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Powerhouse Ventures

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Oakland, CAWebsite

Powerhouse Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Oakland, CA investing in SaaS, Enterprise, Fintech. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 13 portfolio companies in our records.

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

AUM

$90M

Portfolio

13+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Pre-seed/seed specialist backing exceptional founders building B2B SaaS and fintech infrastructure, often in underserved/vertical markets.

How Powerhouse Ventures invests

Powerhouse Ventures is a vc firm based in Oakland, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Enterprise, Fintech.

Powerhouse Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $90M in assets under management.

Powerhouse Ventures has backed 13 companies in our records, including Airtable, Brex, Plaid.

Meet the Team

OS

Octavi Semonin

Senior Director of Technology

EK

Emily Kirsch

CEO

MT

Marie Thompson

Partner

LR

Lucy Reading

Senior Associate

SC

Shaandiin Cedar

Principal

GV

Gabriel Vanloozen

Principal

GC

Gabe Cuadra

Principal

AP

Ali Partovi

Founder

B2B SaaS
Fintech
Enterprise Software
CP

Cameron Peterkin

Senior Associate

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Enterprise
Fintech

Portfolio Companies (13)

Other

AI

Airtable

B2B SaaS
BR

Brex

Fintech / B2B
PL

Plaid

Fintech infrastructure
SE

Seed Energy & Grid

Energy & Grid
PE

Pearl Street Technologies

Energy & Grid
OV

Overstory

Energy & Grid·Series B
HE

Heron Power

Energy & Grid·Series A
TY

Tyba

Energy & Grid·Series A
AM

Amperon

Energy & Grid·Series B
TE

Terabase

Energy & Grid·Series C
How to pitch Powerhouse Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Enterprise, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Octavi Semonin, Senior Director of Technology.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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