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Sentinel Signal Ventures

VC
Minneapolis, MNWebsite

Sentinel Signal Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Minneapolis, MN investing in Enterprise, AI / ML, SaaS. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$4.0M checks and has 28 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$4.0M
Portfolio
28 companies on record
Partners
13 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Enterprise, AI / ML, SaaS
HQ
Minneapolis, MN
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-27

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $4.0M

Portfolio

28+ companies

Team

13 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in the intersection of enterprise software and AI, leveraging signal processing innovations.

How Sentinel Signal Ventures invests

Sentinel Signal Ventures is a vc firm based in Minneapolis, MN. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Enterprise, AI / ML, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer, Healthcare.

Sentinel Signal Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$4.0M per investment.

Sentinel Signal Ventures has backed 28 companies in our records, including SignalForge, Applied Materials, NVIDIA.

Partners & Team

AK

Aaron Kornhauser

Director of Partner Solutions Engineering

TL

Tim Lees

Sales Director

CA

Colleen Adams

Director of Process Improvement

AD

Andrea DeYoung

Sales Director

EK

Eyal Klein

Director, IT

MC

Michael Cremen

Chief Revenue Officer

CM

Christine Muir

Director of Sales

AH

Angie Huynh

HR Business Partner

RB

Rahul Bakshi

Founding Partner

Enterprise Software
AI
G

Gartner

Analyst

Industry Recognition
I

IDC

Analyst

SIEM
JD

Jeff Danielson

Senior Director of Sales Engineering

BY

Beth Young

Partner Success Manager

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
AI / ML
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Consumer
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (28)

Other

SI

SignalForge

AI
AP

Applied Materials

NV

NVIDIA

CI

Cisco Systems Inc

AP

Apple, Inc.

MO

Motorola Solutions

NO

Norfolk Southern

CS

CSX Corporation

GO

Golden State Warriors

NO

Norwegian Airlines

How to pitch Sentinel Signal Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Enterprise, AI / ML, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $4.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Aaron Kornhauser, Director of Partner Solutions Engineering.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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