Hard Hat Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)
Hard Hat Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Real Estate, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 8 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Real Estate, Other, SaaS, Consumer, Healthcare
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-28
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.0M
8+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Focused exclusively on early-stage companies innovating in the construction tech and field services sectors.
How Hard Hat Ventures invests
Hard Hat Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Real Estate, Other, SaaS, Consumer, Healthcare. It does not invest in Consumer.
Hard Hat Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
Hard Hat Ventures has backed 8 companies in our records, including Vita Hustle, Function Health, Eleven Labs.
Partners & Team
Alex Johnson
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (8)
Other
Vita Hustle
Consumer products brand focused on wellness-oriented consumer goods
Function Health
Health and wellness / fitness company
Eleven Labs
Technology company
SweatPals
Health and wellness / fitness company
Radiant
Clean energy company
Nara Organics
Health and wellness / fitness company
Palta
Health and wellness / fitness company
Simple
Health and wellness / fitness company
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Real Estate, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alex Johnson, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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