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First Stone Ventures

VC
Austin, TXWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

Portfolio

3+ companies

Team

18 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused exclusively on early-stage B2B SaaS and marketplace startups in emerging tech hubs, with a strong emphasis on founder-market fit.

Meet the Team

MP

Meg Pascale

Vice President

LL

Laura Londono

Vice President

JC

Jesse Cotter

Managing Director

WM

Wahed Mohammed

Senior Partner

RW

Ronald Winkler

Vice President

SS

Shravan Sharma

Managing Director

LG

Laura Garcia

Vice President

RK

Ramanand Kamath

Managing Director

AT

Andrew Tucker

Vice President of Portfolio Management

AH

Andrew Hamada

Managing Director

HH

Hilary Hung

Managing Director

MB

Mackenzie Berman

Managing Director

SJ

Sudarshan Jain

Managing Director

MZ

Mohamed Zare

Senior Partner

KH

Kathleen Hogan

Managing Director

WY

Ward Young

Managing Director

VM

Vanessa Micallef

Vice President

LM

Lauren Murphy

Vice President of Human Resources

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Marketplace
Enterprise
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Media
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (3)

Other

OP

OpsPlus

B2B SaaS
FL

Fleetify

Marketplace
BR

BRE Hotels & Resorts

How to pitch First Stone Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Marketplace, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Meg Pascale, Vice President.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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