Velocity Auto Ventures
Velocity Auto Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Detroit, MI investing in Other, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 3 companies on record
- Partners
- 7 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Marketplace
- HQ
- Detroit, MI
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-05-30
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.0M
3+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
Detroit-based micro-fund investing exclusively in automotive and mobility-focused marketplaces creating industry-wide innovation.
How Velocity Auto Ventures invests
Velocity Auto Ventures is a vc firm based in Detroit, MI. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Marketplace. It does not invest in Consumer, Media.
Velocity Auto Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
Velocity Auto Ventures has backed 3 companies in our records, including HeavyTrades, ResaleHQ, TripGuru.
Partners & Team
John Ross
Managing Partner
David Brennan
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (3)
Other
HeavyTrades
ResaleHQ
TripGuru
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Nicholas Cocks, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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