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

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Austin, TXWebsite

Pinecone Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Fintech, Developer Tools, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$3.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Fintech, Developer Tools, SaaS, Other, Enterprise
HQ
Austin, TX
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-17

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Pinecone Capital focuses on early-stage investments in fintech-driven B2B SaaS platforms that enhance enterprise capabilities through cutting-edge data analytics.

How Pinecone Capital invests

Pinecone Capital is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, Developer Tools, SaaS, Other, Enterprise. It does not invest in Consumer.

Pinecone Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

Pinecone Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including DataSphere, Pinecone.

Partners & Team

AL

Avery Lewis

Vice President of Global Sales

MS

Mike Sefanov

Director of Communications

EL

Edo Liberty

Chief Scientist

IV

Ifat Villaret

Vice President of Finance

AT

Alex Turner

GP

Fintech
Data Analytics
DL

Don Lebert

Head of IT

JN

Julia Neumann

Senior Director of Marketing

OS

Osnat Shmuel

Senior Bookkeeper

PT

Penny Tyler

Employee Experience Manager

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Developer Tools
SaaS
Other
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

DA

DataSphere

Data Analytics
PI

Pinecone

Artificial Intelligence·Venture-backed

A vector database and AI infrastructure company.

How to pitch Pinecone Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, Developer Tools, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Avery Lewis, Vice President of Global Sales.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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