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Intellect Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Intellect Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $50K–$200K checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$50K – $200K

Portfolio

3+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2020Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on investing in startups leveraging AI to enhance decision-making capabilities in consumer SaaS applications.

How Intellect Ventures invests

Intellect Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Security, Consumer.

Intellect Ventures typically writes checks of $50K–$200K per investment.

Investing since at least 2020, Intellect Ventures has backed 3 companies in our records, including TerraPower, Evolv Technology, ThinkSwift. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2020.

Meet the Team

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Nathan Myhrvold

Founder and CEO

Avid inventor and visionary leading Intellectual Ventures; mentioned as giving Bloomberg journalist Ashlee Vance a tour of IV’s offices and lab while discussing topics including global warming, patents, supersonic dinosaur tails, snowflake microscopy, and pizza scanners.

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Russell Canlas

Engineering Manager

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Jami Nielsen

Executive Assistant

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Diana Blair

Executive Assistant

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Meagan Talton

Procurement Specialist

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Ross Carter

Senior Technical Writer

JD

Jane Doe

GP

AI Productivity
Decision Intelligence
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Amelia Buharin

Chief Intellectual Property Officer

JV

Jen Vennes

House Manager

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
AI / ML
Security
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (3)

2020

TE

TerraPower

Energy·Growth
EV

Evolv Technology

Security·Growth

Other

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ThinkSwift

AI Productivity
How to pitch Intellect Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $50K – $200K check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Nathan Myhrvold, Founder and CEO.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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