Root Layer Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)
Root Layer Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Developer Tools, Enterprise, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 5 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Developer Tools, Enterprise, Other, SaaS
- HQ
- New York, NY
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-27
Pre-Seed
$250K – $2.0M
2+ companies
5 partners
Investment Thesis
Focuses exclusively on early-stage investments in enterprise infrastructure, developer tools, and data orchestration platforms.
How Root Layer Ventures invests
Root Layer Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Developer Tools, Enterprise, Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer.
Root Layer Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
Root Layer Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Tonic.ai, Armory.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Tonic.ai
Armory
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, Enterprise, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lee Edwards, Founder & GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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