Initiative Capital (IC)
Initiative Capital (IC) is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Developer Tools, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $300K–$5.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $300K–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 6 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Developer Tools, AI / ML
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-04
Pre-Seed, Seed
$300K – $5.0M
2+ companies
6 partners
Investment Thesis
IC focuses on early-stage solutions advancing cloud infrastructure, AI systems, and operational efficiency through intelligent tooling.
How Initiative Capital (IC) invests
Initiative Capital (IC) is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Developer Tools, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer, Hardware.
Initiative Capital (IC) typically writes checks of $300K–$5.0M per investment.
Initiative Capital (IC) has backed 2 companies in our records, including Shogun, Platform.sh.
Partners & Team
Carrie Adams
Investment Partner
François-Xavier Oliveau
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Shogun
Platform.sh
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $300K – $5.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Carrie Adams, Investment Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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