Haystack
Haystack is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, Marketplace, Consumer. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 24 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 24 companies on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- AUM
- $50M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Marketplace, Consumer
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
Last verified: 2026-05-24
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $1.5M
$50M
24+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Pre-seed/seed venture fund backing founders early with strong community/network and product-first mindset.
How Haystack invests
Haystack is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Marketplace, Consumer.
Haystack typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $50M in assets under management.
Haystack has backed 24 companies in our records, including DoorDash, Figma, Instacart.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (24)
Other
DoorDash
Figma
Instacart
Hashicorp
Enables organizations to provision, secure, and run any infrastructure for any application.
Opendoor
Offers an online home-selling service that aims to streamline the sales process down to a few days.
Carta
A global ownership management platform to help companies, investors, and employees manage their equity.
Applied Intuition
Provides an ADAS and autonomous vehicle (AV) simulation and validation platform for automotive, trucking, construction, defense, and more.
Ironclad
The digital contracting platform that in-house legal teams rely upon to unlock the power of their contracts data.
nTop
Engineering software for advanced manufacturing.
Astranis
Advanced satellites for high orbits.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Debbie Quement, Chief Financial Officer.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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