Rough Draft Ventures
Rough Draft Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Boston, MA investing in Other, SaaS, Fintech. The firm typically writes $25K–$250K checks and has 30 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $25K–$250K
- Portfolio
- 30 companies on record
- Partners
- 4 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS, Fintech
- HQ
- Boston, MA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-02-26
Pre-Seed
$25K – $250K
30+ companies
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Pre-seed program investing in technical founders (often students) at the earliest stage across software.
How Rough Draft Ventures invests
Rough Draft Ventures is a vc firm based in Boston, MA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Fintech.
Rough Draft Ventures typically writes checks of $25K–$250K per investment.
Rough Draft Ventures has backed 30 companies in our records, including Lattice, Tally, Coda.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (30)
Other
Lattice
Tally
Coda
Anthropic
Stripe
Anduril
Canva
Mercor
Mistral AI
Modular
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $25K – $250K check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Bilal Zuberi, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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