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Talus Fund

VC
Salt Lake City, UTWebsite

Talus Fund is a Seed venture capital firm based in Salt Lake City, UT investing in Other, Fintech. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$4.0M checks and has 12 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $4.0M

Portfolio

12+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Supporting early-stage startups leveraging technology to disrupt insurance and financial services.

How Talus Fund invests

Talus Fund is a vc firm based in Salt Lake City, UT. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Fintech. It does not invest in Consumer.

Talus Fund typically writes checks of $1.0M–$4.0M per investment.

Talus Fund has backed 12 companies in our records, including InsureTech Pro, Talus Bio, Absci.

Meet the Team

AF

Alex Federation

CEO

GM

Gaelle Mercenne

Director of Biology

MB

Michelle Briscoe

Chief Operating Officer

LP

Lindsay Pino

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

WF

William Fondrie

Director of Data Science

DC

Daniele Canzani

Proteomics Manager

MM

Margaux Mcbirney

Senior Manager, Laboratory Operations

SN

Sarah Nguyen

GP

Insurtech
Fintech
MA

Mark Adams, Ph.D.

Partner at Two Bear Capital

Listed as Partner at Two Bear Capital.

JS

J. Seth Strattan, Ph.D.

General Partner at Two Bear Capital

Listed as General Partner at Two Bear Capital.

OA

Omri Amirav-Drory, Ph.D.

General Partner at NFX

Listed as General Partner at NFX.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Fintech

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (12)

Other

IN

InsureTech Pro

Insurtech
TA

Talus Bio

AB

Absci

AD

Adaptive Biotechnologies

FR

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

RE

Recursion

TO

Tolero/Sumitomo Pharma America

BU

Bullseye Bioscience

HE

Hexagon Bio

TW

Two Bear Capital

How to pitch Talus Fund
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $4.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alex Federation, CEO.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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