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Intent Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.3M Checks)

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

Intent Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.3M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.3M
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-06-09

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.3M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investment Thesis

Dedicated to investing in and supporting companies at the intersection of cloud security and compliance.

How Intent Ventures invests

Intent Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage. It does not invest in Consumer.

Intent Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.3M per investment.

Intent Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including CloudSecure.

Partners & Team

MC

Michael Chan

GP

Cloud Security
Compliance Tech

Industry Focus

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

CL

CloudSecure

Cloud Security
How to pitch Intent Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.3M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Michael Chan, GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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