HA

Haystack

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

AUM

$50M

Portfolio

24+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Pre-seed/seed venture fund backing founders early with strong community/network and product-first mindset.

Meet the Team

DQ

Debbie Quement

Chief Financial Officer

SS

Semil Shah

General Partner

pre-seed
seed
software

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Marketplace
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (24)

Other

DO

DoorDash

Marketplace/logistics
FI

Figma

Design software
IN

Instacart

Marketplace
HA

Hashicorp

Enables organizations to provision, secure, and run any infrastructure for any application.

OP

Opendoor

Offers an online home-selling service that aims to streamline the sales process down to a few days.

CA

Carta

A global ownership management platform to help companies, investors, and employees manage their equity.

AP

Applied Intuition

Provides an ADAS and autonomous vehicle (AV) simulation and validation platform for automotive, trucking, construction, defense, and more.

IR

Ironclad

The digital contracting platform that in-house legal teams rely upon to unlock the power of their contracts data.

NT

nTop

Engineering software for advanced manufacturing.

AS

Astranis

Advanced satellites for high orbits.

How to pitch Haystack
  • 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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