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Unlock Venture Partners — Seed & Series A VC Firm

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Seattle, WAWebsite

Unlock Venture Partners is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Seattle, WA investing in SaaS, Developer Tools, Fintech. The firm has 40 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
40 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
SaaS, Developer Tools, Fintech, Other, Consumer, Real Estate, Enterprise
HQ
Seattle, WA
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Portfolio

40+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Unlock backs early enterprise software and cloud infrastructure companies, with strong roots in the Pacific Northwest startup ecosystem.

How Unlock Venture Partners invests

Unlock Venture Partners is a vc firm based in Seattle, WA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on SaaS, Developer Tools, Fintech, Other, Consumer.

Unlock Venture Partners has backed 40 companies in our records, including Airwai, Aston Power, Audiotool.

Partners & Team

MM

Matt McIlwain

Managing Director

Enterprise SaaS
Cloud
PNW
SR

Sanjay Reddy

Co-Founder

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Developer Tools
Fintech
Other
Consumer
Real Estate
Enterprise

Portfolio Companies (40)

Other

AI

Airwai

Delivers AI-powered intelligence for complex infrastructure, tackling the $300B+ deferred maintenance backlog across sectors like defense, aviation, and healthcare.

AS

Aston Power

Unlocking a generation of scalable industrial development with clean energy campuses. The fastest path to clean energy for the global supply chain Aston bypasses grid constraints to deliver the full power capacity stack: generation, transmission, storage, and the software that runs it.

AU

Audiotool

Cloud based digital audio workstation (DAW) that gives music creators limitless opportunities to create and collaborate in real time with the Audiotool community.

AU

Augie Studio

Augie’s video studio empowers anyone to create engaging social video content at scale. The company has been acquired by JWX.

AU

Auriga Space

Pioneering launch solutions utilizing electromagnetic technology for responsive and sustainable space exploration.

CH

Chatitive

Powering intelligent messaging experiences (SMS). Chatitive was acquired by Mailchimp.

CO

Concreit

Concreit overcomes the investor liquidity challenges facing commercial real estate. Everyday-investors connect with institutional-grade investment opportunities.

CR

Crowd Cow

Platform for buying artisanal meat with others.

DO

Dolly

On-demand moving help and furniture delivery. Dolly was acquired by Updater.

DO

Downstream

Amazon Marketing Suite empowers brands with the AI, automation, and channel insights to amplify & scale their Amazon marketing investments. Downstream was acquired by Jungle Scout.

How to pitch Unlock Venture Partners
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Developer Tools, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Matt McIlwain, Managing Director.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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