SciFounders — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$2.0M Checks)
SciFounders is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in California investing in Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $100K–$2.0M checks and has 19 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 19 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- AUM
- $100M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Deep Tech
- HQ
- California
Last verified: 2026-11-11
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $2.0M
$100M
19+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Emerging specialist investor focused on science-heavy companies, with life sciences as a core domain. The firm is well aligned with technically ambitious products serving scientific end users.
How SciFounders invests
SciFounders is a vc firm based in California. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Deep Tech.
SciFounders typically writes checks of $100K–$2.0M per investment, backed by approximately $100M in assets under management. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.
SciFounders has backed 19 companies in our records, including Ultra-precise, micro-invasive, software enabled surgery, In vivo cell editing, High-performance exploration for high-value rare earth mineral deposits.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
SciFounders Fund II
SciFounders Fund I
Recent Activity
Raised SciFounders Fund II ($100M)
2021 · fund records
Raised SciFounders Fund I ($100M)
2019 · fund records
Portfolio Companies (19)
Other
Ultra-precise, micro-invasive, software enabled surgery
In vivo cell editing
High-performance exploration for high-value rare earth mineral deposits
Small molecule RNA therapeutics
Extending lifespan with partial reprogramming
Potent, redosable, and durable genetic medicine
(Acquired by Eli Lilly 2026)
Pioneering genome engineering with full gene insertions
Minibinders inspired by nature
Reshaping immune therapy with precision therapeutics
The future of cancer care
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lucas Harrington, Co-Founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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