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Top Down Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.5M Checks)

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Vancouver, British ColumbiaWebsite

Top Down Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Vancouver, British Columbia investing in SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.5M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.5M
Portfolio
5 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
SaaS, AI / ML
HQ
Vancouver, British Columbia
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-11-07

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.5M

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investment Thesis

Early-stage software and AI for the invisible infrastructure of the global economy, with a strong emphasis on tools that help service providers serve SMB customers better. The fund launched Founders Fund I at $28M and targets software companies serving a very specific operational niche.

How Top Down Ventures invests

Top Down Ventures is a vc firm based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML.

Top Down Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.5M per investment.

Top Down Ventures has backed 5 companies in our records, including Benji Pays, Lexful, Lemhi.

Partners & Team

U

Unknown

GP

SMB software
AI infrastructure

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

BE

Benji Pays

fintech / MSP software·VC round / likely seed-stage·Top Down Ventures Fund I

MSP-focused payments software for managed service providers

LE

Lexful

B2B software / AI / MSP tools·Seed·Top Down Ventures Fund I

AI-powered documentation platform for MSPs

LE

Lemhi

B2B software / MSP tools·Pre-seed·Top Down Ventures Fund I

Software company in Top Down’s MSP/SMB software thesis

SY

Synthreo

B2B software / AI / MSP tools·Seed·Top Down Ventures Fund I

Software company in Top Down’s MSP/SMB software thesis

ZO

zofiQ

AI / MSP software·early-stage venture investment·Top Down Ventures Fund I

Agentic AI tools for MSPs

How to pitch Top Down Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.5M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Unknown, GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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