Nautical Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.0M Checks)
Nautical Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Seattle, WA investing in Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 7 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- Seattle, WA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-09
Pre-Seed
$500K – $2.0M
1+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
Specializes in early-stage investments targeting breakthroughs in defense and industrial maritime operations and automation systems.
How Nautical Ventures invests
Nautical Ventures is a vc firm based in Seattle, WA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Healthcare.
Nautical Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.
Nautical Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including DefenseSync.
Partners & Team
Nada Yared
Chief Financial Officer
Spencer Milligan
Vice President of Operations
Hernán Tempestini
Art Director
Jeff Garcia
Co-Founder
Lucio Cesar
Human Resources Manager
Marcus Bell
Founding Partner
Frank Ferraro
Marketing Director
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
DefenseSync
- •Raising at 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 $500K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Nada Yared, Chief Financial Officer.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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