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Ingenious Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)

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Austin, TXWebsite

Ingenious Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, Healthcare, Consumer. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 26 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
26 companies on record
Partners
31 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, Healthcare, Consumer, AI / ML
HQ
Austin, TX
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-11

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

26+ companies

Team

31 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Ingenious Ventures specializes in early-stage investments in IoT and hardware startups that bring practical, tech-savvy solutions to consumers.

How Ingenious Ventures invests

Ingenious Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Healthcare, Consumer, AI / ML. It does not invest in Media.

Ingenious Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

Ingenious Ventures has backed 26 companies in our records, including Ingenious Build, Cushman & Wakefield, JLL.

Partners & Team

ŁF

Łukasz Franikowski

Director of Engineering

JR

Jack Ressler

Director of Partnerships

SZ

Sławomir Zaworski

Vice President of Engineering

AA

Aysha Ali

Finance Director

TR

Tara R

Director of Marketing

CG

Caitlin Gore

Customer Support Manager

AM

Anastasia Muravitskaya

Demand Generation Specialist

DK

Dylan Knight

GP

IoT
Hardware
ZO

Zachary Orris

Director of Strategic Partnerships

TS

Tishman Speyer

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S

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HC

Huntington Construction Company

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Construction
T

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G

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A

Anthropic

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NV5

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Engineering
G

Gafcon

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Construction
HI

Hill International

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Construction
SD

Skybox Datacenters

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Data Centers
PG

Prime Group Holdings

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Real Estate
C&

Cushman & Wakefield

Related

Real Estate
J

JLL

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Real Estate
C

Colliers

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CG

Related

Real Estate
RE

Real Estate Developer (Finance)

Real Estate Developer (Finance)

Real Estate
Finance
OR

OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE

Owner’s Representative

Construction

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Healthcare
Consumer
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Media

Portfolio Companies (26)

Other

IN

Ingenious Build

CU

Cushman & Wakefield

JL

JLL

CO

Colliers

CO

Concord Group

ST

Starwood Capital Group

TI

Tishman Speyer

LI

Lincoln Property Company

CL

Clune Construction

SW

Swinerton

How to pitch Ingenious Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Healthcare, Consumer — 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 Łukasz Franikowski, Director of Engineering.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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