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Iron Ridge Ventures

VC
Seattle, WAWebsite

Iron Ridge Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Seattle, WA investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 182 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $5.0M

Portfolio

182+ companies

Team

12 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Iron Ridge Ventures specializes in early-stage software solutions addressing pain points in engineering workflows, industrial processes, and manufacturing.

How Iron Ridge Ventures invests

Iron Ridge Ventures is a vc firm based in Seattle, WA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Healthcare, Fintech. It does not invest in FinTech, BioTech.

Iron Ridge Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment.

Iron Ridge Ventures has backed 182 companies in our records, including CADLinker, PlantOps AI, Cint USA, Inc..

Meet the Team

WP

William Pereira

Director of Product Management

AJ

Aaron Jones

Senior Director of Sales Operations

JJ

Juan Jimenez

Vice President of Product Management

JC

Jim Clark

Chief Financial Officer

SM

Sean McDonald

Chief Executive Officer

RL

Richard Laing

Vice President of Sales

SS

Susan Stark

Director of Sales

EP

Eric Presley

Sales Director

ES

Erik Strom

Principal

CJ

Carlos Jerez

Sales Director

EN

Erik Nordstrom

President

EJ

Erika Jansen

Founder & GP

Industrial Software
Engineering Workflows

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
AI / ML
Healthcare
Fintech

Does Not Invest In

FinTech
BioTech

Portfolio Companies (182)

Other

CA

CADLinker

Engineering Productivity
PL

PlantOps AI

Manufacturing Process Optimization
CI

Cint USA, Inc.

JA

Jampp LTD

RE

Realtime Technologies GmbH

DE

DeepIntent, Inc.

HA

Happydemics

OT

Otto GmbH & Co. KGaA

AD

Adobe Audience Manager, Adobe Experience Platform

CH

CHEQ AI TECHNOLOGIES

How to pitch Iron Ridge 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 $1.0M – $5.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as William Pereira, Director of Product Management.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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