Friendship Ventures
Friendship Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Remote (US-based) investing in Other, AI / ML, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 14 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 14 companies on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, AI / ML, SaaS, Fintech, Healthcare, Consumer, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Remote (US-based)
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-30
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $1.0M
14+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Sector-focused micro-fund investing in applied AI tools and infrastructure startups to accelerate widespread AI adoption.
How Friendship Ventures invests
Friendship Ventures is a vc firm based in Remote (US-based). The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, SaaS, Fintech, Healthcare. It does not invest in Consumer, Entertainment.
Friendship Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment.
Friendship Ventures has backed 14 companies in our records, including Good Friends, Stord, Shiftsmart.
Partners & Team
Samantha Li
Solo GP
Shawna Burkholder
Program Director
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (14)
Other
Good Friends
116+ early-stage investments in fintech, e-commerce, health tech, SaaS.
Stord
A logistics platform for supply chain management.
Shiftsmart
A workforce management platform.
Tealbook
A supplier data platform.
Friends & Family Capital
17+ investments in growth-stage software firms.
Airtable
A cloud collaboration service.
Anduril
A defense technology company.
Gusto
A cloud-based payroll, benefits, and human resource management software.
Cargado
A logistics and transportation management platform.
Gecko Robotics
Robotics solutions for industrial inspection.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Samantha Li, Solo GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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