Vermilion Cliffs Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$1.0M Checks)
Vermilion Cliffs Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in AI / ML, Security, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.0M checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 3 companies on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Security, Developer Tools, Enterprise, SaaS
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-02
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $1.0M
3+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Solo GP firm led by Ashley Smith backing technical founders building AI infra, security & dev tools in early stage.
How Vermilion Cliffs Ventures invests
Vermilion Cliffs Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Security, Developer Tools, Enterprise, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer.
Vermilion Cliffs Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$1.0M per investment.
Vermilion Cliffs Ventures has backed 3 companies in our records, including Keycard, Catio, Confident AI.
Partners & Team
Ashley Smith
Solo GP / Founder
Meghan Murphy
None
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (3)
Other
Keycard
Security tooling for agents and technical infrastructure.
Catio
Architecture management and planning platform.
Confident AI
AI evaluation and testing platform.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Security, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $1.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ashley Smith, Solo GP / Founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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