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Sapphire Edge Ventures

VC
Austin, TXWebsite

Sapphire Edge Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in AI / ML, SaaS, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 31 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

31+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on AI/ML and enterprise SaaS applications, offering scalable infrastructure solutions.

How Sapphire Edge Ventures invests

Sapphire Edge Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on AI / ML, SaaS, Enterprise, Consumer, Other. It does not invest in Consumer.

Sapphire Edge Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

Sapphire Edge Ventures has backed 31 companies in our records, including Cloud Catalyst, 23andMe, 6sense.

Meet the Team

KV

Krupa Vankayala

Vice President of Human Resources

CH

Cristina Hohlman

Chief Financial Officer

TC

Tiffany Chandra

Vice President of Human Resources

WS

Will Suttle

Vice President of Finance

ME

Monica Escobedo

Marketing Director

RD

Ralph Debernardo

Head of Investor Relations

DO

Demi Obayomi

Vice President

BR

Brett Ripperger

Director of Business Analytics

TH

Taylor Hunt

GP

AI/ML
B2B SaaS
DC

David Carter

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
SaaS
Enterprise
Consumer
Other
Developer Tools
Security

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (31)

Other

CL

Cloud Catalyst

Enterprise Software
23

23andMe

Consumer Genetics·IPO
6S

6sense

Account Engagement Platform·Private
AC

ActivTrak

Workforce Analytics·Private
AD

Adverity

Data Intelligence Platform·Private
AL

Alation

Enterprise Collaborative Data Platform·Private
AL

Alteryx

Data Analytics·IPO
AN

Anrok

Tax Engine·Private
AT

Attentive

Mobile Messaging Platform·Private
AV

AvidXchange

Invoice and Payment Automation·IPO
How to pitch Sapphire Edge Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Krupa Vankayala, Vice President of Human Resources.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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