Good Trouble Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$1.0M Checks)
Good Trouble Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm investing in AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 7 companies on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- AUM
- $1.5B
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Developer Tools
Last verified: 2026-10-31
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
$500K – $1.0M
$1.5B
7+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Early-stage fund focused on technology and entertainment, with core areas spanning creator economy, technology infrastructure, and IP/media; the firm says it backs creative founders using AI to build new media and entertainment categories.
How Good Trouble Ventures invests
Good Trouble Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Developer Tools.
Good Trouble Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1.5B in assets under management. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.
Good Trouble Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including GOB, Art Pics, Notes Technology.
Partners & Team
AJ Thomas
Co-GP
Kat Steinmetz
Founding Co-GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Good Trouble Ventures Fund II
Good Trouble Ventures Fund I
Recent Activity
Raised Good Trouble Ventures Fund II ($300M)
2022 · fund records
Raised Good Trouble Ventures Fund I ($100M)
2019 · fund records
Portfolio Companies (7)
Other
GOB
The first earplug company with a conscience, built to protect hearing without compromise.
Art Pics
The first fine art trading cards, featuring original work from your favorite artists.
Notes Technology
The first platform merging music, money & knowledge to empower the next generation of legends.
Nebula
The first platform to turn music into an investment asset, letting fans own royalty payouts.
Overplay
The first app to turn your own videos into interactive games with one tap — no coding required.
CoFounder.AI
The first AI business partner, built to work alongside startups and small businesses.
Evil Genius Games
The first tabletop RPG studio turning modern action movies into cinematic roleplay.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Developer Tools — 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 AJ Thomas, Co-GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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