Fuel Capital — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($500K–$1.0M Checks)
Fuel Capital is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Burlingame, California, United States investing in SaaS, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- AUM
- $550M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, Marketplace
- HQ
- Burlingame, California, United States
Last verified: 2026-09-24
Pre-Seed
$500K – $1.0M
$550M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Fuel Capital backs early-stage companies in consumer, marketplaces, business software, and infrastructure. It describes its approach as founder-focused, providing capital, connections, and operating experience.
How Fuel Capital invests
Fuel Capital is a vc firm based in Burlingame, California, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, Marketplace.
Fuel Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $550M in assets under management.
Fuel Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including Chegg, Bonobos.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Chegg
Bonobos
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $1.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Chris Howard, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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