Seed Venture Capital Firms

Focuses exclusively on vice industries such as alcohol, cannabis, and other stigmatized verticals with outsized profitability.

• Other

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $250K – $3.0M
• New York, NY
• 1 portfolio company

Victory Ventures backs early-stage startups that enable sports properties to achieve new levels of fan monetization and engagement using scalable SaaS solutions.

• Other
• SaaS

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $100K – $500K
• Chicago, IL
• 1 portfolio company

Focusing exclusively on startups powering innovation in sports, workforce tech, and career development.

• Other

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $250K – $3.0M
• Chicago, IL
• 1 portfolio company

Vida Ventures focuses on transformative biotech innovations, particularly in cell and gene therapies addressing complex diseases.

• Healthcare
• Other

• Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
• $500K – $10.0M
• Boston, MA
• 1 portfolio company

Focused on investing in breakthrough video production technologies and enterprise-level training solutions.

• Other
• Enterprise
• SaaS

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $300K – $1.5M
• London, UK
• 8 portfolio companies

Specializes in early-stage cybersecurity and enterprise software startups solving identity and system-of-record challenges for businesses and governments.

• Other
• Security
• SaaS

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $750K – $3.0M
• Chicago, IL
• 1 portfolio company

Vigilant Capital focuses on helping fintech and cybersecurity startups secure funding to protect digital platforms from fraud and cyber threats.

• Fintech
• Security
• Other

• Seed
• $500K – $3.0M
• Nairobi, Kenya
• 1 portfolio company

Targets seed stage health innovations improving compliance and efficiency.

• Healthcare
• Other

• Seed
• $500K – $3.0M
• Miami, FL
• 1 portfolio company

Focused exclusively on AI-first SaaS platforms that power enterprise productivity and decision-making.

• AI / ML
• SaaS
• Other

• Seed
• $500K – $1.5M
• New York, NY
• 2 portfolio companies

Invests in early-stage businesses focused on societal impact, including technology for underserved communities, cultural preservation, and education.

• Other
• EdTech

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $50K – $250K
• Washington, DC
• 2 portfolio companies

Pre-seed and seed fund leveraging a large network of operators/founders to source and support companies extremely early.

• Other
• Enterprise

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $250K – $1.0M
• San Francisco, CA
• 11 portfolio companies

Early-stage firm investing in software and internet companies, with room for enterprise finance and fintech-enabled workflow products. Best suited as a broad pre-seed option rather than a specialist l...

• SaaS
• Fintech
• Enterprise

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $250K – $1.0M
• Burlington, MA
• 60 portfolio companies

VillageMD Ventures invests in innovative technology solutions transforming care delivery, with emphasis on elderly and value-based care.

• Healthcare
• Other

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $100K – $250K
• Chicago, IL
• 2 portfolio companies

Early-stage European venture fund investing in technology companies across deep tech and industry-oriented categories.

• AI / ML
• Deep Tech
• Other

• Seed, Series A

A broad investment firm that led the funding of ReSpo.Vision, indicating it can back AI and computer-vision sports technologies. It may be more opportunistic than specialist, but the category match is...

• Other
• AI / ML

• Seed, Series A
• Warsaw, Poland
• 17 portfolio companies

Early-stage firm backing consumer and marketplace businesses with strong product and brand potential. A reasonable fit for a consumer healthcare marketplace if growth is efficient.

• Consumer
• Marketplace
• Healthcare

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $250K – $1.5M
• New York, New York
• 5 portfolio companies

Focuses on Southern European Fintech and retail innovation that empowers SMBs with enterprise-grade digital tools.

• Other
• Fintech

• Seed, pre-series A
• $300K – $2.5M
• Lisbon, Portugal
• 1 portfolio company

Virta Ventures backs companies transforming how the world is moved, powered, and built through AI and physical infrastructure innovation. The thesis is well aligned with industrial software tied to re...

• Other
• AI / ML
• SaaS

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• null
• 34 portfolio companies

Virtra Ventures backs future-forward innovations in workplace training, remote collaboration, and learning management tools.

• EdTech
• Other
• AI / ML

• Seed
• $200K – $2.0M
• Berlin, Germany
• 2 portfolio companies

Targets early-stage E-commerce SaaS startups with bold visions to modernize business workflows and consumer interactions.

• Other
• Enterprise

• Seed, Pre-Seed
• $250K – $2.0M
• Denver, CO

Strategic investor in payments innovation and infrastructure that expands digital commerce and money movement.

• Other

• Seed, Series A
• $1.0M – $10.0M
• San Francisco, CA
• 3 portfolio companies

Focused on the future of work and productivity tools, supporting startups enhancing work efficiency through software innovation.

• Other
• SaaS

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $25K – $250K
• Austin, TX
• 1 portfolio company

Focused on early-stage AI and computer vision applications across retail, healthcare, and logistics.

• Other
• AI / ML
• Healthcare

• Pre-Seed, Seed
• $300K – $1.2M
• Austin, TX
• 2 portfolio companies

Focuses on early-stage investments in computer vision technologies that are transforming manufacturing processes.

• Other

• Seed, Series A
• $500K – $4.0M
• Chicago, IL
• 1 portfolio company