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Prototype Capital — Seed VC Firm ($200K–$400K Checks)

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Berlin, GermanyWebsite

Prototype Capital is a Seed venture capital firm based in Berlin, Germany investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $200K–$400K checks and has 12 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$200K–$400K
Portfolio
12 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
AUM
$23M
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS
HQ
Berlin, Germany

Last verified: 2026-09-16

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$200K – $400K

AUM

$23M

Portfolio

12+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-first-round checks (pre-seed/seed) into frontier/industrial and robotics hardware & automation companies in Europe, especially those solving engineering challenges, with a bias for being first-check investors and supporting European innovation and policy.

How Prototype Capital invests

Prototype Capital is a vc firm based in Berlin, Germany. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Gaming.

Prototype Capital typically writes checks of $200K–$400K per investment, backed by approximately $23M in assets under management.

Prototype Capital has backed 12 companies in our records, including DirectOps AI, OrchestrAI, FaZe Clan.

Partners & Team

RB

Rajat Bhageria

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Venture Capital
Seed Stage Funding
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality
NM

Nandeet Mehta

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Venture Capital
Seed Stage Funding
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Gaming

Portfolio Companies (12)

Other

DI

DirectOps AI

Sales Tech
OR

OrchestrAI

Revenue Operations
FA

FaZe Clan

Gaming·Public

Largest e-sports team in the world (IPO)

HI

Hightouch

Data Infrastructure·Series A

Connect Customer Data to Sales/Marketing Tools

GH

Ghost Robotics

Robotics·Series A

Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicles

AO

AON3D

Manufacturing·Series A

Industrial 3D Printer for advanced thermoplastics

AU

Aura

AI/ML·Seed

Emotion based search engine to improve mood

KI

Kiwi

Robotics·Seed

Autonomous Robots for consumer deliveries.

TH

theCut

E-commerce·Seed

Marketplace to connect barbers with patrons

DA

Dandy

Healthcare·Exited

All in One, Digital Dental Lab Solution (exited)

How to pitch Prototype Capital
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $200K – $400K check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Rajat Bhageria, Co-Founder and Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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