Silicon State Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.5M Checks)
Silicon State Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Portland, OR investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.5M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 7 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Portland, OR
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-09
Seed
$500K – $2.5M
2+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
Backing startups in the Pacific Northwest advancing semiconductors, wireless, and AI/compute infrastructure.
How Silicon State Ventures invests
Silicon State Ventures is a vc firm based in Portland, OR. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer, Media.
Silicon State Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.5M per investment.
Silicon State Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including 3D Silicon, ComputeWave.
Partners & Team
Jason Cole
GP
Nick Kepler
Principal
Pedro (Pete) Rodriguez
Principal
Tarun Verma
Managing Partner
Lance Bell, PhD
Managing Partner
Richard Curtin
Managing Partner
Laura Swan
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
3D Silicon
ComputeWave
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jason Cole, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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