Linear Venture — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($100K–$300K Checks)

Linear Venture is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Mateo, California. The firm invests at the pre-seed stage and focuses on early-stage B2B SaaS founders who are innovating with data-centric applications. Linear Venture prioritizes investments in the B2B SaaS and data-driven solutions sectors.

The firm typically deploys checks between $100K and $300K. It maintains $2B in assets under management. Cold outreach is an accepted way to connect with the firm. The investment team consists of Harry Wang, General Partner, whose focus areas include frontier technology applications, AI software and applications, AI hardware and embodied intelligence, and AI for science and manufacturing, and Oliver Martins, Founding Partner, who focuses on B2B SaaS and data platforms.

Linear Venture prioritizes investments in early-stage B2B SaaS founders innovating with data-centric applications.

Linear Venture is a vc firm based in San Mateo, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS.

Linear Venture typically writes checks of $100K–$300K per investment, backed by approximately $2B in assets under management.

Investing since at least 2011, Linear Venture has backed 78 companies in our records, including NaukNauk, Tars, YumFit. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2025.

Linear Venture has recorded investments in 78 portfolio companies. Its earliest recorded investment year is 2011 and its most recent recorded investment year is 2025. The firm has maintained a consistent focus on its stated thesis of supporting early-stage B2B SaaS and data-driven solutions.

Recent recorded investments include NaukNauk, Tars, and YumFit in 2025, D-Robotics, Deep Principle, Everdent, FinalRound, Green Synenergy, and NewPro Bioworks in 2024, and Bot Auto, Ling AI, Mayootech, and RIVR in 2023. Earlier recorded investments include companies such as Boea Wisdom and coScene in 2022. All listed investments were made at the pre-seed stage in alignment with the firm's focus.