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Top Pre-Seed Investors

189 investors ranked by rating, review volume and listing quality.

Between them, the 164 best-ranked of these 189 investors cover seed stage (101), series a (60), series (33) and early stage (30). They also list work in London, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and New York City. 151 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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Character VC
Seed Stage · Learning · Energy
A new seed fund supporting founders with capital and sprints. When you’re just starting out, we believe there’s nothing more important than building the right product for the right…
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DMZ
Seed Stage · Accelerator · Partnership · Also in Toronto
Helping the Next Wave of Exceptional Startups Become World‑CLASS COMPANIES.
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Tiny VC
Seed Stage · Also in Berlin and London
Tiny Supercomputer Management Company (UK) Ltd is an Appointed Representative of The Fund Incubator Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority…
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Motivate Venture Capital
Seed Stage · Series A · Growth Stage · Also in Chicago
MVC is an ideal capital partner who contributes time, capital, and co-investors at the earliest stages of a startup's lifecycle
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LDR Ventures
Seed Stage · Series A · Consumer
A female led VC and consulting firm, we focus on diversity and inclusion with an emphasis on early stage female and underserved founders
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Hoxton Ventures
Seed Stage · Series A · Early Stage · Also in Oxford and Silicon Valley
We back Europe’s best tech companies, before the rest of the world believes
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Lemnos Labs
Production · Also in Indiana
There is no undo button. Your most valuable time and your highest risk is now. Lemnos gets it.
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Outlander Labs
Crypto and Web3 · Seed Stage · Biotech
Where visionaries, game-changers, & disruptors get funded. & fund their outlandish visions first.
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Picus Capital
Series B · Also in Dublin and Munich
Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global…
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StageOne Ventures
Early Stage · Deep Tech · SaaS · Also in Tel Aviv
Across four funds, we have backed visionary founders that hold the power to disrupt global markets Seed investing is our playing field, and we provide the infrastructure that is…
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Carthona Capital
Series A
Carthona Capital was founded in 2014 when a group of like-minded venture investors came together to invest on a deal-by-deal basis Since then, Carthona Capital has shifted to a…
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Lemnos VC
Production · Also in Indiana
There is no undo button. Your most valuable time and your highest risk is now. Lemnos gets it.
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Begin Capital
Series A · Series · Partners
Each investment is a new episode in which founders are actors and investment managers are the casting directors Alex and Ruslan are sceptical about horror and drama in the…
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SMOK Ventures
Artificial Intelligence · Goals · Also in Europe and Silicon Valley
Why did we invest in Bitskout?
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AA
Alchemist Accelerator
Seed Stage · Startup Accelerator · Also in Doha and Miami
Flagship: an optional small cash investment, often a SAFE; the programme's required tuition fee is offset with additional investment capital; average investment proceeds are…
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BC
BECO Capital
Seed Stage · Also in United Arab Emirates
Sector-agnostic venture capital firm investing since 2012 in tech founders across the Gulf and wider Middle East, from pre-seed to pre-IPO.
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FI
Founder Institute
Seed Stage · Startup Accelerator · Also in Silicon Valley
No cash investment from the programme. Founders pay a one-time Entrance Fee (amount varies by region; the geolocated page read showed $125 USD for Pakistan).
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FF
Founders Factory
Seed Stage · Startup Accelerator · Also in London
No single standard deal: capital is invested alongside a cohort programme, with amounts set per partner programme (e.g.
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HAX
Seed Stage
Up to $550,000 initial pre-seed investment on a SAFE. SOSV says it needs above 10% ownership for its $550k average check size. Follow-on investment is possible in later rounds.
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Hub71
Seed Stage · Series A · Startup Accelerator · Also in Abu Dhabi
Access programme and specialist ecosystems: AED 250,000 in cash in exchange for equity through an uncapped, no-discount MFN SAFE note, plus AED 250,000 worth of in-kind incentives…
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IV
IIMA Ventures
Seed Stage · Startup Incubator · Also in India
At seed stage IIMA Ventures typically invests between $100-150k per venture and syndicates co-investors; at pre-seed it channels catalytic capital in the form of grants and equity.
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KL
Katalyst Labs Acceleration Program
Seed Stage · Startup Accelerator
Katalyst Labs Acceleration Program is a startup accelerator. Equity-free; no fee to join. No investment offered.
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KI
KAUST Innovation Ventures
Seed Stage · Series A · Also in Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology's venture fund.
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LI
LCE Idea Launch Incubation Programme (LUMS Centre for Entrepreneurship)
Startup Incubator · Also in Lahore
LCE Idea Launch Incubation Programme (LUMS Centre for Entrepreneurship) is a university startup incubator in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Top Pre-Seed Investors

Character VC

DMZ

Tiny VC

Motivate Venture Capital

LDR Ventures

Hoxton Ventures

Lemnos Labs

Outlander Labs

Picus Capital

StageOne Ventures

Carthona Capital

Lemnos VC

Begin Capital

SMOK Ventures

Alchemist Accelerator

BECO Capital

Founder Institute

Founders Factory

HAX

Hub71

IIMA Ventures

Katalyst Labs Acceleration Program

KAUST Innovation Ventures

LCE Idea Launch Incubation Programme (LUMS Centre for Entrepreneurship)

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