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Gear Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Gear Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$500K – $1.5M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on AI-driven B2B SaaS solutions empowering digital marketing and content automation.

How Gear Ventures invests

Gear Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer, Media.

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

Gear Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including ContentBot, MarketStream.

Meet the Team

AH

Alex Hartman

GP

B2B SaaS
AI
DN

Don Normanville

OEM

OEM

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Bill Miller

Customer Service

Customer Service

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BM

Bob Miller

Customer Service

Customer Service

Factory reps will ask you the details of your vehicle and its use

SM

Steve Miller

Customer Service

Customer Service

Factory reps will ask you the details of your vehicle and its use

JM

Jim Miller

Customer Service

Customer Service

Factory reps will ask you the details of your vehicle and its use

GM

George Miller

Customer Service

Customer Service

Factory reps will ask you the details of your vehicle and its use

FM

Frank Miller

Customer Service

Customer Service

Factory reps will ask you the details of your vehicle and its use

RM

Ray Miller

Customer Service

Customer Service

Factory reps will ask you the details of your vehicle and its use

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Earl Miller

Customer Service

Customer Service

Factory reps will ask you the details of your vehicle and its use

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Consumer
Media

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

CO

ContentBot

AI Agents
MA

MarketStream

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

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