Lamina1 Ventures
Lamina1 Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Pasadena, CA investing in Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- Pasadena, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-25
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.0M
1+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Lamina1 Ventures is focused on the development of open metaverse ecosystems and blockchain-based digital experiences. Strong interest in gaming and content economy use cases.
How Lamina1 Ventures invests
Lamina1 Ventures is a vc firm based in Pasadena, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Non-blockchain SaaS.
Lamina1 Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
Lamina1 Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including Overture Maps Foundation.
Partners & Team
Neal Stephenson
General Partner
Legendary author/futurist; founded Lamina1 with Rebecca Barkin to realize an open, decentralized, and interconnected online world.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
Overture Maps Foundation
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Neal Stephenson, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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