Retail Ventures
Retail Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, Marketplace, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $50K–$250K checks and has 24 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $50K–$250K
- Portfolio
- 24 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Marketplace, AI / ML, Healthcare, Fintech, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Developer Tools, Security, SaaS
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-04-12
Pre-Seed, Seed
$50K – $250K
24+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Specializes in pre-seed investments within RetailTech, helping physical stores digitize and grow revenue.
How Retail Ventures invests
Retail Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Marketplace, AI / ML, Healthcare, Fintech.
Retail Ventures typically writes checks of $50K–$250K per investment.
Retail Ventures has backed 24 companies in our records, including Locl, Switchboard, Weee!.
Partners & Team
Sam Burns
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (24)
Other
Locl
Switchboard
Weee!
Asian and Hispanic grocer in North America.
Takeoff Technologies
Automated grocery fulfillment solution for grocers.
BlueDot
AI company tracking infectious disease risks for governments, hospitals, and businesses.
DailyPay
Financial solutions allowing employees to control pay receipt timing.
Bowery Farming
Indoor vertical farming agriculture company.
(Unnamed)
Supply chain management software for perishables.
Kevel
Infrastructure APIs for custom ad platforms including sponsored listings.
Mori
All-natural protective layer to slow food spoiling.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $50K – $250K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sam Burns, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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