Raison d’Etre Ventures
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.
Pre-Seed, Seed
$1.0M – $3.0M
$56M
36+ companies
3 partners
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
Sarah Adler
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (36)
Other
Storyblock
Huddle01
Airbnb
Worldwide lodging / marketplace for rentals.
Maya Sienna
Earl & Ember
Nouave
Whitestone Gallery
Jake Vine
The Samhla Collection
Bladnoch Prestige 1966
- •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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