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Machina Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses exclusively on early-stage startups transforming manufacturing, automation, and supply chain processes using technology.

How Machina Ventures invests

Machina Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML.

Machina Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment.

Machina Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including ForgeX, SupplyAI.

Meet the Team

MS

Matthew Stepka

Managing Partner

Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Early-Stage
Emerging Markets
DB

Doug Bewsher

GP - Advisor

venture partnership
technical advising
deal sourcing
AZ

Adam Zbar

Senior Advisor

serial entrepreneurship
e-commerce
consumer ecommerce
operations

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

FO

ForgeX

Manufacturing Tech
SU

SupplyAI

Supply Chain
How to pitch Machina Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Matthew Stepka, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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