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Rough Draft Ventures

VC
Boston, MAWebsite
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.

Meet the Team

NB

Nitesh Banta

General Partner

student-tech
university founders
pre-seed, seed stage
PB

Peter Boyce II

General Partner

student founders
campus ecosystems
early stage startup teams
DC

Daniella Cohen

Managing Partner

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

Bilal Zuberi

General Partner

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

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

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

ST

Stripe

Fintech

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

AN

Anduril

Defense & Government

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

CA

Canva

Consumer

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

ME

Mercor

Artificial Intelligence

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

MI

Mistral AI

Artificial Intelligence

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

MO

Modular

Artificial Intelligence

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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