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Motive Force — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

VC

Motive Force is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in AI / ML, Enterprise, Other. The firm has 16 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
16 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Enterprise, Other, SaaS, Developer Tools
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-03

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

16+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Emerging seed firm focused on technical outsiders and overlooked founders in AI, enterprise software, and robotics. The firm is positioned to back early, contrarian infrastructure businesses before larger funds notice them.

How Motive Force invests

Motive Force is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Enterprise, Other, SaaS, Developer Tools.

Motive Force has backed 16 companies in our records, including MaintainX, Poolside, Inngest.

Partners & Team

OO

Oana Olteanu

GP

AI
Enterprise Software
Seed

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Enterprise
Other
SaaS
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (16)

Other

MA

MaintainX

PO

Poolside

IN

Inngest

HE

HealthLeap

CH

Charm

OV

Overmind

DE

Delphina

ZU

Zuplo

ME

Mem

BA

Bacca

How to pitch Motive Force
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Enterprise, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Oana Olteanu, GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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