Act One Ventures
Venture capitalLos Angeles · Pre-Seed–Series A · 12 people tracked
Also known as Act One · ACT ONE VENTURES MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
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Investment thesis
Act One Ventures backs outlier founders building the next generation of enterprise platforms powered by AI-native systems, with an emphasis on strong data leverage, deep automation, and a clear wedge into critical business workflows. The firm views AI as a new computing paradigm — comparable to the microprocessor or the internet — that is rebuilding core business systems such as infrastructure, compliance, workflows, and intelligence. It leads pre-Seed and Seed rounds, investing with conviction rather than consensus, and concentrates capital in fewer companies to build deeper founder relationships through the path to product-market fit and scale.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 12 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesFounder mafia
4 people who came through Act One Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 59 of 69 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×35SaaS ×33Enterprise Software ×23Healthtech ×12Fintech ×10Data & Infrastructure ×7Marketing Tech ×7E-commerce ×6
HQs:United States×38Mexico×4United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 24 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×123 founders×14+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with education data
UCLA ×6California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ×2Tecnológico de Monterrey ×2University of Southern California ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 24 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×8Finance & Accounting ×7Business & Management ×3Economics ×2Engineering ×2Life Sciences ×2Social Sciences ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 28 founders with career history
Glossier ×2PwC ×2Rosetta ×2Wellsfargo ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
2 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 27 with degree data)
Investments · 69 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 32024 · 12023 · 32022 · 42021 · 62019 · 22018 · 42017 · 327 dated
Cartwheel provides a software platform for restaurant delivery and order management, serving independent restaurants and multi-unit brands through their own delivery networks.
B2B MarketplacesFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSLos Angeles, US
Alexander Vasilin(Founder)Dan Zamylin(Founder)inMagdim Metshin(Founder)inAlex(Co-Founder, CEO)
Co-investorsChingona Ventures37 AngelsEudemian VenturesMoonshots Capital
İMBİK builds small, customized AI models by distilling a company's existing agent workflows, prompts, tools, and production traces into models the customer owns.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareOakland, US
Co-investorse2vcPear VCTIBAS VenturesTranspose Platform Management
AcquiOS provides commercial real estate underwriting software that checks broker assumptions—such as rent growth, cap rates, and vacancy rates—against market comps, comparable sales, and proprietary benchmarks, flagging inflated or unrealistic inputs before a model runs.
AI & Machine LearningFintechPropTechSaaSLos Angeles, US
A design and branding studio that creates refined brands, websites, and interfaces for ambitious founders and creative teams, focusing on clean, responsive design that communicates clearly and supports business goals.
Los Angeles, US
David Fields(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsFJ Labs1confirmation75 & SunnyAcrew CapitalBlockchange VenturesHex Capital+3 more
Aiva builds hands-free voice and mobile app interfaces for healthcare and senior living, using conversational AI and smart speakers like Amazon Echo to support patients, seniors, and care teams.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsAmplify.LA
Optro (AuditBoard) is an AI-powered governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform that unifies audit, risk, information security, and compliance into a single connected system.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Daniel Kim(Founder)inRaul Villar(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationBattery VenturesCross Creek AdvisorsMucker Capital
Autostep is an AI-powered operations intelligence platform that automatically discovers repetitive tasks and inefficiencies across a company's workflows, prices them in real dollars, and generates custom agents and process improvements deployed into existing tools.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Aidan Pratt 🥑(Founder)in
Co-investorsNotre Dame Founders FundSpider CapitalY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzCory LevyDoomers Media LLC+7 more
Blaze is a no-code platform for building HIPAA-compliant healthcare software, including custom apps, workflows, and automations that integrate with major EHRs and go live within days.
HealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsACTAI VenturesFlybridge Capital PartnersFOG VenturesFriedomMaC Venture CapitalRoot and Shoot Ventures
Blaze provides a platform that monitors online signals to identify and target potential customers at the moment they demonstrate purchase intent, using AI-powered automation.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Lauren Rothwell(Founder)inChirag Mahapatra(Founder)in
Co-investorsBling CapitalDigital Currency GroupFactionTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Y Combinator10X Capital+2 more
Blaze provides a digital payments and prepaid card platform for cross-border transfers and peer-to-peer transactions globally.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCrypto & Web3FintechMexico City, MX
Faiyam Rahman(Co-founder and CEO)inLuc Succès(Co-founder and CTO)in
Co-investorsRayo Capital GroupY CombinatorGeneral CatalystGoodwater CapitalTekedia Capital
Blaze is an AI platform that generates marketing content for social media, blogs, email, and video.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Adam Nathan(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAlumni VenturesArray Ventures Management LlcChamaeleonEarl Grey CapitalHustle Fund+5 more
BLAZE is an AI-powered, all-in-one retail platform for cannabis dispensaries and delivery services, combining point-of-sale, e-commerce, inventory management, delivery logistics, loyalty, and compliance reporting.
AI & Machine LearningFintechRetail TechSaaS
Chris Violas(Co-founder & CEO)inManh Do(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsDelta Emerald Ventures
Bloomlife is a maternal health company founded after its co-founder experienced a high-risk pregnancy, aiming to improve access to information and change how maternal care is delivered.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Julien Penders(Co-founder)inEric Dy(Co-founder)inYoung Sohn(Director)Max Mirgoli(Director)Lucio Lanza(Director)
BoardUriridiakoghene Onovakpuri(Director)
Co-investors15th RockForeground CapitalGATHER VENTURESHealthtech CapitalNextbluePallasite Ventures+4 more
Branch is a workforce payments platform that accelerates wage payments to employees and provides financial services.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechMinneapolis, US
Atif Siddiqi(Founder)in
BoardVicki Lin(Director)Andy Jenks(Director)TOM MCGOVERN(Director)BRETT BREWER(Director)JAMES ARMSTRONG(Director)
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesCrosscut VenturesGeneral AtlanticGreat North VenturesIdealabMatchstick Ventures+10 more
A mobile platform where pet breeders and pet owners can connect, buy and sell pets, and access pet care resources through video content.
ConsumerMarketplacesLondon, GB
Moustafa Mahmoud(Founder)inMaha Refai(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorBrickyard
Cartwheel is a browser-based AI platform that turns text, video and motion libraries into editable, rigged 3D character animation.
Alex Vasilkin(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelCraft VenturesTenOneTen VenturesTIRTA VenturesAmjad MasadChingona Ventures+8 more
Cartwheel delivers evidence-based mental health and clinical care services to students and families through partnerships with school districts.
Digital HealthEdTechHealthtechMental HealthCambridge, US
Joe English(Co-Founder and CEO)inDaniel Tartakovsky(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardHolly Maloney(Director)inGreg Yap(Director)inSteve Kupfer(Director)in
Co-investorsAble PartnersAlumni VenturesBoxGroupCraft VenturesGeneral CatalystMenlo Ventures+11 more
Chord provides a unified data layer and AI-powered agents for commerce brands to centralize fragmented data across tools and automate operations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureE-commerceMarketing Tech
Bryan Mahoney(CEO & Co-Founder)inHenry Davis(President & Chairman)in
Co-investorsAlleyCorpBright Pixel CapitalEqual VenturesFoundation CapitalGood FriendsHawke Ventures+9 more
Clifton develops autonomous AI agents that continuously monitor issuer documents, transcripts, earnings expectations, and market reactions, initiating analytical work automatically when meaningful changes occur.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsAmplify.LAWedbush Ventures
Doug Leonardin
Co-investorsCrosslink Capital75 & SunnyAlpha Edison
ControlHub is a procurement software platform that automates purchase-to-pay (P2P) workflows for businesses, including requisition management, purchase order generation, approval workflows, and supplier management.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Rodrigo Santibanez(Founder)inLeonardo de la Cerda(Founder)in
Co-investorsBrainstorm VenturesCommerce VenturesMerus CapitalOpen Opportunity FundUlu VenturesVentureSouq+7 more
Financial products marketplace with comparison tools and education resources for personal finances
Co-investorsClocktower VenturesPoint72 VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersGaingelsTorch Capital
Dragonboat is an ontology-native product portfolio platform that unifies data across the product development lifecycle into a live semantic source of truth, with built-in apps for strategy, intake, planning, roadmapping, and PDLC.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSanta Clara, US
Yun Flint(Executive Officer, Director)Becky Flint(Founder)in
Co-investorsInsight PartnersRoble VenturesGingerbread CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersOak HC/FT
Dray Alliance is a drayage provider offering technology-based, end-to-end drayage management to move shipping containers between ports and distribution centers.
B2B MarketplacesLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSLakewood, US
Jason Yu(Founder)inHank Cui(Director)Hao Yu(Director)Haobo Wen(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsFJ LabsWonder VenturesCraft VenturesHeadlineMatrixMoving Capital+2 more
Finix provides embedded payments infrastructure for software platforms, acting as an outsourced PayFac (PayFac-as-a-Service) with end-to-end payments technology, compliance and risk management, merchant onboarding, and reporting tools.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Richie Serna(Founder)inSean Donovan(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalHomebrewInsight PartnersInspired CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersTribeca Venture Partners+19 more
Flossy builds AI agents that handle conversations, scheduling, and performance coaching for dental practice front offices.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaS
Miles Beckett(Founder)inSteve Seigel(Founder)in
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalClocktower VenturesEverywhere VenturesGreen Meadow VenturesPLG Ventures+14 more
Gail provides conversational AI for insurance, banking, and finance companies, handling customer interactions across voice, SMS, chat, and messaging channels.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTech
Matthew Vega-Sanz(Founder)in
Co-investorsA15Altai VenturesFlorida FundersHTwentyMangusta CapitalNextView Ventures
Metatate is a data governance platform that lets teams connect databases and warehouses into a single catalog, author access, classification, and masking policies in plain language via an AI assistant, and deploy them as versioned, live decisions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)
Optibot is an AI-powered code review platform that provides engineering managers and CTOs with real-time visibility into PR cycle time, DORA metrics, AI code adoption, and sprint health by analyzing GitHub and GitLab activity.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsMindshift CapitalChingona Ventures
Glitzi is a service marketplace platform in Mexico that connects users with beauty and wellness professionals for on-demand services including hairstyling, massage, and facials.
ConsumerMarketplacesMexico City, MX
Ana Ramos(Founder)inLuis Enrique Vazquez(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorBeagle VenturesForesite CapitalGaingelsGanas VenturesGoodwater Capital+4 more
GroWrk offers an IT asset management platform that lets companies equip, manage, and support their teams' equipment from a single system.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Carlos N. Escutia(Founder)inJC Helu(COO)inBob Spina(CRO)
Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersHustle FundK20 FundL'ATTITUDE Ventures
Heard provides financial management software built for independent therapists and wellness practitioners, covering accounting, bookkeeping, and practice finances.
FintechMental HealthSaaSWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US
Andrew Riesen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inVictoria Li(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsFootworkNotable CapitalPathlight VenturesEXPONENT FOUNDERS CAPITALFounders' Co-opGGV Capital+3 more
Howl provides affiliate marketing and commerce tools for creators to earn commissions from brand partnerships and build curated product storefronts.
AdTechCreator EconomyE-commerceMarketing Tech
Co-investorsEastward Capital PartnersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Highland Capital PartnersTalis Capital
Jelou provides a conversational AI platform for deploying AI agents and enabling in-chat transactions on WhatsApp and other messaging channels such as Messenger, Instagram, and web.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBeaverton, US
Alberto Vera(Executive Officer)Luis Loaiza(Director)
BoardJaime Cantu(Director)
Co-investorsKrealoCollide Capital
Kriptos provides AI-powered software that automatically analyzes, classifies, and labels documents to prevent data leakage and support regulatory compliance for organizations.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareTiburon, US
Christian Torres(CEO & CoFounder)Alfonso Villalba(COO & CoFounder)in
Co-investors0BSBuenTrip VenturesFlorida FundersTechstarsSixThirty Ventures
Lapzo is an AI-powered talent development platform that maps competencies, personalizes learning plans, and evaluates employee performance for organizations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSMonterrey, MX
Santiago Maldonado(Founder)inPedro Sors(Founder)in
Co-investorsBDev VenturesMGV CapitalY CombinatorAngel HubDragon CapitalHarvard Management Company+4 more
Latii offers FORUM, an AI-driven management platform for the window and door industry that automates the quote-to-install process, using AI agents to analyze blueprints, generate material lists and quotes, and manage installation scheduling and quality checks.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaSNew York, US
Santiago Bueno Velasco(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Juan Pascual Orero(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRaja Ghawi(Director)in
Co-investorsBrighter CapitalEra VenturesFoundamentalLeadout CapitalNine Four Ventures
Nearfleet builds a hubless, mobile, autonomy-ready logistics infrastructure for regional delivery over longer distances.
HealthtechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationRoboticsSaaSJoshua Tree, US
Anthony Sziklai(President, Chief Executive Officer and Sole Director)Kristoffer Bjornerud(Executive Officer)
Social Native (at olapic.com) offers an AI-powered creator marketing platform trained on 1.8M+ creator collaborations and $8B in paid media, predicting brief, creator, and platform performance before spend.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyE-commerceMarketing TechSocialNew York, US
David Shadpour(Founder & CEO)inEytan Elbaz(Co-Founder)inJose De Cabo(Executive Officer, Director)Luis Sanz Arilla(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardBen Lin(Director)
Co-investorsContour Venture PartnersFELIX CAPITALFJ LabsLFX Venture PartnersOCV PartnersScout Ventures+4 more
Omanta provides personalized scientific research support for complex disease cases, assigning PhD-level teams to build detailed molecular profiles from a patient's genomic, RNA, and protein data.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Alfredo Gonzalez(Founder)inRanad Humeidi(Founder and Chief Scientific Officer)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorBroom VenturesFounders FactoryHassan Lantry (Blast)Metsu CapitalPioneer+1 more
Ordana builds AI agents that run wholesale distributors' order desks end to end and close orders into their ERP.
New York City, US
Co-investorsProgress VenturesTechstars
Ordermark, now part of UrbanPiper, is a platform that centralizes order management for restaurants from multiple food delivery services like Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Grubhub.
Enterprise SoftwareFoodTechSaaSLos Angeles, US
Alex Canter(Executive Officer, Director)inPeter Cohn(Executive Officer)Michael Jacobs(Executive Officer, Director)Paul Allen(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersMatchstick VenturesMucker CapitalSand Hill AngelsTechstarsFoundry+4 more
Paloma is a commerce platform that lets sellers run and manage sales directly inside Instagram, using Meta's Messaging APIs to process claims, bids, and auctions from Comments, Story Replies, and DMs.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaS
Kelsey Hunter(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBarrel VenturesBlack Jays VenturesOverton Venture CapitalThe Fund
QLESS provides a queue management and appointment scheduling platform that lets organizations reduce lobby wait times and gives staff real-time operational and customer insights.
Enterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaS
Co-investorsPalisades Growth Capital
ReadyAI provides structured, machine-readable intelligence extracted from websites, transcripts, and documentation for AI agents and applications.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyMoonshots CapitalTamarack Global
Repeat is a lifecycle marketing platform that identifies key customer moments (replenishment, cross-sell, lapse risk) and automates personalized retention campaigns via email and SMS integrations.
AI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerMarketing TechSaaSLos Angeles, US
Kimberly Stiefel(Executive Officer, Director)Sarah Wissel(Director)
BoardNeeraj Agrawal(Director)in
Co-investorsAlliance VCAlliance VentureBattery VenturesBreak Trail VenturesTechstarsMucker Capital
Cloud credentialing software for healthcare facilities and providers; acquired by AMN Healthcare in January 2019.
HealthtechCulver City, US
Miles Z. Beckett(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Paras Maniar(Director)
BoardGreg Bettinelli(Director)David A. Rakoff(Director)
Co-investorsBonfire VenturesInnovating CapitalTechstarsUpfront VenturesBAM VenturesRincon Venture Partners+3 more
AMN Healthcare is a publicly traded healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company that supplies clinical and nonclinical professionals — including nursing, allied, international, leadership, and locum staff — on travel, temp-to-hire, per diem, and permanent bases.
Digital HealthFuture of WorkHealthtechHR Tech
Co-investorsDigi VenturesUpfront VenturesBAM VenturesRincon Venture PartnersSlow VenturesSUMMATION HEALTH VENTURES+1 more
Sora is a labor compliance platform that digitizes and manages employee records for companies in Mexico, using AI agents to advise on labor decisions, generate documents based on the Federal Labor Law (LFT), and provide legally valid electronic signatures with facial biometrics.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechLegalTechMonterrey, MX
Co-investorsInspired CapitalSpero Ventures
Tapcart is a mobile commerce platform that helps Shopify brands build custom shopping apps to strengthen customer relationships and increase sales.
AI & Machine LearningDirect to ConsumerE-commerceRetail TechSaaSSanta Monica, US
Eric Netsch(Founder & CEO)inSina Mobasser(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAmplify.LACorrelation VenturesEvolution VC PartnersGreycroftLeft Lane CapitalRosecliff Ventures+1 more
Thrasio is an ecommerce and technology company staffed by ecommerce and tech specialists focused on improving products and consumer experiences.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceWalpole, US
Joshua Silberstein(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inCarlos Cashman(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inDaniel Boockvar(Executive Officer)inTodd Zipper(Director)Tom Szkutak(Director)Joe Falcao(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersFikaRiverPark VenturesSilver Lake PartnersUpper90Vershina Capital+5 more
Time Study offers an enterprise platform for conducting time studies, centralizing time data management, validation, and reporting so finance teams can produce audit-ready, defensible reports without adding administrative burden.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHealthtechSaaSRichmond, US
Kishau Rogers(Founder)in
Co-investors37 AngelsElevate CapitalHearstLabJumpstart Nova
TrackChain provides infrastructure with encrypted data transmission, single sign-on authentication, and automated backup systems for operational and financial information management.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Eduardo Narvaez(Founder)inHugo Alvarez(Founder)in
Co-investorsSoma CapitalUTEC VenturesY CombinatorAngel HubHarvard Management CompanyJam Fund+2 more
Torus is an AI system that analyzes engineering documents such as P&IDs, datasheets, and specifications to identify cross-document inconsistencies and automate engineering workflows.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Marcus Lima(Co-Founder & CEO)inRahul Thayil(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsScribble VenturesService Provider CapitalY CombinatorActia PartnersAndreessen HorowitzClimate Capital+17 more
Track (Track Royalties Inc.) offers banking, accounting, and payments services built for the music industry, aimed at record labels and artists.
FintechMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsTrue Ventures
Veryfi builds an AI-powered data extraction and processing platform that converts unstructured documents like receipts and invoices into actionable business insights.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Dmitry Birulia(Founder)inErnest Semerda(Founder)in
Co-investorsNewView CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorZillionize
Worknet builds an AI platform that turns user signals into conversations and coordinated responses, connecting support, success, sales, and product teams around customer engagement.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSeattle, US
Dori Yaar(Co-founder, Product & Engineering)inAmi(Co-founder)Amit(Co-founder)
Xilo provides customizable insurance software with dedicated support for agents and brokers to manage their operations without significant workflow changes.
InsurTechSaaS
Eli Zaragoza(Co-founder)inJon Corrin(CEO)in
Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersCove FundForefront VentureNew Stack VenturesValuestream Ventures
XStereotype offers an AI content intelligence platform that scores marketing content across 40+ dimensions—including bias, emotional impact, conversion likelihood, and authenticity—using human behavioral research broken down by demographic segment.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing Tech
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Franklin Surgical CenterSMARTEST EDU, INC.GetGenAIOptimal AIStoryblasterTakeone
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
lapzo · foresightiq.co · Sep 27, 2026
Omanta · ycombinator.com · Aug 4, 2026
Autostep · ycombinator.com · Jun 23, 2026
Chord Commerce · thesaasnews.com · Jun 8, 2026
Tapcart · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
Jelou · globenewswire.com · Jan 26, 2026
Gail · meetgail.com · May 22, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Act One Ventures made?
- Act One Ventures has 69 tracked investments, 5 of which have exited, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Act One Ventures invest at?
- Act One Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Act One Ventures's typical check size?
- Act One Ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $3M.
- What sectors does Act One Ventures focus on?
- Act One Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is Act One Ventures located?
- Act One Ventures is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.
- Does Act One Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Act One Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Act One Ventures co-invest with?
- Act One Ventures most often shares deals with Techstars, Amplify.LA, Battery Ventures, among 127 tracked co-investors.
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