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TensorLeap Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.0M Checks)

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

TensorLeap Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.0M
Portfolio
7 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools
HQ
Chicago, IL
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-11

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Backing innovative companies at the forefront of AI and machine learning infrastructure development.

How TensorLeap Ventures invests

TensorLeap Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer Electronics.

TensorLeap Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment.

TensorLeap Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including NeuraStack, Tensorleap, Tensor Ventures.

Partners & Team

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Elliott Smus

Sales Director

AY

Asaf Yehezkel

Vice President of Engineering

YA

Yotam Azriel

CEO

NB

Nitzan Bigman

Account Executive

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Thomas Lee

GP

AI Infrastructure
ML

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Other
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Electronics

Portfolio Companies (7)

Other

NE

NeuraStack

AI Infrastructure
TE

Tensorleap

Deep Learning

An Israeli deep-learning explainability and debugging startup.

TE

Tensor Ventures

Venture Capital

A separate deep-tech VC firm.

AN

Angular Ventures

Venture Capital

A venture capital firm.

SO

Sozo Ventures

Venture Capital

A venture capital firm.

IN

Industry Ventures

Venture Capital

A venture capital firm.

VE

Vertex Ventures Israel

Venture Capital

A venture capital firm.

How to pitch TensorLeap Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Elliott Smus, Sales Director.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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