Kelp — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)
Kelp is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in United States investing in AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Partners
- 11 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Developer Tools
- HQ
- United States
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-25
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.0M
11 partners
Investment Thesis
Solo-GP investor backing AI infrastructure and developer platforms at the earliest stages. The focus is on builders of technical products with strong platform potential and founder support.
How Kelp invests
Kelp is a vc firm based in United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Developer Tools.
Kelp typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
Partners & Team
Ryan Sarver
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Francis Vidhayathil, Virtual CFO.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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