Rare Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$5.0M Checks)
Rare Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Developer Tools, Enterprise, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 10 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 10 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Developer Tools, Enterprise, SaaS, Security
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-17
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
$500K – $5.0M
10+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Early-stage fund investing in technically differentiated infrastructure and enterprise software with durable moats.
How Rare Ventures invests
Rare Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Developer Tools, Enterprise, SaaS, Security.
Rare Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment.
Rare Ventures has backed 10 companies in our records, including Nutanix, Tanium, AppDynamics.
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Industry Focus
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Portfolio Companies (10)
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Nutanix
Tanium
AppDynamics
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- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, Enterprise, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $5.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Bhavesh Navalchand Gangar, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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