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Regulatory Optimism Fund — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($75K–$300K Checks)

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Regulatory Optimism Fund is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $75K–$300K checks and has 17 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$75K–$300K
Portfolio
17 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS, AI / ML
HQ
New York, NY
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-28

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$75K – $300K

Portfolio

17+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on funding early-stage startups that aim to streamline government and regulatory processes through SaaS solutions.

How Regulatory Optimism Fund invests

Regulatory Optimism Fund is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML.

Regulatory Optimism Fund typically writes checks of $75K–$300K per investment.

Regulatory Optimism Fund has backed 17 companies in our records, including Mantle, OKX, Kraken.

Partners & Team

AI

Adoni Ioannou

Director of Business Development

KF

Karl Floersch

CTO

JS

Jonas Seiferth

Governance Lead

MN

Michael Ng

Managing Partner

GovTech
RegTech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (17)

Other

MA

Mantle

OK

OKX

KR

Kraken

CI

Circle

WO

World

UP

UpBit

BI

Bitpanda

ET

ether.fi

MI

Mitsui

UN

Uniswap

How to pitch Regulatory Optimism Fund
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $75K – $300K check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Adoni Ioannou, Director of Business Development.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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