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StartX Fund

VC
Palo Alto, CAWebsite

StartX Fund is a Seed venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in SaaS, AI / ML, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $200K–$2.0M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$200K–$2.0M
Portfolio
5 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
SaaS, AI / ML, Marketplace, Security, Consumer
HQ
Palo Alto, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-01-15

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$200K – $2.0M

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

StartX Fund exclusively backs founders who are graduates of the Stanford accelerators, with a focus on AI, SaaS products, and scalable marketplaces.

How StartX Fund invests

StartX Fund is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML, Marketplace, Security, Consumer.

StartX Fund typically writes checks of $200K–$2.0M per investment.

StartX Fund has backed 5 companies in our records, including Lucid VR, Synack, Pure Harvest Smart Farms.

Partners & Team

AC

Anne Caillat

Vice President of Programs

CT

Cameron Teitelman

Founder

SM

Shannon McClenaghan

CEO

PW

Pengpeng Wang

Director of Community Relations

SP

Steve Petersen

Co-Founder, Stanford-StartX Fund

DH

Dan Ha

Co-Founder, Senior Managing Director, Stanford-StartX Fund

DM

Darsh Mann

Head of Business Development

AD

Amanda Dawson

Senior Manager, Human Resources

JH

Joseph Huang

CEO, StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
AI / ML
Marketplace
Security
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

LU

Lucid VR

Deep Tech
SY

Synack

Cybersecurity SaaS
PU

Pure Harvest Smart Farms

PI

Pixlee

CR

Crafting

formerly Lime

How to pitch StartX Fund
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $200K – $2.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Anne Caillat, Vice President of Programs.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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