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Particle VC — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)

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Austin, TXWebsite

Particle VC is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, AI / ML, Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 50 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$3.0M
Portfolio
50 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, AI / ML, Deep Tech, Fintech, Security, Developer Tools, SaaS, Healthcare, Food / AgTech, Consumer, EdTech, Real Estate
HQ
Austin, TX
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-14

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

50+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses exclusively on cutting-edge materials innovation and hardware technologies for next-gen computing and connectivity.

How Particle VC invests

Particle VC is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Deep Tech, Fintech, Security.

Particle VC typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

Particle VC has backed 50 companies in our records, including NanoSilica, BiiLabs, Affirm.

Partners & Team

HC

Hugo Cannon

Founder

Fintech
SaaS
AI
JP

James Patel

Managing Partner

Advanced Materials
Semiconductors

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Deep Tech
Fintech
Security
Developer Tools
SaaS
Healthcare
Food / AgTech
Consumer
EdTech
Real Estate

Portfolio Companies (50)

Other

NA

NanoSilica

Semiconductors
BI

BiiLabs

Blockchain·Unknown

Blockchain IoT solutions

AF

Affirm

Fintech·IPO

Buy-now-pay-later financing platform

AX

Axonius

Cybersecurity·Series C

Cybersecurity asset management

CL

ClickHouse

Data/Analytics·Series B

Open-source columnar database

EI

Eightfold

HR Tech·Series A

AI-powered talent intelligence

FO

Forty Seven

Biotech·IPO

Cancer immunotherapy biotech

OR

Orca Bio

Biotech·Seed

Automated cell therapy platform

SK

Skild AI

AI/Robotics·Series A

AI for humanoid robotics

UL

Ultima Genomics

Genomics·Seed

High-throughput DNA sequencing

How to pitch Particle VC
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Hugo Cannon, Founder.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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