Browse Pre-Seed Investors in Silicon Valley

Active Pre-Seed investors with offices in Silicon Valley & Palo Alto & Menlo Park & Mountain View & Sunnyvale & Cupertino & Redwood City & San Mateo & Santa Clara — sourced from recent funding rounds.

This list has 65 of the 1130 Pre-Seed investors in the full database · CSV + Excel

10vc

Pre-Seed Seed

Pre-seed and seed investor backing founders in deep science, biotech, automation, AI/ML, fintech, cybersecurity, defense, and energy transition.

Menlo Park
BioTech · AI/ML +11
Early Stage · Thesis-Driven

AI Fund

Pre-Seed Seed

Venture studio co-founding AI companies from idea to impact.

Mountain View
AI/ML · Artificial Intelligence +7
AI-Focused · Venture Studio

AICONIC Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

AI and deep tech VC bridging Silicon Valley and Asia, investing from Pre-Seed to Series B in AI infrastructure, robotics, and cybersecurity.

Menlo Park · Singapore
AI/ML · DeepTech +7
AI-Native · Early Stage

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

ALM Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Investing in seed & pre-seed humanoid, embodied AI, spatial intelligence

Mountain View
Physical World Intelligence · Humanoids +6
DeepTech · AI/ML

Alumni Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

America's largest VC firm for individual investors.

New York · Boston +5
AI/ML · Deep Tech +25
Network-Driven · AI/ML

Arka Venture Lab

Pre-Seed Seed

Cross-border pre-seed and seed VC backing AI-first B2B startups scaling from India to the US, with first cheques up to $500K.

Mumbai · Menlo Park
AI/ML · Enterprise +3
Operator-Led · Network-Driven

Autotech Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Menlo Park-based early-stage VC with ~$600M AUM investing in ground transportation startups across electrification, autonomy, shared mobility, AI, and enterprise digitization.

Menlo Park
ClimateTech · Automation +7
Early Stage · Thesis-Driven

Basis Set Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early-stage VC firm specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation, focused on scaling human potential and improving productivity across all sectors.

San Francisco · Menlo Park
AI Companies · Artificial Intelligence +13
AI-Native · Founded By Lan Xuezhao

Blockchain Builders Fund

Pre-Seed Seed

Early-stage VC fund run by founders of Stanford's blockchain ecosystem, backing crypto-native founders in Web3, DeFi, and decentralized infrastructure.

Palo Alto
Blockchain · Web3 +5
Thesis-Driven · Web3-Focused

Bloomhaus

Pre-Seed Seed

Evergreen Swiss VC with no fixed exit timeline, backing early-stage B2B DACH startups building AI, IoT, and robotics for cleantech and industry-tech.

Zug · Berlin +1
AI/ML · IoT +11
DACH · Evergreen Fund

Boost VC

Pre-Seed Seed

Early-stage VC investing in sci-fi future and deep tech startups

San Mateo
DeepTech · Space +8
Sci-Fi Focus · Accelerator Model

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Boutique Venture Partners

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Early stage investments in healthcare and life sciences

Palo Alto
Healthcare · Life Sciences +15
Healthcare · Life Sciences

Burst Capital

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Founded by ex-Yelp executives who scaled Yelp to IPO, this Bay Area firm backs marketplace and SaaS startups with hands-on operational expertise.

Palo Alto
AI/ML · Marketplace +5
Operator-Led · Early Stage

Candou Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Menlo Park seed firm writing first institutional checks of $500K–$1M into B2B, AI, SaaS, IoT, and cloud infrastructure startups with large addressable markets.

Menlo Park
AI/ML · SaaS/Software +5
Operator-Led · Early Stage

Carya Venture Partners

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Founder-led fund of ex-operators who back "unconventional genius" and stay hands-on through the pivots and near-death moments startups face.

Palo Alto
Vertical AI · AI/ML +4
Operator-Led · Founder-Led

Cervin

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Palo Alto early-stage VC founded by entrepreneurs, backing B2B enterprise software startups in infrastructure, applications, and tools from pre-seed through Series A.

Palo Alto
Enterprise · B2B SaaS +6
Operator-Led · Early Stage

Clear Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Palo Alto seed-stage VC founded by ex-Sequoia and USVP partners, backing disruptive tech companies in AI, semiconductors, cybersecurity, and enterprise software from day one.

Palo Alto
AI/ML · Semiconductors +5
Operator-Led · Early Stage

Cowboy Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Seed fund since 2012, backing US software startups in enterprise, fintech, healthcare, and consumer. Leads seed rounds; invests pre-product; cold inbound accepted.

Palo Alto
Enterprise · Fintech +6
Founder-Led · No Warm Intro

Credo Ventures

Pre-Seed Seed

Partners with CEE tech founders to build global businesses

Prague · Krakow +1
IT · Internet +7
Early Stage · Europe-Based

Decibel Partners

Pre-Seed Seed

Silicon Valley early-stage VC backing technical founders building infrastructure software for developer platforms, cybersecurity, and data and AI engineering teams.

Palo Alto
Cybersecurity · Developer Tools +4
Early Stage · Technical Founders

Draper Associates

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

40+ years funding transformative companies with visionary founders

San Mateo
AI/ML · Robotics +11
Global VC · Early Stage

Draper Dragon

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

Cross-border early-stage VC connecting Silicon Valley and Asia, focused on Web3, blockchain, and emerging tech; 100+ portfolio companies including Coinbase and Ledger.

San Mateo · Shanghai
Blockchain · Web3 +6
Draper Family · Web3-Focused

Eclipse

Pre-Seed Seed Series A

A venture firm transforming physical industries through tech-powered innovation

Palo Alto · New York
Industrial Evolution · Physical Industries +14
Industrial-Tech · Multi-Stage

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