Hurdle Ventures
Hurdle Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Denver, CO investing in AI / ML, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Other, SaaS, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Denver, CO
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-15
Pre-Seed
$500K – $2.0M
1+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Hurdle Ventures focuses on startups innovating at the intersection of APIs, machine learning automation, and infrastructure optimization, with an emphasis on underserved verticals.
How Hurdle Ventures invests
Hurdle Ventures is a vc firm based in Denver, CO. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, SaaS, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Media, Entertainment.
Hurdle Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.
Hurdle Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including APIx Technologies.
Partners & Team
Kyle Mercer
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
APIx Technologies
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kyle Mercer, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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