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Gateway AI Fund — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($350K–$1.0M Checks)

VC
Austin, TXWebsite

Gateway AI Fund is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $350K–$1.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$350K–$1.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
6 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools, SaaS
HQ
Austin, TX
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-06-21

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$350K – $1.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing in foundational AI technologies and infrastructure that support scalable enterprise applications.

How Gateway AI Fund invests

Gateway AI Fund is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools, SaaS. It does not invest in Hardware.

Gateway AI Fund typically writes checks of $350K–$1.0M per investment.

Gateway AI Fund has backed 2 companies in our records, including InfraTech, Janus.

Partners & Team

J

Janus

Expert match

fractional CFO
controller
auditor

Curated network of fractional CFOs, controllers, and auditors. They show up with the context already packaged, so the first 30 minutes are about decisions, not setup.

J

Joshua

General Partner

Q2 2026
Hiring
Run rate

Build the team for $10M ARR run rate

T

Tobias

Efficiency Conf

Burn multiple
CAC payback
Runway

Operate below 1.0 burn multiple

S

Sam

Email protection

Duplicate charge
AWS billing

Drafted Hi, The Apr 12 charge of $237 matches the Apr 5 invoice we already paid (receipt attached). Could you confirm a refund and pause auto-billing until the duplicate is reversed?

H

Hana

Partner

Treasury
Compliance

10 paying 3 / 10 Compliance · 4 partners 1 / 4

MN

Michael Ng

Partner

Infrastructure
AI

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Enterprise
Developer Tools
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Hardware

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

IN

InfraTech

AI infrastructure
JA

Janus

How to pitch Gateway AI Fund
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $350K – $1.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Janus, Expert match.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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