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Rough Draft Ventures

VC
Boston, MAWebsite

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

Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$25K – $250K

Portfolio

30+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

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

BZ

Bilal Zuberi

General Partner

technical teams
edge of AI + physical world
university-origin ideas
DC

Daniella Cohen

Managing Partner

student-founders
pre-seed investing
emerging founders across campuses
PB

Peter Boyce II

General Partner

student founders
campus ecosystems
early stage startup teams
NB

Nitesh Banta

General Partner

student-tech
university founders
pre-seed, seed stage

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Fintech

Portfolio Companies (30)

Other

LA

Lattice

HR SaaS
TA

Tally

Fintech
CO

Coda

Productivity software
AN

Anthropic

Artificial Intelligence
ST

Stripe

Fintech
AN

Anduril

Defense & Government
CA

Canva

Consumer
ME

Mercor

Artificial Intelligence
MI

Mistral AI

Artificial Intelligence
MO

Modular

Artificial Intelligence
How to pitch Rough Draft Ventures
  • 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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