Gradient Capital — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)
Gradient Capital is a Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Fintech, SaaS, Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 10 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, SaaS, Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-24
Seed
$500K – $2.0M
10+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Gradient Capital partners with early-stage fintech and SaaS innovators actively engaging in capital efficiency.
How Gradient Capital invests
Gradient Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, SaaS, Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools.
Gradient Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.
Gradient Capital has backed 10 companies in our records, including Airspace Intelligence, BackOps AI, Range.
Partners & Team
Erika Jensen
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (10)
Other
Airspace Intelligence
AI software for complex air operations
BackOps AI
AI for back-office operations
Range
AI-powered wealth management platform
Lambda
AI infrastructure and cloud compute
Streamlit
Developer tools for data science apps
CentML
Software that optimizes AI model performance
Krea
Generative AI tools for design/creative workflows
Writer
Enterprise AI writing and workflow platform
Oura
Health-tracking wearable and software company
Sona
AI-enabled workforce management / HR platform
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, SaaS, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Erika Jensen, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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