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Granite Hill Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Granite Hill Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in SaaS, Developer Tools, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.5M checks and has 29 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$500K – $1.5M

Portfolio

29+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2024Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on B2B SaaS and tools that enable next-gen developer workflows and AI integration.

How Granite Hill Ventures invests

Granite Hill Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, Developer Tools, AI / ML, Consumer, Enterprise. It does not invest in Consumer.

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

Investing since at least 2008, Granite Hill Ventures has backed 29 companies in our records, including ZeroTouch.ai, Tamr, ThreatOptix. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2024.

Meet the Team

JD

Jane Doe

General Partner

B2B SaaS
AI
SM

Sameet Mehta

Managing Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Developer Tools
AI / ML
Consumer
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (29)

2024

ZE

ZeroTouch.ai

Standalone Unified Endpoint Management& Security Platform (UEM | MDM | RMM).

2018

TA

Tamr

Tamr’s full stack, AI-powered software solution unifies disparate datasets.

TH

ThreatOptix

Linux server protection makes it easy for large enterprises and government agencies to detect, classify and identify threats.

2017

CR

Craxel, Inc.

High performance, encrypted database technology.

RE

Resilience

Technology platform for insurers to price, monitor, and control risk.

AU

Aura

Emerging provider of consumer digital security products, including identity protection, security/virtual private network, and privacy services.

TW

Twingate

Makes it easy to adopt and maintain a Zero Trust networking model.

2016

IM

Imubit

Imubit has invented a new paradigm for IoT predictive analytics and big analog data.

EF

Efflux Systems

A security operations solution that detects lateral movement on your network and automates analysis.

AI

Airspace

The only drone security solution capable of identifying, tracking, and autonomously removing rogue drones from the sky.

How to pitch Granite Hill Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Developer Tools, AI / ML — 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 Jane Doe, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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