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Initiate Ventures

VC
New York, NYWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$100K – $500K

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Dedicated to funding pre-seed AI-driven enterprise startups with innovative human-in-the-loop systems.

How Initiate Ventures invests

Initiate Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer Tech, Fintech.

Initiate Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$500K per investment.

Initiate Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including EvalBase, AutoLoop AI.

Meet the Team

AT

Alex Trombetta

Principal

health tech
life sciences
deal sourcing and investment execution
ID

Iana Dimkova

General Partner

health tech
life sciences
venture studio incubation
JO

Jessica Owens

General Partner

health tech
life sciences
early-stage investing
commercial strategy
RS

Randy Scott

General Partner

operational leadership
company building in health tech / life sciences
AK

Amanda Kelly

General Partner

AI/ML
Enterprise Tools
Data Labeling

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Tech
Fintech

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

EV

EvalBase

Model Performance Evaluation
AU

AutoLoop AI

Human Feedback Systems
How to pitch Initiate Ventures
  • 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 $100K – $500K check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alex Trombetta, Principal.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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