Refraction Ventures
Refraction Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Boulder, CO investing in Other, Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks.
- Check size
- $100K–$1.0M
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Deep Tech
- HQ
- Boulder, CO
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-02-13
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $1.0M
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Invests at the earliest stages of advanced materials and hardware startups in underserved U.S. regions.
How Refraction Ventures invests
Refraction Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Boulder, CO. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Deep Tech. It does not invest in Consumer, Fintech.
Refraction Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Chris Harper, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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