Kernel Labs — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$1.5M Checks)
Kernel Labs is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Developer Tools, Other, Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.5M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 5 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Developer Tools, Other, Deep Tech, Enterprise, SaaS, AI / ML
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $1.5M
5+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Investing in transformative technologies in developer tools and AI that enhance efficiencies in enterprise environments.
How Kernel Labs invests
Kernel Labs is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Developer Tools, Other, Deep Tech, Enterprise, SaaS.
Kernel Labs typically writes checks of $100K–$1.5M per investment.
Kernel Labs has backed 5 companies in our records, including AWT, GLIMPSE, KERNEL GYM.
Partners & Team
Travis Young
General Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (5)
Other
AWT
A cli-based worktree manager for coding agents.
GLIMPSE
Take screenshots during CI.
KERNEL GYM
The easiest way to test and share MCP servers.
PIQUEUE
Let anyone submit a coding task against your codebase.
SLOP METER
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- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, Other, Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Travis Young, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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