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Propel Venture Partners — seed+ & Series A VC Firm ($1.5M–$10.0M Checks)

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Propel Venture Partners is a seed+, Series A venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Fintech, Other. The firm typically writes $1.5M–$10.0M checks and has 15 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.5M–$10.0M
Portfolio
15 companies on record
Partners
10 listed
AUM
$436M
Stage
seed+, Series A
Sectors
Fintech, Other
HQ
San Francisco, CA

Last verified: 2026-06-06

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

seed+, Series A

Check Size

$1.5M – $10.0M

AUM

$436M

Portfolio

15+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in FinTech startups redefining financial access and enabling more seamless digital payments.

How Propel Venture Partners invests

Propel Venture Partners is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the seed+, Series A stages, with a focus on Fintech, Other.

Propel Venture Partners typically writes checks of $1.5M–$10.0M per investment, backed by approximately $436M in assets under management.

Propel Venture Partners has backed 15 companies in our records, including Clyde, Digit, SmartChain Systems.

Partners & Team

JR

Jay Reinemann

General Partner

HB

Hunter Brasfield

Chief Financial Officer

DM

David Mort

General Partner

RG

Ryan Gilbert

General Partner

FinTech
Payments
MW

Molly Watts

Founding Partner

Climate tech
Energy efficiency
JR

Jay Reinemann

General Partner

HB

Hunter Brasfield

Partner

BN

Braeden Norris

Partner

SL

Sandra Liu

Partner

Enterprise Software
AI for Manufacturing
DM

David Mort

General Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
Other

Portfolio Companies (15)

Other

CL

Clyde

Embedded Payments
DI

Digit

Savings/Automation FinTech
SM

SmartChain Systems

Supply Chain Tech
OP

OptiPlant AI

Industrial AI
EC

EcoHaul Fleet Solutions

Fleet optimization
BR

Brave

CO

Coinbase

GR

Groww

GU

Guideline

HE

Helius

How to pitch Propel Venture Partners
  • •Raising at seed+, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Fintech, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $1.5M – $10.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jay Reinemann, General Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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