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Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $500K

AUM

$11M

Portfolio

72+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2024Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing Pre-Seed in founders building B2B software that reduces friction at scale.

Meet the Team

MT

Martin Tobias

General Partner

Pre-Seed Technology Companies
Reducing Friction at Scale

Martin Tobias is the founder of Incisive Ventures, a Pre-Seed Fund in Seattle focused on investing in technology companies that reduce friction at scale. He has decades of investing experience, having invested in over 250 companies as an angel investor, half a dozen as a venture partner at a major VC firm, and is a limited partner in over a dozen VC funds. He is also the founder of Element8, a leading Angel network. Martin is a 3x venture-backed CEO with experience at Microsoft and Accenture, raising over $500M (including two IPOs) for his own companies.

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
AI / ML
Healthcare
Developer Tools
Real Estate
Other
Enterprise
Fintech
Consumer
Marketplace
EdTech
Security

Does Not Invest In

crypto
gaming
consumer
biotech
hardware
marketplace
edtech
devtools
climate
media
services
ecommerce

Funds

Fund I

$10M2023
Active

Portfolio Companies (72)

2024

VE

Vega Cloud

Cloud Management·Pre-Seed·Fund I

Platform to manage public cloud infrastructure: monitoring, optimization, resource deployment etc.

CI

Civic IQ

GovTech·Pre-Seed
ST

Stanify.ai

AI/Social Media·Pre-Seed·Fund I

Enterprise software / AI.

DE

Desk.us

Real Estate Tech·Pre-Seed
SI

Silver Tree Labs

Enterprise Software·Pre-Seed·Incisive Ventures Fund 1
SO

Solvin.ai

Developer Tools·Pre-Seed·Fund I

Enterprise AI sector.

FA

Factory.app

AI/SaaS·Pre-Seed·Fund I

B2B software / dev tooling.

CL

ClinSight.ai

Healthcare AI·Pre-Seed·Fund I

Under Healthcare & Digital Health.

HE

HeyPinnacle

HR Tech·Pre-Seed
MA

Mango Sciences

Healthcare·Pre-Seed·Incisive Ventures Fund 1

Identity / biosciences company; “Mango” in portfolio pages.

How to pitch Incisive Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $500K check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Martin Tobias, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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