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Operate Studio

VC
Orange County, California

Operate Studio is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Orange County, California investing in SaaS, Marketplace, Other. The firm typically writes $300K–$3.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$300K–$3.0M
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
5 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
SaaS, Marketplace, Other, Consumer
HQ
Orange County, California
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$300K – $3.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Provides early-stage operational capital and support to software and marketplace companies with small, scalable market entries.

How Operate Studio invests

Operate Studio is a vc firm based in Orange County, California. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Marketplace, Other, Consumer. It does not invest in Real estate.

Operate Studio typically writes checks of $300K–$3.0M per investment.

Operate Studio has backed 1 company in our records, including Parcelly.

Partners & Team

DK

Doug Kilponen

Principal

LS

Lou Sokolovskiy

Partner

KL

Ken Lian

General Partner

KK

Kyle Kamrooz

General Partner

CR

Carey Ransom

General Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Marketplace
Other
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Real estate

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

PA

Parcelly

Logistics SaaS
How to pitch Operate Studio
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Marketplace, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $300K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Doug Kilponen, Principal.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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