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One Way Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)

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Boston, MAWebsite

One Way Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Boston, MA investing in Other, SaaS, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 53 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
53 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS, Developer Tools, EdTech, AI / ML, Fintech, Consumer, Enterprise
HQ
Boston, MA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-22

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

Portfolio

53+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2025Investments in last 12 months: 2

Investment Thesis

Invests in immigrant founders building scalable B2B and technical infrastructure solutions using AI.

How One Way Ventures invests

One Way Ventures is a vc firm based in Boston, MA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Developer Tools, EdTech, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer.

One Way Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.

Investing since at least 2017, One Way Ventures has backed 53 companies in our records, including Locaal AI, Deduction, Tabs. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2025, with 2 investments logged over the last 12 months.

Partners & Team

SD

Semyon Dukach

GP

AI/ML
Enterprise B2B
EM

Eugene Malobrodsky

Partner

LZ

Lex Zhao

General Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Developer Tools
EdTech
AI / ML
Fintech
Consumer
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (53)

2025

LO

Locaal AI

AI/ML·Pre-Seed
DE

Deduction

Fintech·Pre-Seed

2024

TA

Tabs

Fintech·Seed
NI

Nim

AI/ML·Seed

2023

RI

Ribbon

Fintech·Pre-Seed
RE

Retrocausal

AI/ML·Seed
IM

Impilo Health

SaaS·Seed
HE

Helogen Corporation

Deep tech·Pre-Seed

2022

PR

Provision

AI/ML·Pre-Seed
IN

Instock

Deep tech·Seed
How to pitch One Way Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Semyon Dukach, GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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