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LiftOff Ventures

VC
San Diego, CAWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$200K – $1.5M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests exclusively in drone and aviation startups focused on airspace data, compliance tools, and expanding the infrastructure of commercial drone platforms.

How LiftOff Ventures invests

LiftOff Ventures is a vc firm based in San Diego, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools.

LiftOff Ventures typically writes checks of $200K–$1.5M per investment.

LiftOff Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including TracDrone.

Meet the Team

AG

Alex Garza

Solo GP

Data Infrastructure
Drone Applications
RZ

Rich Zajac

General Partner

student entrepreneurship
venture mentoring
early stage support
SS

Scott Sonneborn

President

entrepreneurship
student ventures
ideation/execution bridge
LW

Larissa Weinstein

General Partner

student innovation
brand positioning
strategic development

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

TR

TracDrone

Drone Tech
How to pitch LiftOff Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $200K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alex Garza, Solo GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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