Gaingels
Gaingels is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Consumer, SaaS. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 25 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 25 companies on record
- Partners
- 6 listed
- AUM
- $600M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Other, Consumer, SaaS, Enterprise
- HQ
- New York, NY
Last verified: 2026-05-27
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
$100K – $1.0M
$600M
25+ companies
6 partners
Investment Thesis
Angel syndicate/fund investing across stages with a mission-driven lens; often participates in pre-seed/seed rounds.
How Gaingels invests
Gaingels is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Consumer, SaaS, Enterprise.
Gaingels typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $600M in assets under management.
Gaingels has backed 25 companies in our records, including MasterClass, FloQast, Brex.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (25)
Other
MasterClass
FloQast
Brex
Carta
Better
Ro (fka. Roman)
Jackpocket
Bolt
Dataiku
Relativity Space
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Consumer, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Cathal O'Dea, Director of Investment Operations.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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