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Inventum Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.0M Checks)

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Inventum Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in Fintech, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 19 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.0M
Portfolio
19 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Fintech, Other, SaaS, Consumer, AI / ML, Developer Tools

Last verified: 2026-10-19

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

19+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Backs infrastructure and platform startups across fintech and blockchain-enabled commerce. Particularly relevant for companies building novel payment flows and financial rails.

How Inventum Ventures invests

Inventum Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other, SaaS, Consumer, AI / ML.

Inventum Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $500M in assets under management. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.

Inventum Ventures has backed 19 companies in our records, including WorkWhile, Allo, TIKR.

Partners & Team

KW

Kevin Wu

General Partner

HM

Hitoshi Matsuda

General Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other
SaaS
Consumer
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Funds

Inventum Ventures III

$200M2023
investing

Inventum Ventures II

$150M2018
fully deployed

Inventum Ventures I

$100M2015
fully deployed

Portfolio Companies (19)

Other

WO

WorkWhile

HRTech

A leading AI-powered digital staffing platform

AL

Allo

SaaS

Next-gen collaboration/productivity platform

TI

TIKR

FinTech

Institutional grade stock information terminal for individual investors.

SM

SmartRyde

SaaS, API

GDS in ground transportation

GO

GOZEM

Consumer

Super App in Africa

PR

Prentus

HRTech

The unified platform connecting students, career services, and hiring company

MI

Minnow

IoT, SaaS

Contactless food delivery/pickup pod

ON

OniGo

Consumer

Top Dark Store / Q-commerce company in Japan

LU

Lumina

HRTech

Community based blue-collar job platform

AN

any style

SNS

AI-based Fan engagement SNS platform

How to pitch Inventum Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kevin Wu, General Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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