Fourth State Ventures
Fourth State Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, Security, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Security, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-06
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.0M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Focused on early-stage teams building Web3 infrastructure, protocol security, and developer tooling.
How Fourth State Ventures invests
Fourth State Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Security, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer packaged goods, Media.
Fourth State Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
Fourth State Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Quantstamp, Zcash Ecosystem Fund.
Partners & Team
Blake Carroll
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Quantstamp
Zcash Ecosystem Fund
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Security, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Blake Carroll, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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