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IA Ventures — Seed & Pre-Seed VC Firm ($1.0M–$3.0M Checks)

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New York, United StatesWebsite

IA Ventures is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in New York, United States investing in Other. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$3.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$475M
Stage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
New York, United States

Last verified: 2026-09-04

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

AUM

$475M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

IA Ventures is a seed-stage investor using data infrastructure, machine learning, and quantitative hedge-fund discipline to back founders building defensible proprietary data or analytics moats across software, fintech, health, and enterprise sectors.

How IA Ventures invests

IA Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, United States. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other.

IA Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $475M in assets under management.

IA Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including DataRobot, DigitalOcean.

Partners & Team

MV

Madison Valentine

Office Manager

MM

Megan Muir

Executive Assistant

BG

Brad Gillespie

Managing Partner

JB

Jesse Beyroutey

Managing Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

DA

DataRobot

AI
DI

DigitalOcean

Productivity Software
How to pitch IA Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Madison Valentine, Office Manager.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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