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Serra Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$1.0M Checks)

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Champaign, ILWebsite

Serra Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Champaign, IL investing in Food / AgTech, AI / ML, SaaS. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$1.0M
Portfolio
6 companies on record
Partners
6 listed
AUM
$67M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Food / AgTech, AI / ML, SaaS
HQ
Champaign, IL

Last verified: 2026-06-06

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

AUM

$67M

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Serra Ventures invests at the intersection of agriculture, technology, and sustainability with a focus on high-impact innovation.

How Serra Ventures invests

Serra Ventures is a vc firm based in Champaign, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Food / AgTech, AI / ML, SaaS. It does not invest in Healthcare, Media.

Serra Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $67M in assets under management.

Serra Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including EarthSense, Agrible, 640 Labs.

Partners & Team

EW

Eric Wilson

Partner

AK

Alyssa Kolb

Marketing Director

RS

Rob Schultz

Managing Partner

TH

Tim Hoerr

Chief Executive Officer

DB

Dennis Beard

Managing Partner

SB

Steve Beck

Managing Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Food / AgTech
AI / ML
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Healthcare
Media

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

EA

EarthSense

AgTech
AG

Agrible

AgTech
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640 Labs

640 Labs is a precision farming platform that collects, analyzes and distributes data, effectively optimizing farming operations.

PH

Phi Optics

SE

Serionix

SN

Snapshot Energy

How to pitch Serra Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Food / AgTech, AI / ML, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Eric Wilson, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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