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Overlook Ventures

VC
Oakland, CAWebsite

Overlook Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Oakland, CA investing in Fintech, Healthcare, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 37 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

Portfolio

37+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2025Investments in last 12 months: 11

Investment Thesis

Focused on pre-seed and seed investments, particularly supporting underrepresented founders building fintech and e-commerce solutions.

How Overlook Ventures invests

Overlook Ventures is a vc firm based in Oakland, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Fintech, Healthcare, Other, Marketplace, Consumer.

Overlook Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment.

Investing since at least 2022, Overlook Ventures has backed 37 companies in our records, including Flyra, Pax Markets, Asymmetric Security. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2025, with 11 investments logged over the last 12 months.

Meet the Team

BB

Brandon Brooks

Managing Partner

Fintech
Diverse Founders
AK

Amir Kabir

Founder

Financial services
Risk Transfer
Financial infrastructure
Compliance
Security
Frontier technologies

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Healthcare
Other
Marketplace
Consumer
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (37)

2025

FL

Flyra

AI & Autonomous Systems·Seed

Stablecoin banking infrastructure for cross-border money movement.

PA

Pax Markets

AI & Autonomous Systems·Seed

FPGA-native exchange infrastructure — faster and smaller than a datacenter.

AS

Asymmetric Security

AI & Autonomous Systems·Seed

AI agents for Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR).

PR

Prediction Guard

AI & Autonomous Systems·Seed

LLM safety and governance platform for enterprise AI.

SE

Seedless

AI & Autonomous Systems·Pre-Seed

Synthetic data infrastructure for regulated AI adoption.

EL

Eloquent AI

AI & Autonomous Systems·Seed

AI operators for regulated financial workflows.

UN

Undisclosed

AI & Autonomous Systems·Pre-announce Pre-Seed

Autonomous security for AI agents.

ST

Strala

AI & Autonomous Systems·Seed

AI-native claims TPA for insurance carriers, captives and MGAs.

CR

Crabi

AI & Autonomous Systems·Seed+

Full-stack digital auto insurer, initially operating in Mexico.

SO

Soteris

AI & Autonomous Systems·Seed

Insurance underwriting powered by machine learning.

How to pitch Overlook Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Healthcare, 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 Brandon Brooks, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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