Parker89
Parker89 is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 25 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 25 companies on record
- Partners
- 4 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-06
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $1.5M
25+ companies
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Parker89 focuses on B2B SaaS startups in LegalTech and related industries, addressing complex workflows and contract management challenges.
How Parker89 invests
Parker89 is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Hardware.
Parker89 typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment.
Parker89 has backed 25 companies in our records, including Ironclad, ContractSafe, Offerpad.
Partners & Team
Daniel Dodell leads Venture Investing at First American and serves on the company’s technology leadership team, where he focuses on maximizing the financial and strategic impact of the technology portfolio. He brings deep PropTech experience, having held operational roles across a wide range of high-growth startups including Endpoint, Opendoor, Homeward, and LinkedIn. He began his career at McKinsey & Company, traveling frequently during a three-year consulting tenure. Daniel is also an active angel investor and enjoys supporting entrepreneurs throughout their journeys.
Paul Hurst
Managing Partner
Paul serves as both a Managing Director at Parker89 as well as the Chief Innovation Officer for First American. He was previously a member of the founding team at Endpoint, a mobile first Title and Escrow Company, and was a Partner at BCG Digital Ventures where he built and launched venture backed companies with the world's largest corporations. Acting as GM, Paul launched five companies, across three continents, spanning Insurance, Financial Services and Real Estate. Before that he advised Fortune 100 companies on Corporate Strategy, M&A and Digital Transformation for BCG. Paul holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Cambridge and undergraduate and graduate degrees in Pharmacology and Economics.
Justin Lischak Earley
Principal
Justin Lischak Earley plays a key role in First American’s venture investing and venture partnerships, bringing a multi disciplinary background across real estate law, underwriting, and product innovation. He previously clerked in the federal courts, practiced at an AmLaw 200 firm, and became the youngest home-office underwriter in Corporate Underwriting. Justin founded the Underwriting Innovation Team and led several industry-first initiatives, including patenting an internal blockchain system and creating Galileo, First American’s underwriting platform with 95%+ user satisfaction. Justin earned his J.D. from Duke, is a fellow of both the American College of Mortgage Attorneys and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, and holds a master’s in Human-Computer Interaction Design from UC Irvine, where he is also completing his MBA.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (25)
Other
Ironclad
ContractSafe
Offerpad
Orchard
Side
Roofstock
Notarize
Sundae
Pacaso
Lev
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — 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 Daniel Dodell, Principal.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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