Manual Ventures
Manual Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in AI / ML, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $200K–$750K checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $200K–$750K
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Other, SaaS, Consumer
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-07
Pre-Seed, Seed
$200K – $750K
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Invests exclusively in early-stage startups building AI products for consumers and productivity across industries.
How Manual Ventures invests
Manual Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, SaaS, Consumer. It does not invest in Real Estate, Media.
Manual Ventures typically writes checks of $200K–$750K per investment.
Manual Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Causal, Text Blaze.
Partners & Team
Sam Morales
Founding Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Causal
Text Blaze
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $200K – $750K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sam Morales, Founding Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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