Outset Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.5M Checks)
Outset Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in AI / ML, SaaS, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 18 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 18 companies on record
- Partners
- 4 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, SaaS, Other, Developer Tools
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-01
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $1.5M
18+ companies
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Operator-led pre-seed fund backing software and AI companies that automate workflows and improve productivity. This is a strong fit for an AI-native operating system that replaces fragmented manual agency operations.
How Outset Capital invests
Outset Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, SaaS, Other, Developer Tools.
Outset Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment.
Outset Capital has backed 18 companies in our records, including Browserbase, Datology AI, Detail.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (18)
Other
Browserbase
Browser automation and web data infrastructure for building and operating headless browser workflows
Datology AI
AI data infrastructure company focused on data curation and model training efficiency
Detail
Startup showcased by Outset as a portfolio company
Harper Insure
Hedra
Multimedia and design software for AI video/content creation
Proliferate
Listed by Outset with co-investors on its website
Kindred
Consumer/travel company; Outset lists it among its portfolio companies
MatX
Frontier AI / hardware-related company
Medra
AI healthcare / physical AI scientist platform company
Physical Intelligence
Robotics and embodied AI company
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Outset Capital team, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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