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Galileo Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Galileo Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in SaaS, Fintech. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.5M checks and has 25 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $1.5M

Portfolio

25+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2025Investments in last 12 months: 3

Investment Thesis

Galileo focuses on operationally efficient B2B SaaS and Fintech startups revolutionizing workflows and payments.

How Galileo Ventures invests

Galileo Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Fintech. It does not invest in Hardware.

Galileo Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$1.5M per investment.

Investing since at least 2020, Galileo Ventures has backed 25 companies in our records, including Fora, Zendir, Bugster. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2025, with 3 investments logged over the last 12 months.

Meet the Team

JA

James Alexander

Partner

pre-seed / seed
startups
Australia
early-stage technology
founder support
HS

Hugh Stephens

Partner

pre-seed / seed
founder-operator advice
enterprise software
angel investing and mentorship
JF

Julia French

Partner

platform / founder support
international expansion
operations & scaling unicorns
tech / unicorn ecosystems
LK

Lucas Kim

Founding Partner

B2B SaaS
Fintech
DR

David Rohrsheim

General Partner

governance / oversight
founder coaching
investment committee work

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Fintech

Does Not Invest In

Hardware

Portfolio Companies (25)

2025

FO

Fora

Fora is the first platform for people with disability to build and manage their healthcare team online.

ZE

Zendir

Zendir enables teams to build complex simulations in minutes, not months.

BU

Bugster

AI agent powered end-to-end software testing for developers.

2024

ST

Steppen

Steppen is the #1 Fitness App Made For Gen Z

TI

Tixel

The leading ticket resale marketplace, by the fans for the fans.

2023

BU

BuildAI

BuildAI is leading the revolution in data-driven construction globally.

CA

CarbonHQ

The leading platform to manage carbon projects.

2022

SI

Sizle

Sizle helps teams create and share mission-critical documents.

HU

Huey

Huey gets children addicted to reading.

DR

Dromeda

Building the future of AI companion robots.

How to pitch Galileo Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $1.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as James Alexander, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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