Browse Pre-Seed Investors in San Francisco

Active Pre-Seed investors with offices in San Francisco — sourced from recent funding rounds.

This list has 208 of the 1130 Pre-Seed investors in the full database · CSV + Excel

1984 Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Backing founders using AI to solve real problems

San Francisco
AI to solve real problems · Vertical SaaS +7
Seed · AI-heavy

468 Capital

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Investment firm backing founder-led technology companies defining new categories

Berlin · San Francisco
AI & Automation · Energy Transition & Climate +8
Europe Focused · Multi-Stage

500 Global

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Silicon Valley-based global VC formerly known as 500 Startups, backing pre-seed to growth tech founders across 80+ countries with $2.3B in AUM since 2010.

San Francisco
AI/ML · SaaS/Software +14
Global VC · Multi-Stage

A* Capital

Pre-Seed Seed

Early-stage seed firm backing category-defining tech startups with concentrated conviction bets of $3M–$5M per company.

San Francisco
AI/ML · SaaS/Software +4
Founder-Led · Operator-Led

A&E Investments

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Boutique VC investing from pre-seed to IPO in semiconductors, AI/ML, enterprise software, and healthcare. Early first-check focus in deep technology.

San Francisco
Semiconductors · AI/ML +7
Solo GP · Multi-Stage

ACME Capital

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage deep tech VC backing founders in frontier technologies across defense, health, compute, and industrial systems in the US and Europe.

San Francisco
DeepTech · AI/ML +7
Early Stage · Thesis-Driven

Acumen America

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-seed and seed VC investing in mission-driven founders building solutions to health inequity, financial instability, and workforce barriers for low-income Americans.

San Francisco
HealthTech · Fintech +4
Impact-Focused · Early Stage

Afore Capital

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-Seed VC fund backing product-oriented founders at day zero of their journey.

San Francisco · New York +1
Hardware · Security +15
Pre-Seed · Pre-Traction

age1

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage VC fund backing contrarian founders building therapeutics, tools, and technologies targeting aging and age-related disease

San Francisco
BioTech · HealthTech +4
Founder-Led · Early Stage

Aina Climate AI Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Early-stage fund and startup studio leveraging AI for climate impact

San Francisco
Climate Technology & Artificial Intelligence · Climate Tech +3
Climate-Focused · AI-Focused

AIX Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage venture firm focused on companies developing industry-changing AI, led by top AI practitioners and researchers.

San Francisco · Newark +1
AI-Focused Companies · Artificial Intelligence +7
AI-Focused · Sector-Agnostic

Alt Capital

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage venture capital firm investing in bold founders building the future

San Francisco
Technology · AI/ML +6
Early Stage · Tech Focused

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AltaIR Capital

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

International early-stage VC backing disruptive global startups with high potential

San Francisco
AI & SaaS Solutions · Productivity Tools +8
Early Stage · Unicorn-Backed

Amity Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

San Francisco pre-seed and seed VC writing $1–5M first checks into 3–5 companies per year. Concentrated, hands-on, board-level partner to category-defining founders.

San Francisco
SaaS/Software · AI/ML +5
Early Stage · Thesis-Driven

Anomaly Fund

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-seed and seed fund backing frontier tech startups that challenge consensus frameworks, including defense tech, AI, and deep science.

San Francisco
DeepTech · Defense Tech +4
Solo GP · Thesis-Driven

Anorak Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-seed and seed fund in San Francisco and LA backing deep tech companies across defense, hardware, robotics, and enterprise software since 2016.

San Francisco · Los Angeles
Defense Tech · DeepTech +6
Founder-Led · Defense-Focused

Anti Ordinary Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-seed and seed fund run by Maex Ament and Philip Stehlik, founders of Taulia and Centrifuge, backing the next generation of deep-tech and climate companies.

San Francisco
ClimateTech · DeepTech +6
Solo GP · Early Stage

Antiportfolio Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage LegalTech fund investing $200K–$2M in AI and legal technology startups, including SaaS applications, AI-first law firms, and companies in regulated spaces.

San Francisco
LegalTech · AI/ML +1
LegalTech Specialist · Early Stage

Antler

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage VC backing founders from day zero to greatness

Singapore · London +23
B2B Software · Consumer Tech +13
Global VC · Most Active

ARC180

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

San Francisco-based pre-seed to Series A firm backing Indian-origin founders building global technology businesses in enterprise software, SaaS, fintech, and consumer.

San Francisco
SaaS/Software · Fintech +4
Operator-Led · Early Stage

Array Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

San Francisco solo-GP pre-seed fund by engineer-turned-investor Shruti Gandhi, backing technical founders in enterprise software, AI infrastructure, and developer tools.

San Francisco
AI/ML · Enterprise +7
Solo GP · Early Stage

Atinc

Pre-Seed Seed

Boutique pre-seed and seed fund backing Silicon Valley and Israeli founders from inception. Also invests in emerging VC managers. 58 investments, 4 unicorns.

San Francisco · Tel Aviv
SaaS/Software · AI/ML +4
Solo GP · Early Stage

Atomic

Pre-Seed Seed

Venture studio that co-founds companies from scratch, pairing ideas, capital, and an in-house team of specialists with recruited co-founders.

San Francisco · Miami
HealthTech · PropTech +6
Sector-Agnostic · Operator-Led

Audacious Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Partnering with ambitious tech founders to achieve audacious goals.

San Francisco
Cybersecurity · Technology +8
Technical Founders · Early-Stage

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