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Red Beard Ventures

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Red Beard Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in SaaS, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 115 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

AUM

$25M

Portfolio

115+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing in cutting-edge B2B SaaS and AI-driven enterprise productivity tools, with a preference for emerging founders.

How Red Beard Ventures invests

Red Beard Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on SaaS, Other, AI / ML, Enterprise. It does not invest in Consumer Hardware.

Red Beard Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $25M in assets under management.

Red Beard Ventures has backed 115 companies in our records, including Fellow.app, 3Box Labs, 3DOS.

Meet the Team

DA

Drew Austin

Founding Partner / Managing Partner

Web3 / Crypto
Frontier Technologies
NFTs & Metaverse
ED

Elana Dickman (Elana Gold)

Partner

Financial infrastructure
Angel investments
Early-stage tech & Web3
MG

Michael Gold

Venture Partner

3D / Spatial AI
Immersive tech
AR/VR

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Other
AI / ML
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Hardware

Portfolio Companies (115)

Other

FE

Fellow.app

Enterprise Productivity
3B

3Box Labs

3D

3DOS

AG

Agoric

AI

Airstack

AK

AKKO

AL

Alethea Ai

AL

Alexandria Labs

AL

AltoIRA

AN

Anduril Industries

How to pitch Red Beard Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Drew Austin, Founding Partner / Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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