Trailside Ventures
Trailside Ventures is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $100K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS, AI / ML
- HQ
- Austin, Texas
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-02-13
Seed, Pre-Seed
$100K – $2.0M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Investing in AI-first companies revolutionizing sales and operational workflows for SMBs and mid-market customers.
How Trailside Ventures invests
Trailside Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, Texas. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML.
Trailside Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$2.0M per investment.
Trailside Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including PipeLogic, DealAI.
Partners & Team
Ellie Schultz
Founding Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
PipeLogic
DealAI
- •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ellie Schultz, Founding Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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