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Work in Progress Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($150K–$250K Checks)

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Berlin, GermanyWebsite

Work in Progress Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Berlin, Germany investing in AI / ML, Deep Tech, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $150K–$250K checks.

Check size
$150K–$250K
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Deep Tech, Enterprise
HQ
Berlin, Germany
AUM
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Last verified: 2026-11-13

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$150K – $250K

Team

1 partner

Investment Thesis

Solo-GP fund backing engineers and scientists building frontier technology across Europe and the United States. Focuses on technically ambitious pre-seed and seed companies with a broad deep-tech lens and typical initial checks of €150K-€250K.

How Work in Progress Capital invests

Work in Progress Capital is a vc firm based in Berlin, Germany. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Deep Tech, Enterprise.

Work in Progress Capital typically writes checks of $150K–$250K per investment.

Partners & Team

RR

Ramzi Rizk

GP

AI
deep tech
computational biology
life sciences

Researcher, founder, technologist, investor. Dropped out of a PhD 15 years ago to found his first company. Founder & CTO of 5 companies, with 4 exits: EyeEm, Berlin Photo Week, Mobius Labs (acquired by Dropbox) and Aware. Holds 4 AI and computer vision patents. Founding member of the German national AI association. Angel investor with 50+ angel investments since 2020.

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Deep Tech
Enterprise
How to pitch Work in Progress Capital
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Deep Tech, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $150K – $250K check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ramzi Rizk, GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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