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Retool Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.0M Checks)

VC
San Francisco, CaliforniaWebsite

Retool Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California investing in Developer Tools, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 23 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.0M
Portfolio
23 companies on record
Partners
10 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Developer Tools, SaaS, AI / ML
HQ
San Francisco, California
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-11-12

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

Portfolio

23+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investment Thesis

Seed investor backing workflow software and internal tools that become central to operations. Relevant when the startup’s product is a portable agent layer with deep customer-specific logic and integrations.

How Retool Ventures invests

Retool Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Developer Tools, SaaS, AI / ML.

Retool Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment.

Retool Ventures has backed 23 companies in our records, including Amazon, Taco Bell, Conagra.

Partners & Team

EA

Erica Alioto

Chief Human Resources Officer

DH

David Hsu

CEO

GM

Ghazi Masood

CRO

CM

Christina Menzel

Director of Workplace

RN

Ryan Niedzialek

VP of Strategy and Operations

DG

Devon Groff

Director of Internal Tools

MB

Michael Blank

Chief Operating Officer

LT

Liz Tassey

Chief Marketing Officer

AM

Andrew Mackenzie

Partner Program Lead

LF

Luke Franklin

VP, Controller

Industry Focus

Invests In

Developer Tools
SaaS
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (23)

Other

AM

Amazon

TA

Taco Bell

CO

Conagra

EL

Electronic Arts

LY

Lyft

QU

Quest Diagnostics

BO

Boeing

AD

Adobe

DO

Doordash

OP

Openai

How to pitch Retool Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Erica Alioto, Chief Human Resources Officer.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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