StartX Fund
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
Seed
$200K – $2.0M
5+ companies
9 partners
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
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (5)
Other
Lucid VR
Synack
Pure Harvest Smart Farms
Pixlee
Crafting
formerly Lime
- •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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