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Rare Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

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.

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $5.0M

Portfolio

10+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

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.

Meet the Team

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Madhav Yagnesh Joshi

Partner

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Bhavesh Navalchand Gangar

Partner

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Rajat Agrawal

Leader / public Head of the firm

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Industry Focus

Invests In

Developer Tools
Enterprise
SaaS
Security

Portfolio Companies (10)

Other

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Nutanix

Enterprise infrastructure
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Tanium

Enterprise security/ops
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AppDynamics

Monitoring/ops
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Rare Digital Artifacts & NFTs

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Rare NFTs & Digital Artifacts

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Rare Company

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Counterparty XCP

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RAREPEPE

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Nakamoto (Inscription)

How to pitch Rare Ventures
  • 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 Madhav Yagnesh Joshi, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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