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Horizon Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

VC
Folsom, CAWebsite

Horizon Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Folsom, CA investing in Other, AI / ML, Healthcare. The firm has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
5 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, AI / ML, Healthcare
HQ
Folsom, CA
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-02

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Backing early-stage AI founders selling into state & local government and regulated industries; focused on GovHealth and Public Safety verticals.

How Horizon Ventures invests

Horizon Ventures is a vc firm based in Folsom, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Healthcare.

Horizon Ventures has backed 5 companies in our records, including Carmot Therapeutics, SaNOtize, DeepMind.

Partners & Team

UG

Unknown GP(s)

Emerging Manager

GovTech
AI in regulated markets
GH

Geoff Heath

Managing Partner

GovTech
GovHealth
Public Safety

Proven GovTech investor 4 years at BarronKent Ventures (Government & HHS); 20+ portfolio companies, four on the 2026 GovTech 100, with realized exits. Confirm capital, # exits, gross multiple 25 years building the systems Mississippi Medicaid & Human Services, California's CWS-CARES child-welfare platform, and CalWORKs — plus product leadership at HPE. The adoption lens Human-centered design + AI strategy: we underwrite the question that kills most govtech deals — will people actually use it? Frontline credibility Reserve Deputy Sheriff (patrol), Law Enforcement Academy Instructor, and Sheriff's Search & Rescue.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

CA

Carmot Therapeutics

biotech / therapeutics·not stated

Metabolic disease drug developer focused on obesity and diabetes therapies

SA

SaNOtize

biopharma / therapeutics·Series B

Develops nitric-oxide-based therapeutics, including a nasal spray platform

DE

DeepMind

artificial intelligence·early investment

AI research company

SI

Siri

AI / software·early investment

Voice assistant / AI software company acquired by Apple

SK

Skype

software / communications·early investment

Communications and internet calling platform

How to pitch Horizon Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Unknown GP(s), Emerging Manager.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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