Pax Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm
Pax Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm investing in Security. The firm has 25 portfolio companies in our records.
- Portfolio
- 25 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- AUM
- $250M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Security
- Check size
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-24
Pre-Seed
$250M
25+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Emerging fund run by Michelle Volz focused on defense, aerospace, and nuclear. Not a thematic fit for the startup, but clearly an emerging manager with a small fund.
How Pax Ventures invests
Pax Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Security.
Pax Ventures manages approximately $250M in assets. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.
Pax Ventures has backed 25 companies in our records, including Method, Cape, Astro Mechanica.
Partners & Team
Michelle Volz
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Pax Ventures II
Pax Ventures I
Portfolio Companies (25)
Other
Method
Cyber resilience to the U.S. Government and critical enterprises
Cape
America's privacy-first mobile carrier
Astro Mechanica
Supersonics for the new Jet Age
Mariana Minerals
Software-first, vertically integrated minerals company
Chariot
Energy systems for the battlefield
Rune
AI-enabled predictive logistics for defense
Matter
American contract manufacturer powered by autonomous factories
Radiant
Portable nuclear microreactors
CX2
Autonomous drones for distributed electronic warfare
Atalanta
Provably correct engineering for critical industries
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Security — the sectors they actively back.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Michelle Volz, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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