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Persistent Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$500K Checks)

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Persistent Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California investing in Climate / Energy, Developer Tools, Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$500K checks and has 15 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$500K
Portfolio
15 companies on record
AUM
$1B
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Climate / Energy, Developer Tools, Other, Marketplace, Consumer, SaaS
HQ
San Francisco, California

Last verified: 2026-10-14

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $500K

AUM

$1.0B

Portfolio

15+ companies

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Persistent backs durable companies in climate, infrastructure, and software that can compound through product-led and systems-level advantages.

How Persistent Ventures invests

Persistent Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Climate / Energy, Developer Tools, Other, Marketplace, Consumer.

Persistent Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$500K per investment, backed by approximately $1B in assets under management. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.

Persistent Ventures has backed 15 companies in our records, including nClouds, Blue Matador, EcoNetix.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Climate / Energy
Developer Tools
Other
Marketplace
Consumer
SaaS

Funds

Fund III

$500M2023
investing

Fund II

$750M2021
investing

Fund I

$500M2019
investing

Portfolio Companies (15)

Other

NC

nClouds

Cloud & DevOps Services

A cloud consulting and managed-services firm that helps engineering teams build, run, and modernize infrastructure on AWS.

BL

Blue Matador

Cloud Monitoring & Observability

A monitoring and automated-alerting product that surfaces infrastructure and application issues across cloud environments such as AWS and Kubernetes.

EC

EcoNetix

Climate / carbon markets·Seed

Carbon asset manager using digital MRV and AI/satellite data to build and verify carbon projects.

BE

Beacon Power Services

Energy / grid software·Not specified

Grid management and data analytics for utilities and C&I energy customers.

SO

Solstroem

Climate / carbon markets·Not specified

Carbon offset platform for off-grid solar companies.

ZO

Zonful Energy

Energy / off-grid solar·Not specified

Off-grid energy company in Zimbabwe.

HO

Hohm Energy

Clean energy / marketplace·Seed

Online marketplace connecting customers with accredited solar providers, product suppliers, and financiers.

UP

upOwa

Clean energy / off-grid solar·Not specified

Solar energy provider for off-grid households.

CI

Circadian Technologies

Energy software·Seed

Decentralized energy management platform for commercial and industrial sites.

DA

Daystar Power

Energy / distributed solar·Not specified

Commercial and industrial solar power provider in West Africa.

How to pitch Persistent Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Climate / Energy, Developer Tools, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $500K check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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