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Motus Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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Motus Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in US investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm has 11 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
11 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
US
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-06

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage investor in robotics, automation, and AI-enabled industrial systems. The firm’s thesis appears to map well to physical-world workflow optimization and factory software.

How Motus Ventures invests

Motus Ventures is a vc firm based in US. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Motus Ventures has backed 11 companies in our records, including Motus-VGO Autonomous IoT Fund, LP (CIK 0001665389), Sonatus, MemryX.

Partners & Team

JD

Jim DiSanto

Managing Partner

NW

Neil Weintraut

Partner

KM

Ketav Mehta

Partner

TW

Tom Werner

Partner

JR

Jordan Ramer

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (11)

Other

MO

Motus-VGO Autonomous IoT Fund, LP (CIK 0001665389)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Motus Ventures

SO

Sonatus

Artificial intelligence / automotive·Stage not specified in the gathered sources

Automotive software company for connected and software-defined vehicles.

ME

MemryX

Artificial intelligence / semiconductors·Series A in 2021; later Series B in 2025·Smart World Innovation Fund

AI edge-processing hardware company building efficient neural-network accelerators.

QU

Qunnect

Deep tech / quantum networking·Series A in 2022

Quantum networking company developing hardware and software for quantum-secure networks.

CR

Cranfield Aerospace Solutions

Clean tech / aerospace·Venture round in 2022–2023 timeframe

Aerospace company developing hydrogen-electric aircraft technologies.

H2

H2U Technologies

Clean tech / hydrogen·Stage not specified in the gathered sources

Developer of low-cost, iridium-free hydrogen electrolyzers.

SE

Sepion Technologies

Clean tech / battery technology·Stage not specified in the gathered sources

Battery materials company developing polymer battery electrodes.

SY

Sylvatex

Clean tech / materials·Stage not specified in the gathered sources

Materials company focused on sustainable battery and industrial materials.

OR

Orbit Fab

Deep tech / space infrastructure·Stage not specified in the gathered sources

In-space fuel infrastructure company enabling spacecraft refueling.

UN

UnitX

Deep tech / robotics / automation·Stage not specified in the gathered sources

Deep-tech company in industrial automation / machine vision.

How to pitch Motus Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jim DiSanto, Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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