Tech Coast Angels — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($25K–$250K Checks)
Tech Coast Angels is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Irvine, California investing in Enterprise, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $25K–$250K checks and has 15 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $25K–$250K
- Portfolio
- 15 companies on record
- Partners
- 7 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Enterprise, SaaS, AI / ML, Other, Real Estate
- HQ
- Irvine, California
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-15
Pre-Seed, Seed
$25K – $250K
15+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
Large angel network with some software and B2B participation. Can be useful for small early checks, though not a focused specialist fund.
How Tech Coast Angels invests
Tech Coast Angels is a vc firm based in Irvine, California. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Enterprise, SaaS, AI / ML, Other, Real Estate.
Tech Coast Angels typically writes checks of $25K–$250K per investment.
Tech Coast Angels has backed 15 companies in our records, including Hawke Media, CTI, Siege Consulting.
Partners & Team
Lucas J. Pols
Managing Partner
Griffin Hermes
Principal
Christopher Yang
Partner
Kwame Ulmer
Principal
Arash
Principal
Brian
Managing Partner
Ken Borkan
President
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (15)
Other
Hawke Media
CTI
Siege Consulting
MDB Capital
BakerHostetler
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
14365 SBDC – Octane LaunchPad SBDC
Westcliff University
Fish & Richardson
Arima Genomics
Developer of genomics tools for detecting structural variation and complex DNA changes.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Enterprise, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $25K – $250K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lucas J. Pols, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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