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Notation Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)

VC
Brooklyn, United StatesWebsite

Notation Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Brooklyn, United States investing in Enterprise, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 18 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
18 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
AUM
$82M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Enterprise, Other
HQ
Brooklyn, United States

Last verified: 2026-09-24

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

AUM

$82M

Portfolio

18+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Notation backs product-obsessed founders building fundamentally new customer experiences, typically leading the first financing and sometimes investing at the idea stage. The firm says it is not thesis-driven and invests across evolving categories.

How Notation Capital invests

Notation Capital is a vc firm based in Brooklyn, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Enterprise, Other.

Notation Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $82M in assets under management.

Notation Capital has backed 18 companies in our records, including Cockroach Labs, Lever, Certik.

Partners & Team

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Alex Lines

Partner

NC

Nick Chirls

General Partner

B2B
Seed
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Nicholas Chirls

Partner

product
growth
capital raising

Nick was previously Head of Seed Investing at betaworks, and led product for several betaworks projects and previous startups.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
Other

Portfolio Companies (18)

Other

CO

Cockroach Labs

Database infrastructure (B2B)
LE

Lever

Recruiting SaaS (B2B)
CE

Certik

Security
AL

Alice

BI

Bison Trails

CA

Carmera

CL

Clay

CR

CRM

LI

Livepeer

NT

nTopology

How to pitch Notation Capital
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Enterprise, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alex Lines, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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