
Alok Nandan
General Partner
AI infrastructure
enterprise software
Microsoft Azure
venture-backed company building
Investor and operator with a background spanning AI infrastructure, enterprise software, Microsoft Azure, and venture-backed company building.
AS
Amit Sridharan
General Partner
enterprise AI
data platforms
autonomy
cybersecurity
early stage company building
Investor and operator focused on enterprise AI across data platforms, autonomy, cybersecurity, and early stage company building.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Developer Tools
AI / ML
Does Not Invest In
Consumer
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
PI
PipeKit
Data pipelines
DA
DataFold
Data quality
How to pitch First Rays Venture Partners
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Anna Tran, Founding GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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