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Harpoon Ventures

VC
San Diego, CAWebsite

Harpoon Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Diego, CA investing in Other, AI / ML, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 18 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
18 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$300M
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Other, AI / ML, Enterprise
HQ
San Diego, CA

Last verified: 2026-05-03

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

AUM

$300M

Portfolio

18+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Harpoon Ventures focuses on dual-use technologies that build scalable infrastructure for applications in defense, security, and enterprise.

How Harpoon Ventures invests

Harpoon Ventures is a vc firm based in San Diego, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Enterprise. It does not invest in Consumer.

Harpoon Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $300M in assets under management.

Harpoon Ventures has backed 18 companies in our records, including Shield AI, Teleport, Solugen.

Partners & Team

JT

Jeff Torrance

CFO

LJ

Larsen Jensen

Founder

JY

Jimmy Yun

Principal

AH

Austin Hays

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (18)

Other

SH

Shield AI

DefenseTech
TE

Teleport

Enterprise Software
SO

Solugen

Reimagining the chemicals industry

N8

n8n

Secure and AI-native workflow automation

AS

Astranis

Dedicated connectivity anywhere

AA

Aalo Atomics

Clean energy future for everyone

MA

MatX

High throughput chips for LLMs

GE

Genesis Molecular

AI The AI Operating System for drug discovery

FI

Firestorm Labs

Radically affordable, mission-adaptable UAS

EN

Encord

Complete data development for AI

How to pitch Harpoon Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jeff Torrance, CFO.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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