Hard Yaka — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)
Hard Yaka is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Fintech, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- AUM
- $3B
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Fintech, Other
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
Last verified: 2026-08-04
Seed, Series A
$250K – $2.0M
$3.0B
2+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
FinTech-focused fund with a specialization in payments, crypto innovation, and marketplaces.
How Hard Yaka invests
Hard Yaka is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other.
Hard Yaka typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $3B in assets under management.
Hard Yaka has backed 2 companies in our records, including Ripple, Coinbase.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Ripple
Coinbase
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Chris Lewis, Operating Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
Featured In
Browse More Investors
Fundraising resources
Frequently Asked Questions
See if Hard Yaka is a match for your startup
Upload your pitch deck to see how well you match with Hard Yaka and 10,000+ other investors.
Ask your AI assistant about this investor: connect InvestorMatch to Claude or ChatGPT
Is this your profile? Request a correction or removal