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Ignition Partners — Seed & Pre-Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)

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Menlo Park, CaliforniaWebsite

Ignition Partners is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California investing in Enterprise, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 47 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
47 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
Stage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sectors
Enterprise, AI / ML, Developer Tools, SaaS
HQ
Menlo Park, California
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-08

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

Portfolio

47+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Ignition backs enterprise software, cloud, and AI infrastructure companies. It is a long-time specialist with deep technical software expertise.

How Ignition Partners invests

Ignition Partners is a vc firm based in Menlo Park, California. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Enterprise, AI / ML, Developer Tools, SaaS.

Ignition Partners typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.

Ignition Partners has backed 47 companies in our records, including Archipelago, Aviatrix, BlueStacks.

Partners & Team

JC

John Connors

Partner

NS

Nick Sturiale

Managing Partner

JR

Jonathan Roberts

Managing Director

KS

Kim Sather

Chief Accounting Officer

BP

Bay Partners team

Partner

enterprise software
BK

Bob Kelly

Managing Partner

AS

Adrian Smith

Partner

KR

Kaori Rupnow

Executive Assistant

RB

Ryan Baker

Chief Financial Officer

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
AI / ML
Developer Tools
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (47)

Other

AR

Archipelago

AI-powered industrial insurance platform

AV

Aviatrix

Cloud networking and secure multicloud connectivity software

BL

BlueStacks

Software for running Android apps on desktop devices

CA

Carbon Robotics

AI and robotics company focused on agricultural weeding automation

FO

Forward

Primary-care clinic and healthcare technology platform

GL

Glympse

Real-time location sharing and tracking software

IC

Icertis

Enterprise contract lifecycle management software

JU

Jupiter

Climate intelligence and risk analytics software

MO

Moz

SEO software and online marketing tools

ON

OneHub

Secure file sharing and collaboration platform

How to pitch Ignition Partners
  • •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Enterprise, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as John Connors, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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