Being a founder is hard. We're here to give you the edge.
Pre-seed capital from founders, for founders. We back exceptional early-stage teams building AI-native, software-first companies at the intersection of AI and UX — and we roll up our sleeves to build alongside them.
"Good companies are built. Great companies are designed."
Operators investing in operators. We write first checks into AI-native software where AI is core to the product — not a wrapper. We look for technical depth paired with a real distribution edge, and we evaluate every founder against four things:
- Domain insight — earned through deep immersion in the problem
- Product instinct — demonstrated by shipping and iterating
- User clarity — knowing exactly who you build for
- Signal vs. noise — telling meaningful traction from vanity
We invest at the pre-seed stage in software companies with bold visions and strong founding teams, then work directly with founders to strengthen the four pillars that matter most:
- Customers — Find your market and own it
- Culture — Build teams that last
- Cash Flow — Create businesses that sustain themselves
- Capital — Raise smart, grow smarter
With 14+ years of operating experience and 148+ investor partners, we've impacted 120+ startups — and we're just getting started.
| Stage | Pre-seed (typically before $1M raised) |
| Check size | ~$200K first checks |
| Focus | AI-native B2B SaaS, developer tools, vertical AI |
| Geography | US-first; international founders welcome |
| Based in | Boston, Massachusetts |
Strong fit: AI-native B2B SaaS · developer tools · vertical AI applications Not a fit: hardware/manufacturing · medical devices · CPG · crypto/web3 · pure services
- Greg Raiz — General Partner. Founder of Raizlabs (acquired by Rightpoint); former Managing Director at Techstars Boston. 20+ years shipping products across startups and the Fortune 500.
- Jess Lynch — General Partner. Founder/CEO of Wishroute; two decades building, scaling, and advising consumer products.
We believe the best resources should be accessible to every founder — not just the ones with the right network:
- Apply for Funding — Tell us what you're building
- Our Portfolio — Meet the founders we back
- Playbooks — Operator resources, free to use
- investor.md — Our full thesis, agent-readable
We love hearing from founders, operators, and investors.
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