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Motive Ventures

VC
Chesterfield, MOWebsite

Motive Ventures is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Chesterfield, MO investing in Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$3.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
69 listed
Stage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
Chesterfield, MO
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-23

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $3.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

69 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on high-impact innovations in logistics and fleet management, especially those targeting temperature-sensitive freight and improving fuel efficiency.

How Motive Ventures invests

Motive Ventures is a vc firm based in Chesterfield, MO. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Consumer-focused startups.

Motive Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment.

Motive Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including FleetGuard, MOTIVATE VENTURES QP FUND I, LP (CIK 0001834500).

Partners & Team

AA

Alvi Abuaf

Industry Partner

wealth & asset management technology
financial services infrastructure
platform investing
HG

Harsh Govil

Partner, Venture

payments
AI
vertical applications
deal execution
portfolio management
BM

Blythe Masters

Founding Partner & Industry Partner

financial services technology
strategy & growth
industry transformation
KT

Kristy Trieste

General Partner

MN

Marco Neuhaus

Partner

HB

Heather Bellini

Partner

PC

Paul Compton

Partner

MF

Michael Fröhlich

Partner

AK

Ashwin Kumar

Partner

CO

Caroline O'Connell

Partner

AS

Andy Stewart

Partner

ZZ

Zade Zalatimo

Partner

JL

Jenny Lin

Managing Partner

DS

Doug Smith

Partner

MC

Mike Campbell

Managing Partner

BZ

Britt Zarling

Managing Partner

DF

Dominik Freidorfer

Vice President, Venture

HA

Helen Anstead

Principal

AB

Alastair Barber

Principal

JP

John Plewa

Principal

RM

Rodney Morgan

Principal

MH

Michael Hock

Partner, Venture

early-stage fintech
venture investing
portfolio management
European fintech
RN

Ramin Niroumand

Partner, Investments & Head of Venture

venture
investment strategy
fintech
early-stage opportunities
JY

Jeff Yabuki

General Partner

PS

Peter Schurau

Partner

RR

Roman Regelman

Partner

CT

Charles Teschner

Partner

PW

Paul Walker

Partner

BB

Bob Brown

General Partner

EC

Etienne Castiaux

General Partner

SC

Stephen C. Daffron

General Partner

AT

Andrew Tarver

General Partner

NC

Neil Cochrane

Partner

RL

Richard Lumb

Partner

SV

Sreeram Visvanathan

Partner

US

Umesh Subramanian

Partner

LC

Laurent Caraffa

Partner

OC

Oded Cedar

Managing Partner

PH

Peter Hiom

Partner

UK

Ulrich Körner

Partner

CM

Christine Mar Ciriani

Partner

RW

Randy Walker

Partner

MT

Miguel Tejeda

Managing Partner

MA

Maria Anthony

Vice President, Venture

JH

Julia Hubo

Vice President, Venture

AN

Annie Nebojanko

Principal

TW

Tim Wanders

Principal

TH

Thomas Harris

Principal

EH

Ed Hennah

Principal

KE

Keane Ehsani

Principal

WN

Worth Newman

Principal

HK

Haydon Knights

Principal

MM

Michelle Minihane

Principal

RG

Robin Grocott

Principal

RT

Robert Tillekeratne-Cox

Principal

DR

Daryl Rowland

Principal

HC

Harry Callaway

Principal

CR

Corey Rainbow

Principal

MF

Michael Forster

Principal

JJ

Jake Janjigian

Principal

AS

Andrea Smelser

Principal

CM

Carol Mendez

Principal

PL

Philipp Linkens

Principal

LB

Liam Beckett

Managing Director

Logistics
Climate tech
SK

Scott Kauffman

Founding Partner & Head of Investments

growth & buyout
venture investments
strategy
deal origination
value creation
HB

Hugo Bongers

Partner, Venture

financial services venture capital
fintech trends
growth in Europe
RH

Rob Heyvaert

Founder & Managing Partner

financial technology
wealth & asset management
capital markets
banking & payments
insurance
AI/data & analytics
CW

Chris Williams

Partner, Investments

growth & buyout
investment thesis
deal origination
portfolio oversight
BV

Bridget van Kralingen

Partner, Investments & Chair of Create

investments
wealth technology
strategy
financial services leadership

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Does Not Invest In

Consumer-focused startups

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

FL

FleetGuard

Fleet telematics
MO

MOTIVATE VENTURES QP FUND I, LP (CIK 0001834500)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Motive Ventures

How to pitch Motive Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alvi Abuaf, Industry Partner.
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