Fontinalis Partners — Seed VC Firm ($250K–$5.0M Checks)
Fontinalis Partners is a Seed venture capital firm based in Detroit, Michigan, United States investing in Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$5.0M checks and has 54 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 54 companies on record
- Partners
- 10 listed
- AUM
- $270M
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
Last verified: 2026-09-08
Seed
$250K – $5.0M
$270M
54+ companies
10 partners
Investment Thesis
Fontinalis invests early in founders building new frontiers of mobility, industrial innovation, and energy, backing companies that enable efficient movement of people and goods and enabling technologies such as sensors, AI infrastructure, supply chain automation, EV infrastructure, connected and autonomy-enabling systems today.
How Fontinalis Partners invests
Fontinalis Partners is a vc firm based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other.
Fontinalis Partners typically writes checks of $250K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $270M in assets under management.
Fontinalis Partners has backed 54 companies in our records, including Gatik, Netradyne, Semiconductor fab.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (54)
Other
Gatik
Netradyne
Semiconductor fab
Supply chain & logistics automation
Simple and flexible automotive financing
Novel flexible circuits
Supply chain integrations
Open-source semiconductor design
Software for electricians
APIs for automotive commerce
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $5.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dan Ratliff, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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