FL

Flying Fish Partners

VC
Seattle, WAWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

AUM

$107M

Portfolio

12+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2026Investments in last 12 months: 4

Investment Thesis

Focuses on companies utilizing AI/ML to disrupt traditional solutions, with an emphasis on developer tools and SaaS.

Meet the Team

AB

Adriane Brown

Managing Partner

TB

Tiffany Boyko

Principal

LN

Lisa Nelson

Venture Partner

FC

Frank Chang

Managing Partner

GH

Geoff Harris

Managing Partner

VP

Vanessa Pegueros

Venture Partner

HR

Heather Redman

Managing Partner

AI/ML
Developer Tools

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (12)

2026

AP

Applied Intelligence

AI

AI-native threat model intelligence platform that turns overwhelming vulnerability data into clear, attacker-driven priorities to free up your team to focus on real risk.

FO

Foundational AI & Infrastructure

AI

Streamlining Reinforcement Learning for building superhuman intelligence.

2025

AC

Accipiter Biosciences

Hard Sciences

Accipiter Biosciences designs and develops de novo protein therapies — unbound by natural limitations — to address the world’s most complex diseases.

HA

Hard Sciences

AI

Building AI foundation models to make biology programmable.

2024

AC

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2023

RL

RL Core

Applied Intelligence

RL Core uses reinforcement learning, an AI technique, to optimize industrial control systems to save energy in drinking water treatment.

AR

Artificial Agency

Applied Intelligence

Artificial Agency is an AI firm that is pioneering generative behavior in gaming.

2020

NL

NLX

Applied Intelligence

NLX offers a platform for automating customer experiences across channels with advanced AI and language models.

PH

Phaidra

Foundational AI & Infrastructure

Phaidra provides AI and ML solutions to accelerate performance in large-scale industries.

How to pitch Flying Fish Partners
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Adriane Brown, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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