Steelhead Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($50K–$2.5M Checks)
Steelhead Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Washington, DC investing in Other. The firm typically writes $50K–$2.5M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $50K–$2.5M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 6 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- Washington, DC
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-25
Pre-Seed, Seed
$50K – $2.5M
1+ companies
6 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in companies targeting federal government innovation, military services, and veteran needs.
How Steelhead Ventures invests
Steelhead Ventures is a vc firm based in Washington, DC. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Consumer Hardware, Crypto.
Steelhead Ventures typically writes checks of $50K–$2.5M per investment.
Steelhead Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including StreetShares.
Partners & Team
John Doe
General Partner
Jane Smith
Managing Partner
Alice Johnson
Partner
Bob Brown
Partner
Susan White
Principal
Mike Davis
Managing Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
StreetShares
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $50K – $2.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as John Doe, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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