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Sway Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Sway Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$3.0M
Portfolio
3 companies on record
Partners
8 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-03-24

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

3+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage enterprise technology investor backing B2B software platforms; selective but active in seed.

How Sway Ventures invests

Sway Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Enterprise.

Sway Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

Sway Ventures has backed 3 companies in our records, including Built Technologies, Finix, Lucidworks.

Partners & Team

NH

Najib Haddad

Managing Director

BR

Brennan Reif

Principal

KD

Ken Denman

Managing Director

BN

Brian Nugent

Co-Founder

ME

Megan Ellertson

Administrative Operations Manager

KH

Kathleen Hamil

Finance Manager

GW

Greg White

President

AA

Albert Agusti

Venture Capital Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
AI / ML
Developer Tools
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (3)

Other

BU

Built Technologies

Construction finance software
FI

Finix

Payments infrastructure
LU

Lucidworks

Enterprise software
How to pitch Sway Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Najib Haddad, Managing Director.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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