North First Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.5M Checks)
North First Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Jose, CA investing in Real Estate, Marketplace, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Real Estate, Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer
- HQ
- San Jose, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-03
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $1.5M
1+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
North First Ventures backs early-stage startups in PropTech and marketplace sectors enabling smarter, faster real estate transactions.
How North First Ventures invests
North First Ventures is a vc firm based in San Jose, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Real Estate, Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer. It does not invest in Hardware.
North First Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment.
North First Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including NoTraffic.
Partners & Team
Lisa Brown
General Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
NoTraffic
AI-powered traffic management platform that optimizes signalized intersections using connected vehicle data and smart infrastructure.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Real Estate, Marketplace, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lisa Brown, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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