Root Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($3.0M–$5.0M Checks)
Root Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, United States investing in Developer Tools, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $3.0M–$5.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $3.0M–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 7 companies on record
- Partners
- 6 listed
- AUM
- $190M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Developer Tools, Other, AI / ML
- HQ
- San Francisco, California, United States
Last verified: 2026-09-28
Pre-Seed, Seed
$3.0M – $5.0M
$190M
7+ companies
6 partners
Investment Thesis
Root Ventures invests at the seed stage, leading initial funding for technical founders taking engineering risk. Its focus includes deep tech, robotics, hardware, manufacturing, developer tools, machine learning, semiconductors, and automation.
How Root Ventures invests
Root Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, California, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Developer Tools, Other, AI / ML.
Root Ventures typically writes checks of $3.0M–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $190M in assets under management.
Root Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including Tonic, Pulumi, Sturdy.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (7)
Other
Tonic
Pulumi
Sturdy
Ramp
Proxy
Adquick
Spare8
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- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $3.0M – $5.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kane Hsieh, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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