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Raison d’Etre Ventures

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Raison d’Etre Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, AI / ML, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 36 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

AUM

$56M

Portfolio

36+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in transformative, early-stage Web3 and AI-enabled startups, with a particular focus on creator tools and decentralized platforms.

How Raison d’Etre Ventures invests

Raison d’Etre Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Marketplace, Consumer, Healthcare.

Raison d’Etre Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $56M in assets under management.

Raison d’Etre Ventures has backed 36 companies in our records, including Storyblock, Huddle01, Airbnb.

Meet the Team

SA

Sarah Adler

Partner

Web3
AI/ML
Creator Economy
AB

Andrei Berezin

Co-Founder, President, Executive Board; CEO of Raison Securities

venture capital
private equity
fund structuring
broker-dealer operations
AI investments
AZ

Alexander Zaytsev

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Executive Board

venture capital
private equity
fintech
wealth management
technology

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Marketplace
Consumer
Healthcare
Climate / Energy
Fintech
Security
Developer Tools
SaaS
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (36)

Other

ST

Storyblock

Creator Economy
HU

Huddle01

Web3
AI

Airbnb

Travel / Marketplaces·IPO / Public

Worldwide lodging / marketplace for rentals.

MA

Maya Sienna

EA

Earl & Ember

NO

Nouave

WH

Whitestone Gallery

JA

Jake Vine

TH

The Samhla Collection

BL

Bladnoch Prestige 1966

How to pitch Raison d’Etre Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sarah Adler, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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