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Sift Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CA

Sift Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$5.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
10 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors
Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer, Enterprise, AI / ML, Other
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-02-26

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

Check Size

$500K – $5.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Sift Ventures specializes in backing next-generation marketplaces and SaaS-driven platforms disrupting legacy industries.

How Sift Ventures invests

Sift Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer, Enterprise, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer Products.

Sift Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment.

Sift Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Fair Fleet, Hone.

Partners & Team

TD

Trevor Darr

Senior Partner Manager

MT

Matt Thom

Senior Partner Manager

MW

Mark Weston

Privacy Director

KJ

Kevin Jones

Director of Customer Support

RH

Ryan Heavner

Senior Director of IT

TL

Tina Liu

Chief Human Resources Officer

KL

Kevin Lee

Chief Technology Officer

AJ

Ada Johnson

Vice President of Finance

FT

Fabrice Tappa

Director of Enterprise Accounts

AH

Arwen Heredia

Content Director

Industry Focus

Invests In

Marketplace
SaaS
Consumer
Enterprise
AI / ML
Other

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Products

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

FA

Fair Fleet

Marketplace
HO

Hone

HR tech / corporate learning (B2B SaaS for leadership and soft‑skills training)·Series B

Hone provides a live, data‑driven online learning platform that delivers management and “people skills” training for enterprise teams.

How to pitch Sift Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Marketplace, SaaS, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $5.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Trevor Darr, Senior Partner Manager.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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